Kokkayar is a village in Azhutha block of
Peerumedu taluk
Peerumedu taluk is one of the 5 taluks in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. It consists of 10 revenue villages.
Constituent Villages
The 10 villages of the Peerumedu taluk are:
Elappara, Kokkayar, Kumily, Manjumala, Mlappara, ...
in
Idukki district
Idukki (ഇടുക്കി; ) is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country. It is the largest district in Kerala and lies amid the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Kerala. Idukki district co ...
, in the
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
n state of
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
.
It is surrounded by
Koottikkal,
Elappara
Elappara is a town in Idukki district in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the panchayaths in Peerumedu taluk. The area is marked by a cool climate as the region is situated at an elevation of over above sea level. Elappar ...
panchayaths in north, Peerumedu and Elappara panchayaths in east,
Peruvanthanam in south and Koottikkal, Mundakkayam panchayaths in west.
Administration
The panchayath of Kokkayar is divided into 13 wards for administrative convenience.
Wards
* Mukkulam
* Vadakke mala
* Meloram
* Mulamkunnu
* Kodikuthy
* Boyce
* Kokkayar
* Poovanchi
* Narakampuzha
* Kutti plangadu
* Vembly
* Kanaka puram
*
Yendayar east
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Kokkayar had a population of 3057 households.
References
Villages in Idukki district
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