Idukki Town | |
Other Name: | Highrange |
Nickname: | Highrange |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 9.85°N 76.97°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Idukki district |
Government Type: | Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 21,724 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kattappana, Thodupuzha |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 685602,685603 |
Registration Plate: | KL-06 |
Website: | https://idukki.nic.in/en/ |
Idukki is a township in Idukki district near to the district headquarter Painavu in the state of Kerala, southern India. The township consists of the towns of Cheruthoni, Painavu (district capital), Thadiyampadu, Idukki proper and Vazhathope. Idukki is an administrative town, but the district headquarters is located at Painavu.
The town is also a tourist spot with Idukki dam, Asia's largest Arch dam and Cheruthony dam, Kerala's biggest dam. River Periyar flows through the heart of the town.
The name Idukki was derived from the Malayalam word ‘Idukk’, which means gorge.[1]
According to the census data, in 2011 Idukki Township had a population of 21,724 of which 10,779 were men and 10,945 were women. SC comprised 9.0% and ST were 7.8% of the population. The village had 84.3% literacy rate.[2]
The Saint George’s Cathedral in Idukki Township is the episcopal see of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki (an Eastern Catholic diocese, Chaldean = Syro-Oriental rite).
Idukki Town is a part of Idukki (State Assembly constituency) and of India's federal Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]