Idukki
Idukki district is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country.
Idukki district 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 contains two municipal towns – Kattappana and Thodupuzha, and five taluks.
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Worth seeing in and around Idukki
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Idukki Dam
The Idukki Dam is a double-curvature thin arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan and Kurathi, in Idukki district, in the state of Kerala, India. It is constructed and owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board.
2.9 km · Dam in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Cheruthoni Dam
The Cheruthoni Dam, located in Idukki District, Kerala, India, is a 138m tall concrete gravity dam. Preliminary work on this project was initiated under the leadership of Superintending Engineer, E.U.Philipose.
3 km · Dam in India · Wikipedia - 03Government Engineering College, Idukki
The Government Engineering College, Idukki is located in the town of Painavu, in Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.
300 m · college in Idukki District, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Idukki
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 68 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 132 km · Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 152 km
- Kochi → Idukki78 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ₹700–880
- Coimbatore → Idukki128 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · ₹1,630–2,040
- Thiruvananthapuram → Idukki152 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₹1,510–1,890
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No local-transport research exists yet for Idukki
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Next door to Idukki
- Painavutown in Kerala, India300 m