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The Attapady block is located between
10o55’ 10’’ and 11o 14’ 19’’ north Latitude and between 76o 27’11’’ and 76o 48’ 8’’ east Longitude ,stretching from Mukkaly to Anakatty(west-east) and Thazhemully to Muthikkulam(north-south), covering an area of 745 square kilometer(sq.km) in Mannarkad Taluk of Palakkad district
,Kerala state, South India.
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Attappady is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Nilgiris, as part of the southern Western Ghats rise from the Palghat gap and exhibit a complex topography. The mountains in this range are some of the oldest geological formations in southwestern India.
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The terrain:
The terrain of Attapady is quite undulating, holding a large number of hillocks of varying elevation ranging from 450 to 2300 meters above the mean sea level (msl). The tall hills of the Nilgiris (2300 meters (mts) above msl) border the north and east, and the Muthikkulam hills (2000 mts above msl) form the southwest boundary of the Attapady Block. |
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Physiography: Attappady exhibits steep physiography with elevation range from 450 mts to 2300 mts. A large part of the area falls within the category of land above 35 percent slope (43835 hectares, or 438.35 sq km). The balance area viz., 30675 hectares, or 306.75 sq km falls under undulating, erosion prone landscape. About 40 percent of the eastern slopes fall within the rain shadow zone with rainfall of less than 1000 millimeter (mm) per annum. Erratic rainfall with poor retention of soil moisture qualify most of these lands as dry wastelands.
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Climate
Average Rainfall : eastern Attapady 800-1000 mm
western Attapady 3000mm
Temperature : 23oC-38oC |
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Administrative details
District : Palakkad
Taluk : Mannarkkad
Block : Attappady
Panchayats :3; Agali, Sholayur and Pudur
Revenue Villages: 6;Agali, Kallamala,Kottathara,Sholayoor,Pudur,Padavayal
From District Head Quarters (Palakkad)
: 75 Km
Nearest Railway Station and Distance
: Coimbatore, 48 Kms
National Highway and other important
roads : Mannarkkad – Chinnathadagam |
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Location