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The district capital of Wayanad is Kalpetta town. Kalpetta has very good road connectivity with the rest of Kerala and neighboring South Indian cities. National Highway 766 (India) NH766 connects Kalpetta with Kozhikode and Mysore. State Highways connect Kalpetta with Ooty in Tamil Nadu and Madikeri in Karnataka.
En route to Mysore on NH 766, past Wayanad district boundary, which is also the Kerala state boundary, NH 766 passes through Bandipur National Park. There is a night traffic ban imposed on this stretch since 2009. [1] The alternate road to take is, leave NH766 at Kalpetta and proceed to Mysore through Mananthavady, Kutta, Gonikoppal, and Hunsur. The authorities has announced new National Highway connecting Mysore with Malappuram via Gonikoppa, Kutta, Mananthavadi, Kuttiyadi, Naduvannur, Atholi, Purakkatteri joining Kozhikode bypass. However there is a protest against this as part of protest against Night Travel ban in NH766 as this proposed Highway will be an alternative route but it may make NH766 closed forever in future and Sulthan Bathery will no longer have connection to Karnataka.
Kalpetta – Mysore (132 km): Sulthan Bathery – Gundlupet - Mysore(NH766)(Night travel not allowed)
Kalpetta – Mysore (115 km): Mananthavady – Bavali – Handpost (Heggadadevana kote) - Mysore(SH33) (Night travel not allowed) Bavali forest checkpost will be open only up to 6 PM.
Kalpetta – Mysore (159 km): Mananthavady - Kutta- Mysore (Night travel allowed) Road is bumpy.
Kalpetta - Kozhikode (99 km): Padinjarathara - Perambra
Kalpetta – Ooty (127 km) : Meppadi – Gudalur
Kalpetta – Madikeri (135 km): Mananthavady - Kutta
Kalpetta - Kannur (123 km) : Mananthavady - Koothuparamba
Kalpetta - Malappuram (99 km) : Thamarassery - Areekkode - Manjeri
Kalpetta - Kozhikode (72 km) : Vythiri - Thamarassery
The authorities has announced new National Highway connecting Mysore with Malappuram via Gonikoppa, Kutta, Mananthavadi & Kalpetta.
Kalpetta has very good road connectivity with the rest of Kerala and neighboring South Indian cities. NH 766 connects Kalpetta with Kozhikode and Mysore. State Highways connect Kalpetta with Ooty in Tamil Nadu and Madikeri in Karnataka.
All national and state highways passing through Wayanad District intersect at Kalpetta, [2] making it a strategic location and the "Gateway of Wayanad":
En route to Mysore on NH 766, past Wayanad district boundary, which is also the Kerala state boundary, NH 766 passes through Bandipur National Park. There is a night traffic ban imposed on this stretch since 2009. [1] The alternate road to take is, leave NH 766 at Kalpetta and proceed to Mysore through Mananthavady, Kutta, Gonikoppal, and Hunsur.
Kalpetta – Bangalore (280 km): Sulthan Bathery – Gundlupet - Mysore(NH766)(Night travel not allowed)
Kalpetta – Bangalore (332 km): Mananthavady - Kutta- Mysore (Night travel allowed)
Kalpetta - Mysore : 130 km via Sulthan Bathery (NH766 - No Night Travel), 172 km via Mananthavady, Kutta (Use for Night Travel).
Kalpetta - Kozhikode (99 km): Padinjarathara - Perambra
Kalpetta – Ooty (127 km) : Meppadi – Gudalur
Kalpetta – Madikeri (135 km): Mananthavady - Kutta
Kalpetta - Kannur (123 km) : Mananthavady - Koothuparamba
Kalpetta - Malappuram (99 km) : Thamarassery - Areekkode - Manjeri
Kalpetta - Kozhikode (72 km) : Vythiri - Thamarassery
Sultan Battery has a very good road connectivity with south Indian states. The major Road is NH 766 connected to Mysore, Bangalore and Kozhikode, two State highways connected to Ooty and Coimbatore and a state highway connected to Mangalore, Kannur, Thalassery, Kasaragod and Malappuram.
Sulthan Bathery is the biggest transport hub of Wayanad district. It is located near the border with the Karnataka state and Tamil Nadu state. There is a major Kerala Transport Depot in Sulthan Bathery. Most of the long-distance buses to Kozhikode, Ooty and Bangalore start from this depot. The town also has two smaller bus stations for local travellers.
Mainly five Ghat roads are used for reaching Mananthavady from coastal towns and lower hilly towns of Kerala:
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