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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Kerala, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Chooralmala<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = Chooralmala School, Meppady.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = View of river side and Chooralmala School<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.5021553|N|76.1548412|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| government_type = Panchayat Ward<ref>https://village.kerala.gov.in/Office_websites/contactus.php?nm=1062Vellarimalavillageoffice</ref><ref>https://lsgkerala.gov.in/index.php/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/1093</ref><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 673 121<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 04936<br />
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-72<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Meppadi]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Wayanad<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Assembly Constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Kalpetta<br />
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'''Chooralmala''' is a village located in the Meppadi panchayat in [[Wayanad district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-31 |title=Wayanad tragedy: How Chooralmala turned into valley of destruction overnight |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/wayanad-tragedy-how-chooralmala-turned-into-valley-of-destruction-overnight/articleshow/112162789.cms |access-date=2024-10-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Chooralmala is a small village and hillstation in [[Meppadi]] panchayat, [[Vythiri]] taluk, Wayanad district in the [[Western Ghats]] mountain range.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chooralmala, Wayanad District, Kerala, India |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/routes-locations/chooralmala/id/3071 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Portal |url=https://village.kerala.gov.in/Office_websites/contactus.php?nm=1062Vellarimalavillageoffice |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=village.kerala.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How gigantic boulders bulldozed Chooralmala: Scores of residents still missing |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/content/mm/en/kerala/top-news/2024/08/01/wayanad-landslide-chooralmala-residents-missing.html |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Onmanorama}}</ref><br />
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==Landslides at Chooralmala in 2024==<br />
{{main| 2024 Wayanad landslides}}<br />
Wayanad landslides were the landslides that occurred in Punjirimattom, [[Mundakkai, Wayanad|Mundakkai]], Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in [[Meppadi]] panchayat, [[Vythiri]] taluk<ref name="Location Of the incident">{{cite web|title=Location Of the incident|url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ndmi/viewUploadedDocument?uid=NEW2155|work=[[Government of India]]|access-date=17 August 2024|quote=On 30.07.2024 at about 0217 hrs, due to incessant and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, a major landslide incident occurred at Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Vellarimala Village, Meppadi Panchayat, Vythiri taluk in District Wayanad.}}</ref> in [[Wayanad district]], Kerala, India, in the early hours of 30 July 2024. Heavy rains triggered the collapse of hillsides, resulting in torrents of mud, water, and boulders cascading down onto the area. The landslides marked one of the deadliest natural disasters in Kerala's history with reports of at least 400+ deaths.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkge0pnxy3o|title=Wayanad: The scenic Indian villages devastated by deadly landslides|website=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/in-mundakkai-16-of-family-swept-away-in-landslide/articleshow/112253475.cms|title=In Mundakkai, 16 of family swept away in landslide|newspaper=The Times of India |date=4 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[2024 Wayanad landslides]]<br />
* [[Wayanad district]]<br />
* [[Kalpetta Assembly constituency]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Wayanad district}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Wayanad district]]</div>
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