Kaniyambetta or Pachilakkad is a village in the

Wayanad district Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

state, southern India. It is about 8 km from the district capital

Kalpetta Kalpetta is a major town and municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India. Kalpetta is the headquarters of Wayanad district, as well as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk. It is a bustling town surrounded by dense coffee and te ...

. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy with coffee, black pepper and vanilla being the main cash crops.

Transportation

Kaniambetta can be accessed from Mananthavady or Kalpetta. The Periya ghat road connects Mananthavady to Kannur and Thalassery. The Thamarassery mountain road connects Calicut with Kalpetta. The Kuttiady mountain road connects Vatakara with Kalpetta and Mananthavady. The Palchuram mountain road connects Kannur and Iritty with Mananthavady. The road from Nilambur to Ooty is also connected to Wayanad through the village of Meppadi. The nearest railway station is at Mysore and the nearest airports are

Kozhikode International Airport Calicut International Airport , also known as Kozhikode Airport or Karipur Airport, is an international airport located in Karipur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India. It serves the Malabar region of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad and P ...

-120 km,

Bengaluru International Airport Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Inte ...

-290 km, and

Kannur International Airport Kannur International Airport is an airport serving the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located east of Kannur, and east of Thalassery, near the muni ...

, 58 km.

Pachilakkad Junction

Pachilakkad or ''The Green Leaf Forest'' is an important junction on the

Mananthavady Mananthavady is a municipality and ''taluk'' in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. Etymology The popular view on the etymology is that the word is derived from "Maane Eytha Vady" (English: "The place where an arrow was shot at the deer"). T ...

route. The road from Bathery to Mananthavady meets the main road here. There are three big temples, one mosque and one christian counselling center in this junction.

Prasanthi Counselling Center

Prasanthi Family Counselling Center is a jesuit organization based in Pachilakkad junction of Kaniyambetta village. The Centre conducts marriage counseling, workshops and seminars.

Image gallery

File:The Puthanathani Janardana temple 1.jpg, Puthanathani temple File:Kaniyambetta. Pachilakkad Madrassa.jpg, Pachilakkad madrassa File:Kaniyambetta. Pachilakkad.jpg, Pachilakkad junction File:Kaniyambetta. Pachilakkad. Prashanthi church.jpg, Prasanthi Church File:Juma_Masjid_old.jpg, Paralikkunnu Juma Masjid

References

{{Wayanad district Villages in Wayanad district Mananthavady Area