Devikulam taluk

This article is about the Taluk Devikulam. For the Village, see Devikulam.

Devikulam taluk is one of the 5 taluks in Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala. Devikulam taluk comprises 13 villages.^[3]

Devikulam taluk
Taluk
Echo point, Munnar
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Coordinates: 10.0667°N 77.1073°E / 10.0667; 77.1073
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Area
• Total	1,306.09 km2 (504.28 sq mi)
Population
• Total	177,621
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English[1]
• Regional	Malayalam, Tamil[2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	685613
Telephone code	04865
Vehicle registration	KL 68
Lok Sabha constituency	Idukki
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Devikulam

Constituent Villages

Devikulam taluk has 13 villages: Anaviratty, Kannan Devan Hills, Kanthalloor, Keezhanthoor, Kottakamboor, Kunchithanny, Mankulam, Mannamkandam, Marayoor, Munnar, Pallivasal, Vattavada and Vellathuval.^[4]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Devikulam taluk had a population of 177,621 which constitutes 89,040 males and 88,581 females. Devikulam taluk spreads over an area of 1,052.09 km² (406.21 sq mi) with 45,480 families residing in it. Population in the age group 0-6 was 17,091 (9.6%). Devikulam taluk had overall literacy of 86.29%. The male literacy rate stands at 90.85% and the female literacy rate was 81.72%.^[5]

Languages

Malayalam and Tamil are the most widely spoken languages in Devikulam taluk.

Languages in Devikulam taluk[6]
Language			Speakers
Malayalam			55.1%
Tamil			44.1%
Others			0.78%
Distribution of languages Source: 2011 Census

Religions

Devikulam taluk constitutes major chunk of Hindus and Christians followed by Muslims and other minorities.

Religions in Devikulam subdistrict^[7]

1. Hinduism (63.21%)
2. Christianity (30.5%)
3. Islam (6.08%)
4. Sikh (0.01%)
5. Not stated (0.17%)
6. Buddhism (0.01%)
7. Jainism (0.01%)
8. Other (0.02%)