according to the 2011 census wayanad district had a population of 816,558. many adivasi people live in wayanad. many settlers also live in wayanad. people came to wayanad from almost all the other parts of kerala because the farmland is good. wayanad has a small jain community made of gowders who came from karnataka. they built temples all over the district. there are also many different kinds of christians living in wayanad. one fourth of the population of wayanad is christian. another fourth of the population is muslims, and the rest of the people are hindus. the entire wayanad region fell under the kannada speaking area as per the linguistic survey and history of colonel wilks.