About Village
According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Valat village is 627300. Valat village is located in Mananthavady Tehsil of Wayanad district in Kerala, India. It is situated 20km away from sub-district headquarter Mananthavady and 52km away from district headquarter Kalpetta. As per 2009 stats, Thavinhal is the gram panchayat of Valat village.
Demography
As of the 2011 India census, Valat had a population of 10419 with 5277 males and 5142 females.Valat has a total population of 10,799 peoples. There are about 2,477 houses in Valat village.
Geography
The total geographical area of village is 2721 hectares.
Socio-Economic
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of the Village. Most of the lands in the area are used for agriculture purpose. More than half of its population are encaged in agriculture in order to earn their livelihood. Another source of economy in the Village is the cattle Farming.
Ecology
Wayanad district in Kerala is part of the Western Ghats which is one the biodiversity hot spots of the world. The western slopes of the Ghats have a natural cover of evergreen forest, which changes to moist and then dry deciduous types as one comes to the eastern slopes. The vegetation reaches its highest diversity towards the southern tip in Kerala with its high statured, rich tropical rain forests.