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NUPUR CHIMANKAR
5TH YR B.ARCH
 ABOUT WANAYAD DISTRICT :
• SITE LOCATION : BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WAYANAD, KERALA.
• COUNTRY : INDIA
• STATE : KERALA
• SITE AREA : 9 ACRES
• TOTAL AREA : 2,132KM2 (823 SQ MI)

• WAYANAD IS AN INDIAN DISTRICT

IN THE NORTH-EAST OF KERALA
STATE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE
INDIA MAP
KERALA MAP HEADQUARTERS AT THE
MUNICIPALITY OF KALPETTA.
• IT IS SET HIGH ON THE WESTERN
GHATS WITH ALTITUDES RANGING
FROM 700 TO 2100 METERS.
• WAYANAD HAS THREE MUNICIPAL
TOWNS KALPETTA,
MANANTHAVADY AND SULTHAN
BATHERY. THERE ARE MANY
INDIGENOUS TRIBALS IN THIS
AREA.
• ABOUT 885.92 SQ.KM OF AREA
OF THE DISTRICT IS UNDER
FOREST.
ABOUT SITE :
• SITE LOCATION : BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WAYANAD, KERALA.
• COUNTRY : INDIA
• STATE : KERALA
• SITE AREA : 9 ACRES MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD
• SITE LANDMARKS : 1. BANASURA SAGAR DAM
2. SERENITY RESORT NOISES
BANASURA
3. MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD SAGAR
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SITE LANDMARKS:
SENERITY HILL RESORT:
• THE SERENITY WAYANAD IS A CONTEMPORARY CONCEPT
WHICH AIMS TO EVOLVE AND ENHANCE THE HOLIDAYING
EXPERIENCE IN THE WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA.
• IDEALLY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BANASURA SAGAR DAM
WHICH IS THE LARGEST EARTH DAM IN INDIA.
• THE RESORT OFFERS A SPECTACULAR VIEW WITH THE
BANASURA HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND.
• BANASURA SAGAR DAM AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IS ONE OF
THE FAST GROWING HOTSPOTS IN WAYANAD.

MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD :

• MEENMUTTY FALLS IS LOCATED 29 KM FROM KALPETTA
IN WAYANAD DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF KERALA, INDIA.
• IT IS A THREE-TIERED WATERFALL WITH A HEIGHT OF 300
METRES.
• MEENMUTTY IS A COMBINATION OF MALAYALAM WORDS
MEEN (FISH) AND MUTTY (BLOCKED).
• MEENMUTTY FALLS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM
MANANTHAVADY - KUTTIADY ROAD.
• MEENMUTTY FALLS IS SURROUNDED BY LUSH GREEN TEA
PLANTATIONS MAKING THE HIKE TO THE FALLS A
MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE TO THE TOURISTS.
 BANASURA HILL RESORT :
• BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WHICH IMPOUNDS THE
KARAMANATHODU TRIBUTARY OF THE KABINI RIVER.
• IT IS APART OF THE INDIAN BANASURASAGAR PROJECT
CONSISTING OF A DAM AND A CANAL PROJECT STARTED IN 1979.
• THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE KAKKAYAM HYDRO
ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT AND SATISFY THE DEMAND FOR
IRRIGATION AND DRINKING WATER IN A REGION KNOWN TO HAVE
WATER SHORTAGES IN SEASONAL DRY PERIODS.

WHY WAYANAD :
• MOST TOURIST ATTRACTION
• LOTS OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS ARE HELD IN THE WAYANAD.
• MAJOR TOURIST HUB.
• KNOWN AS EVERGREEN CITY OF INDIA BECAUSE OF ITS GREEN
LANDSCAPE & PRESENCE OF MANY PUBLICPARKS.
CLIMATE:
• SUMMER – HOT & HUMID
• MANSOON – HEAVY RAINFALL
• WINTER – CHILLY
WAYANAD IN SUMMER (MARCH TO MAY)
• THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF WINTER
FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 25°C AND 35°C.
• WEATHER IN WAYANAD DURING SUMMER IS SIMILAR TO OTHER
REGIONS IN THE INDIAN STATE OF KERALA.
• THE AIR IS COATED WITH THICK LAYERS OF HUMIDITY.
WAYANAD IN MONSOON (JUNE TO SEPTEMBER)
• THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF MONSOON
FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 24°C AND 32°C.
• THE WEATHER OF WAYANAD IN MONSOON CAN BE
DESCRIBED AS VARIABLE. THE FIRST HALF EXPERIENCES
UNRELENTING SHOWERS, INTERSPERSED WITH HUMIDITY,
WHILE THE SECOND HALF IS AT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WAYANAD IN WINTER (OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY)
• THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF WINTER
FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 22°C AND 30°C.
• THE CLIMATE OF WAYANAD IN WINTER CAN BE DESCRIBED AS
CRISP AND CHILLY. THE TEMPERATURES ARE EASY-BREEZY AND
COOL.
LANDUSE:
• MAJOR PART OF THE WAYANAD DISTRICTS COMES UNDER
PLANTATION CROPS.
• COFFEE, TEA, RUBBER, COCOA & PEPPER ARE THE MAJOR CASH
CROPS CULIVATED HERE.
• WAYANAD DISTRICT FALLS WITHIN THE TROPICAL FOREST HAVING
SIGNIFICANT BIO-DIVERSITY & RARE SPECIES OF PATHS.
FLORA AND FAUNA
• THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF WAYANAD ARE SUITABLE FOR
HORTICULTURE ON COMMERCIAL BASIS.
• FOR PROMOTING THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES AND RAISING
OF ORCHARDS, THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IS
RUNNING A REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION AT
AMBALAVAYAL.
• ELEPHANT, BEAR AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS FROM THE
NEIGHBOURING WILD LIFE SANCTUARIES OF KARNATAKA AND
TAMIL NADU, STRAY INTO THE BEGUR FOREST RANGE AND THE
FORESTS AROUND MUTHANGA, WHICH IS 20 KILOMETRES AWAY
FROM THE TOWN OF SULTAN BATHERY.
• FRANKY'S NARROW-MOUTHED FROG WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED
IN WAYANAD DISTRICT.
VEGETATION LONG TREE
DEMOGRAPICS: TOPOGRAPHY:
• IT IS THE LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT IN KERALA. UNLIKE
THE OTHER DISTRICTS OF KERALA, BARRING IDUKKI, IN
WAYANAD DISTRICT, THERE IS NO TOWN OR VILLAGE
NAMED SAME AS THE DISTRICT.
• ACCORDING TO THE 2018 STATATICS REPORT WAYANAD
DISTRICT HAD APOPULATION OF 846,637,[3] ROUGHLY
EQUAL TO THE NATION OF COMOROS.
• 2011 CENSUS OF INDIA GIVES DISTRICT A RANKING OF
482ND IN INDIA (OUT OF A TOTAL OF 640).
• THE DISTRICT HAS A POPULATION DENSITY OF 397
INHABITANTS PER SQUARE KILOMETRE (1,030/SQ MI).
ITS POPULATION GROWTH RATE OVER THE DECADE
2001–2011 WAS 4.6%.
• THE ENTIRE WAYANAD REGION FELL UNDER • MINIMUM ELEVATION : 12 MM
THE KANNADA SPEAKING AREA AS PER THE LINGUISTIC • MAXIMUM ELEVATION : 2.368 MM
SURVEY AND HISTORY OF COLONEL WILKS. • AVERAGE ELEVATION : 679 MM

SOIL TYPE IN WAYANAD:

• MAJOR PARTS OF WAYANAD DISTRICTS HAS LATERITE
SOIL.
• VALLEYS IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE WAYANAD
DISTRICTS HAS LOAMY SOIL.

TRANSPORTATION :
BY RAIL :
• KOZHIKODE RAILWAY STATION IS LOCTED SOUTH OF THE
MANACHIRA SQUARE.
• THE CITY IS WELL CONNECTED BY TRAIN TO IMPORT PLACES
LIKE MANGLORE, ERNAKULAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
CHENNAI, COIMATORE, GOA & MUMBAI.
BY ROAD :
• KOZHIKODE IS WELL LINKED WITH VARIOUS DESTINATINS IN
KEREELA & BEYOND.
• NATIONAL HIGHWAY 17 LINKS KOZHIKODE WITH THE REST OF
THE CITIES IN KERELA & NEIGHBORING STATES.
BY AIR :
• KOZHIKODE AIRPORT IS LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 25
KM FROM THE CENTRE OF THE CITY.
• KOZHIKODE IS WELL CONNECTED BY AIR TO MUMBAI,
BANGALORE, COIMBATORE, GOA, MADURAI & CHENNAI.
TOURISM :
PILGRIM TOURISM IN WAYANAD :
• HISTORICALLY & CULTURALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF WAYANAD
LIES VERY CLOSELY LINKED WITH ITS TEMPLES.
• THIRUNELLY TEMPLE, JAIN TEMPLES AT SULTHAN BAHERY &
PANAMARAM & VALLIYOORKAV AT MANANTHAVADY
HISTORICALLY DATE BACK FROM 12TH TO 16TH CENTURIES.
ADVENTURE TOURISM IN WAYANAD :
• THE NATURAL SCENIC BEAUTY OF WAYANAD & ITS RICH
NATURALRESOURCES OFFER SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ADVENTURE TOURISM.
• THE HILLS ROCKS & VALLEY WHICH MAKE THE VERY UNQUE
CHARACTER OF WAYANAD PROVID A LOT FOR CATERING TO THE
EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR ADVENTURE TOURIST.
WILD LIFE :
• WAYANAD HAS A SALUBRIOUS CLIMATE.
• THE MEAN AVERAGE RAIN FALL IN THIS DISTRICT IS
2322MM.
• LAKKIDI, VYTHIRI & MEPPADI ARE THE HIHG RAINFALL
AREAS IN WAYANAD.
• HIHG VELOCITY WINDS ARE COMMON DURING THE SOUTH
WEST MANSOON & DRY WIND BLOW IN MARCH-APRIL.
• HIGH ALTITUDE REGIONS EXPERIENCE SEVERE COLD.
NAGARHOLE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY :
• SITUATED IN KARNATAKA, THIS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS
SOME 40KMS FROM MANANTHAVADY IN WAYANAD.
• JEEPS & TRUCKS REGULARLY TRANSPORT VISITORS TO THIS
LOCATION.

BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK & TIGER RESERVE :

• THIS FAMOUS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 7 TIGER RESERVE IS
ALSO EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM MALABAR & IS ENROUTE
TO OOTY.
• MUDUMALAI ELEPHANT PARK IS TAMILNADU’S MOST
WELL KNOWN WILD LIFE SANCTUARY IS WITHIN EASY
REACH & IS JUST 130KMS FROM VYTHIRI.
THANK YOU