Vellamunda is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and a Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 in the Wayanad district

Wayanad District

Wayanad District in the north-east of Kerala, India, was formed on November 1, 1980 as the 12th district by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Kalpetta is the district headquarters as well as the only municipal town in the district. The region was known as Mayakshetra in the...

 of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Situated at the foot of Banasura Peak

Banasura Peak

Banasura Peak is the second tallest mountain in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. The peak has an altitude of and is a part of the Western Ghats. The mountain is named after Banasura, a mythical character of Indian legends....

 and Mangalassery hill (Mangalassery Mala) Vellamunda has rich greenery and scenic beauty to flaunt off. Famous tourist attraction is Banasura Sagar earth dam, which is the largest of its kind in India. Water from Banasura Sagar Dam

Banasura Sagar Dam

Banasura Sagar Dam, which impounds the Karamanathodu tributary of the Kabini River, is part of the Indian Banasurasagar Project consisting of a dam and a canal project started in 1979...

 is pumped in to kakkayam reservoir for kuttiady power project

Historical Trivias

The well known naxalite Naxal Varghese

Naxal Varghese

Arikkad Varghese , popularly known as Naxal Varghese, was an Indian militant communist activist , who fought mainly to protect the Adivasis in Wayanad from the exploitation of the feudal lords , and the police system which then aided the exploitation, during the 1960s.Naxal Varghese is especially...

hails from Vellamunda. His tomb is situated at Ozhukkammoola 1.5 km away from Vellamunda.

Economy

Agriculture, is the main stay of the economy. Coffee, pepper, plantain and vanilla are the
main crops. Besides these nut crops, the most important crop in the vellamunda is Banana & Ginger. Aqueducts have been constructed to take water to the otherwise dry areas in the village.
Price of land is going up even though Agrarian crisis is present in Kerala.

Even though agriculture was the main source of income for the majority of the population now the situation has turned around. A major chunk of the economy now comes from people working in Gulf countries.

Educational Institutions in Vellamunda

1. Government Model Higher Secondary School, Vellamunda H.S.
2. Government Upper Primary School, Vellamunda
3. A.U.P School, Vellamunda
4. W.M.O English Academy, Vellamunda
5. St:Annes EM School, Vellamunda
6. ALP School, Cherukara
7. ALP School, Kandathuvayal