Sultan Bathery

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Sultan Bathery
Municipality
Sultan Bathery Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Sultan Bathery Sultan Bathery (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 11°40′N 76°17′E / 11.67°N 76.28°E / 11.67; 76.28
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Wayanad
Named for	artillery battery of Tipu Sultan
Government
• Municipal Chairperson	T K Ramesh
Area
• Total	102.24 km2 (39.48 sq mi)
Elevation	901 m (2,956 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	45,417
• Density	440/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673592
Area code	91 4936
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-73
Sex ratio	1,029 male/female
Literacy	89.36%
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Sultan Bathery is a town and municipality in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India, near its borders with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Once known as a strategic location in the Malabar region, Sultan Bathery is the headquarters of the Sultan Bathery taluk.^[1]

It is credited with being Kerala's cleanest town,^{[citation needed]} and is known for its tourism and commercial activities.^{[citation needed]}