Wayanad District, in the north-east of Kerala , India , was formed on November 1 , 1980 as the 12th district, carved out of Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Wayanad has a large settler population. There are people from almost all parts of Kerala who migrated to this fertile land for building up their lives. Wayanad has a small jain community consisting of Gowders who came from Karnataka. Mountain ranges in Kerala Photo, Mountain ranges in Kerala consisting of the highland area of the Western Ghats, Beautiful Coastal Kerala, Backwaters and My Home Town. N G Nair Kerala Travel Thiruvananthapuram