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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|Idukki ,Kerala India |namesakes|Idukki (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Idukki Town<br />
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| other_name = Highrange <br />
| nickname = Highrange<br />
| settlement_type = [[Township]]<br />
| image_skyline = File:Cheruthoni Junction,Idukki.ചെറുതോണി ജംഗ്ക്ഷൺ,ഇടുക്കി.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Cheruthoni junction<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|9.85|N|76.97|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 = [[Idukki district]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| government_type = Panchayat <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_total = 11,347<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<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]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kattappana]], [[Thodupuzha]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 685602,685603<br />
| registration_plate = KL-06<br />
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'''Idukki''' is a township in [[Idukki district]] near to the district headquarter [[Painavu]] in the state of [[Kerala]], southern [[India]]. The township consists of the towns of Cheruthony, [[Painavu]] (district capital), Thadiyampadu, Idukki proper and Vazhathope. Idukki town is an administrative town but the district headquarters is located at [[Painavu]].<br />
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The town is also a tourist Spot with [[Idukki dam]], [[Asia]]'s largest [[Arch dam]] and Cheruthony dam, Kerala's biggest dam. River [[Periyar (river)|Periyar]] flows through the heart of the town.<br />
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== Nearby places ==<br />
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* [[Kattappana]]<br />
* [[Thodupuzha]]<br />
*[[Nedumkandam]]<br />
* [[Adimali]]<br />
*[[Thopramkudy]]<br />
*[[Cheruthoni]]<br />
*[[Painavu]]<br />
*[[Thankamany|Thankamani]]<br />
*[[Moolamattom]]<br />
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== Population ==<br />
* Demographics - According to the census data of 2001, Idukki Township has a population of 11,347 in which 5925 are men and 5422 are woman.<br />
* The town has 98.26% literacy.<br />
* Religion - Its Saint George’s [[Cathedral]] is the episcopal see of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki]] (an Eastern Catholic diocese, Chaldean = Syro-Oriental rite).<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
Idukki Town is a part of [[Idukki (State Assembly constituency)]] and of India's federal [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf <br />
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies <br />
|access-date=2008-10-20 <br />
|work=Kerala <br />
|publisher=Election Commission of India <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf <br />
|archive-date=2009-03-04 <br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Sources and external links ==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/3772.htm GCatholic - St George’s Cathedral, Syro-Malabar Diocese of Idukki]<br />
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