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Udumbanchola is a taluk in Idukki district of Kerala state in India. This is in the high ranges. Nedumkandam is the major town and capital of Udumbanchola taluk. Mathikettan Shola National Park is located in Udumbanchola.

Udumbanchola
Village/Taluk
Udumbanchola
Location in Kerala, India
Udumbanchola
Udumbanchola (India)
Coordinates: 9.899356°N 77.18148°E / 9.899356; 77.18148
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictIdukki
Government
 • TypePanchayati Raj (India)
 • BodyUdumbanchola Grama Panchayat
Area
 • Total85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total14,059
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-69
Tree house at Udumbanchola
Tree house at Udumbanchola
Tribal Temple at Rajakumari
Tribal Temple at Rajakumari

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.[3]


Politics


Udumbanchola (State Assembly constituency) is part of Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency).[4] Nedumkandam, Thookkupalam, K.Chappathu, Upputhara, Anakkara are the townships in Udumbumchola Taluk.


Demographics


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 31.79 km2 (12.27 sq mi) 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%.[5]


Administration


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:


See also



References


  1. "ഇടുക്കി ജില്ലയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങള്‍ | Deparyment of Panchayats".
  2. "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF).
  3. Kuttoor, Radhakrishnan (11 July 2019). "Pothamala menhirs stand guard on ancient necropolis". The Hindu.
  4. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  5. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Idukki (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 58,59. Retrieved 14 July 2020.


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