Chundale is a village in

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

in the state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. Chundale is located near Kalpetta, the district headquarters of Wayanad.

Tourist attractions

# Vaduvanchal, kalpetta. # Puliyarmala Jain Temple, Kalpetta. # Wayanad Heritage Museum, Kalpetta. # Glass Temple, Kalpetta.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Achooranam had a population of 9754 with 4755 males and 4999 females.

Transportation

Chundale is 69 km by road from

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

railway station and this road includes nine hairpin bends. The nearest major airport is at

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

. The road to the east connects to

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

and

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. Night journey is allowed on this sector as it goes through Bandipur national forest. The nearest railway station is

. There are airports at

and

Image gallery

File:Chundale Village Office.jpg, Village Office File:Devi Temple, Lower Chundale.jpg, Devi Temple File:St. Jude's Church Chundale.jpg, St. Jude's Church Chundale,Wayanad File:School in Kottanad, Vythiri, India.jpg, School at Kottanad, Chundale

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