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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mananthavady
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = ml
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11|48|N|76|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = Municipality
| leader_title3 = Member of Parliament
| leader_name3 = [[Rahul Gandhi]] ([[Indian National Congress]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 80.1
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 760
| population_total = 47,974
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670645 Mananthavady town, 670643 Kaniyaram
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04935
| registration_plate = KL-72
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 983 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 85.77%
| website =
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]
| footnotes =
| image_skyline = Mananthavady valliyoorkavu road jn.jpg
}}
'''Mananthavady''' is a [[municipality]] and ''[[taluk]]'' in the [[Wayanad district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]].

Mananthavady has been referred to as ''Hosenkadi'' in a dictum scribbled under a copper artefact found at the Ananthanathaswamy Temple at Varadoor.{{fact|date=September 2021}} The dominant 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"). This view is strengthened by the existence of a place called ''Ambukuthy'', literally "the location where the arrow pierced", on the outskirts of the town.<ref>http://lsgkerala.in/mananthavadypanchayat/</ref>

==Transportation==
The nearest railway station is at [[Vatakara]], {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} away. A [[Thalassery]]–Manathavady–Mysore railway line is being planned.{{fact|date=September 2021}} The nearest airport is [[Kannur International Airport]] at [[Mattannur]], {{convert|66|km|abbr=on}} away.

The Thalassery–Bavali Road passes through Mananthavady and is the town's main road, allowing connection to [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]. The road to Mysore through Nagarhole National Park has been declared a National Highway by the central government; it is parallel to the [[Kabini River]], night travel in this road is regulated so that the road is closed from 6PM to 6AM. The highway goes from Kainatty (at the junction of NH 212[766]) to Mysore via Bavali, Jayapura.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Centre-Agrees-to-Upgrade-1656km-of-State-and-National-Highways/2016/01/15/article3228708.ece|title=Centre Agrees to Upgrade 1,656km of State and National Highways|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311222305/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2016/jan/15/Centre-Agrees-to-Upgrade-1656km-of-State-and-National-Highways-869143.html|archive-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> Another road permits access to [[Gonikoppal]], [[Kodagu district]], {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} away via Kartikulam, Tholpetty forest, Kutta and [[Ponnampet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Wayanad.pdf|title=Wayanad District|work=District Handbooks of Kerala|author=P. P.Chandran|publisher=Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Kerala|location=Thiruvananthapuram|date=April 2003|access-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216080429/http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Wayanad.pdf|archive-date=16 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box/concise_C
| location=Mananthavady, Kerala
| source=Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org">"Climate: Mananthavady", Climate-Data.org. Web: [http://en.climate-data.org/location/47865/].</ref>
| 27.2|29.0|30.6|30.4|29.4|25.8|24.4|24.9|25.9|26.7|26.6|26.5
| 16.7|18.0|19.6|20.7|20.9|19.8|19.4|19.4|19.3|19.4|18.6|17.0
| 3|9|20|101|186|515|1096|565|211|203|82|19
|width=10}}

==See also==
* [[Kattikkulam, Wayanad|Kattikkulam]]
* [[Thirunelly]]
* [[Boys Town, Mananthavady]]
* [[Thalappuzha, Wayanad]]
* [[Palchuram]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Mananthavady}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Mananthavady}}

{{Malabar}}
{{Places of interest in North Malabar}}
{{Wayanad district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Wayanad district]]
[[Category:Mananthavady Area]]

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