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Town in Kerala, India
Meenangadi
is an old town situated on the highway NH 766 between
Kalpetta
and
Sulthan Bathery
in
Wayanad District
,
[6]
in
Kerala
,
India
. This place is one among the Provinces where the existence of
Dolmens
provide an historical evidence of earlier civilisation.
[7]
[8]
Coffee bean
,
Black pepper
,
Ginger
,
Rice
and
Areca
are the major crops cultivated in this area.
[9]
Meenangadi is famous for its Fish Market and Cattle Market.
[10]
The nearest railway station is at
Kozhikode
at 87 km and airport is
Kannur International Airport
[11]
with 94 km
[12]
from Meenangadi. Meenangadi is surrounded by,
Ambalavayal
Panchayat, Kalpetta Taluk towards west, Gudalur Taluk towards East,
Mananthavady
Taluk towards west.
[13]
[14]
Kalpetta
,
Sultan Bathery
,
Kozhikode
are the nearby Cities and towns to Meenangadi.
Kerala's first
carbon neutrality
project launched in Meenangadi in June 2016.
[15]
Upon achieving the goals of the project, Meenangadi will be the first village in India to go completely carbon neutral.
[16]
Meenangadi has a population of 33450 According to 2011 Census with two Villages Purakkadi and (Part)Krishnagiri.
[4]
[17]
Educational institutions
[
edit
]
- Government Polytechnic, Mananthavady Road
- Government Higher Secondary School Meenangadi
[18]
- Government Commercial Institute, Meenangadi
- St. Gregorios Teachers' Training College, JECS Campus, Christ Nagar (offering B.Ed., M.Ed. & PhD)
- St. Mary's College, JECS Campus, Christ Nagar (offering BA, B.Com. & BBA courses of
Calicut University
)
- St. Baselios Arts & Science College, JECS Campus, Christ Nagar
- IHRD Model College of Applied Sciences, Meenangadi
[19]
- St. Peter's & St. Paul's English Higher Secondary School
- Sree Vivekananda Vidya Mandir
[20]
- Anns English Medium School
[21]
Climate
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]
Climate data for Meenangadi, Kerala
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
27.2
(81.0)
|
29
(84)
|
30.7
(87.3)
|
30.6
(87.1)
|
29.6
(85.3)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
24.7
(76.5)
|
25.3
(77.5)
|
26.2
(79.2)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
27.4
(81.4)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
20.8
(69.4)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
19.2
(66.6)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
18.5
(65.3)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
4
(0.2)
|
9
(0.4)
|
17
(0.7)
|
95
(3.7)
|
185
(7.3)
|
513
(20.2)
|
1,011
(39.8)
|
543
(21.4)
|
235
(9.3)
|
226
(8.9)
|
84
(3.3)
|
22
(0.9)
|
2,944
(116.1)
|
Source: Climate-Data.org
[22]
|
References
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]
- ^
Benhur, Abraham (2012).
Megalithic Monuments of South India
. pathofdolmens.
- ^
Menon, T. Madhava; Linguistics, International School of Dravidian (2000).
A handbook of Kerala
. International School of Dravidian Linguistics.
ISBN
9788185692272
.
- ^
Keralam, Digital.
"Meenangadi Grama Panchayath Meenangadi Wayanad Kerala India | Digital Keralam"
.
Digital Keralam
.
- ^
a
b
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3203_PART_A_WAYANAD.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
- ^
http://thanal.co.in/uploads/resource/document/concept-note-carbon-neutral-meenangaadi-grama-panchayat-37116138.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
- ^
"Archived copy"
. Archived from
the original
on 21 May 2018
. Retrieved
14 March
2015
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
- ^
"The Path of the Dolmens"
.
pathofdolmens.org
.
- ^
Manoj, E. m (30 December 2012).
"Megalithic rock-cut tomb found in Wayanad"
.
The Hindu
.
- ^
"Official Web Site of Wayanad District"
.
wayanad.nic.in
. Archived from
the original
on 10 July 2007.
- ^
Department, Kerala (India) Animal Husbandry (1974).
Report on Quinquennial Livestock Census, 1966: 1966:1
. Department of Animal Husbandry, Livestock Census.
- ^
"Home"
.
www.kannurairport.in
. Archived from
the original
on 2 August 2018
. Retrieved
24 January
2017
.
- ^
"Google Maps"
.
Google Maps
.
- ^
. Meenangadi have high connectivity of roads towards Calicut, Mysore and Bangalore. Nearest tourist centers are edakkal caves( ~ 8 Km) and karapuzha dam (~6 Km).
http://www.keralatourism.org/routes-locations/meenangadi/id/10029
- ^
"Meenara, Manikkal Panchayat, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India"
.
- ^
"Kerala's first carbon neutrality project launched in Wayanad"
.
- ^
Kerala Achieved What the World Is Struggling With ? Becoming Carbon Neutral!
, 5 June 2017
- ^
Staff Reporter (4 September 2013).
"Meenangadi panchayat plans project for tribals"
.
The Hindu
.
- ^
"Official Web Site of Wayanad District"
.
wayanad.nic.in
. Archived from
the original
on 23 January 2009.
- ^
"Model College, Meenagadi"
.
www.ihrd.ac.in
.
- ^
"Archived copy"
. Archived from
the original
on 18 December 2014
. Retrieved
30 March
2020
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
- ^
"Anns English Medium School :: Home | Meenengadi | Wayanad | Kerala | India"
. Archived from
the original
on 2 April 2015
. Retrieved
30 March
2020
.
- ^
"CLIMATE: MEENANGADI",
Climate-Data.org. Web:
[1]
.
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