| Udumbanchola | |
| Native Name Lang: | Malayalam |
| Settlement Type: | Village/Taluk |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 9.8994°N 77.1815°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Idukki |
| Government Type: | Taluk |
| Governing Body: | Udumbanchola Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Blank1 Title: | Village |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 31.79 |
| Area Blank2 Title: | Taluk |
| Area Blank2 Km2: | 656.66 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Village |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Taluk |
| Population Blank1: | 10,064 |
| Population Blank2: | 283,369 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Malayalam, Tamil[3] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 685554 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-69 |
Udumbanchola is a taluk in Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala. This is in the high ranges. Nedumkandam is the major town and capital of Udumbanchola taluk. Mathikettan Shola National Park is located in Udumbanchola.
In July 2019, a team of historians found new menhir, perhaps the largest-ever recorded in Kerala, on the Pothamala hills in Udumbanchola taluk on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. According to them, Pothamala hills housed hundreds of cobbled stone structures, pointing to the existence of a structured graveyard of a prehistoric civilization.[4]
Udumbanchola Assembly constituency is part of Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.[5] Nedumkandam, Thookkupalam, K.Chappathu, Upputhara, Anakkara are the townships in Udumbumchola Taluk.
As of 2011 census, Udumbanchola village had a population of 10,064 with 5,100 males and 4,964 females. Udumbanchola village spreads over an area of with 2,796 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 982 lower than the state average of 1084. In Udumbanchola, 9.6% of the population was under 6 years of age. Udumbanchola had an average literacy of 81.6% lower than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 85% and female literacy was 78%.[6]
Udumbanchola taluk has administration over 18 revenue villages. Nedumkandam is the taluk headquarters. In 2013, separate Idukki taluk was carved out from Udumbanchola and Thodupuzha taluks for the ease of administration. The constituent villages in Udumbanchola taluk are: