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Thirunelly is a village in 
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 ...
in the state of 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 ...
, India.
Thirunelli Temple
Thirunelli Temple (also ''Tirunelli'') is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Maha Vishnu on the side of Brahmagiri hill in Kerala, India, near the border with Karnataka state. The temple is at an altitude of about 900m in north Wayanad in ...
is a very famous temple located in this village.
Demographics
Indiacensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, Thirunelly had a population of 11719 with 5774 males and 5945 females.
Transportation
Thirunelly village can be accessed from Mananthavady or Kalpetta. The Periya ghat road connectsMananthavady
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 ...
to Kannur
Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...
and Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...
. The Thamarassery
Thamarassery, formerly known as Thazhmalachery, it is one of the taluk in Kozhikode district and major hill town in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India, 30 km north-east of Kozhikode (Calicut) City and 29 km east of Koyilandy. It li ...
mountain road connects Calicut with Kalpetta. The Kuttiady
Kuttiady is one of the Major towns situated in the north-eastern part of Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. It is located from Vadakara and from Kozhikode. Kuttiady is situated in the slopes of the Western Ghats.
The four-sided junction o ...
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.
If you are travelling from Karnataka, it can be accessed by road via the towns of Tithimathi-Gonikoppal-Ponnampet-Kutta (all in the Kodagu
Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.
It occupies ...
District)
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 Inter ...
-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 municip ...
, 58 km.
See also
* Kattikkulam *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 ...
* Valliyoorkkavu
* Pakshi Pathalam
Pakshipathalam Bird Sanctuary is a Bird Sanctuary and a tourist location in Wayanad district of Kerala state, India.
Brahmagiri Hills
The Karnataka side of Pakshipathalam is called Brahmagiri Hills. This area is also accessible from Irupu ...
is a trekking site some seven kilometers from Thirunelli
Thirunelly is a village in Wayanad district in the state of Kerala, India.
Thirunelli Temple is a very famous temple located in this village.
Demographics
India census, Thirunelly had a population of 11719 with 5774 males and 5945 females.
...
temple near Kattikkkulam. There is an ancient cave on the hillock with plenty of birds.
References
Mananthavady Area Villages in Wayanad district {{Wayanad-geo-stub ta:திருநெல்லி