District Profile

Idukki District was formed in 26th January 1972 carving out Devikulam, Peermadu, Udumbanchola Taluks from the erstwhile Kottayam district and Thodupuzha taluk from the erstwhile Ernakulam District.
The total geographical area of the district is 5105.22 Sq. Kms, which form about 13 % of the whole state. Rugged mountains cover about 97% of the total area of the district. There is only a strip of middle land 3% at the western part of the district. The high ranges vary in altitude from 2,500 ft. above at Kulamavu, to more than 5000 feet above MSL at Munnar.
For the purpose of developmental activities it is divided in to Eight Community Development Blocks viz. Adimali, Azhutha, Devikulam, Elemdesam, Idukki, Kattappana, Nedumkandom and Thodupuzha. Kottayam and Pathanamthitta district bound the District on the south, Thrissur and Coimbatore district on the north, Madurai Ramanad and Thirunelveli district on the east and Ernakulam and Kottayam district in the west.