Chinnakanal

Village in Kerala, India

10°02′28″N 77°10′15″E / 10.04117°N 77.170860°E / 10.04117; 77.170860Country

IndiaStateKeralaDistrictIdukkiArea

• Total67.33 km² (26.00 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total12,005 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Languages

• OfficialMalayalam, English • RegionalMalayalam, Tamil^[1]Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Chinnakanal is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala.^[2] It has waterfalls which are popularly known as the Power House Waterfalls.^[3]^[4] Arikomban is a famous elephant that lived in Chinnakanal.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census, Chinnakanal had a population of 12,005 with 6,098 males and 5,907 females. Chinnakanal village spreads over an area of 67.33 km² (26.00 sq mi) with 3,210 families residing in it and 9.6% of the population being under 6 years of age. Chinnakanal had an average literacy of 78.6%, 4.6% higher than the national average of 74% and 15.4% lower than state average of 94%; male literacy was 86.2% and female literacy was 70.8%.^[5]

References

^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Kerala". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
^ "Munnar". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^ "Cottages In Chinnakanal". FREE UK Press Release Distribution. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Idukki (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 58,59. Retrieved 14 July 2020.