Peerumedu taluk

This article is about the Taluk Peerumedu. For the Village, see Peerumedu.

Peerumedu taluk Peerumade
Taluk
Geography of Peerumedu
Peerumedu taluk Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Peerumedu taluk Peerumedu taluk (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 9.5783°N 77.0154°E / 9.5783; 77.0154
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Area
• Total	1,402.62 km^2 (541.55 sq mi)
Population
• Total	175,622
• Density	130/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English[1]
• Regional	Malayalam, Tamil[2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	685531
Telephone code	04869
Vehicle registration	KL 37
Lok Sabha constituency	Idukki
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Peerumade

Peerumedu taluk is one of the 5 taluks in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. It consists of 10 revenue villages.^[3]

Constituent Villages

The 10 villages of the Peerumedu taluk are: Elappara, Kokkayar, Kumily, Manjumala, Mlappara, Peerumedu, Periyar, Peruvanthanam, Upputhara and Vagamon.^[4]

Demographics

As per 2011 census report, Peerumedu taluk has population of 175,622 of which 87,391 are males and 88,231 are females. The sex-ratio of Peerumedu taluk is around 1010 compared to 1084 which is average of Kerala state. The literacy rate of Peerumade Taluk is 81.33% out of which 84.72% males are literate and 77.98% females are literate.^[5]

Languages

Malayalam is the most widely spoken language in Peerumedu taluk, followed by Tamil and others.

Languages in Peerumedu taluk[6]
Language			Speakers
Malayalam			65.35%
Tamil			34.34%
Others			0.29%
Distribution of languages Source: 2011 Census

Religions

The majority of people in Peerumedu taluk Hindus and Christians, followed by Muslims and other minorities.

Religions in Peerumedu subdistrict^[7]

  Hinduism (51.51%)

  Christianity (41.28%)

  Islam (6.91%)

  Buddhism (0.03%)

  Not stated (0.23%)

  Sikh (0.01%)

  Jainism (0.01%)

  Other (0.04%)

References

1. "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
2. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Kerala". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
3. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Idukki (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. "Revenue | District Idukki, Government of Kerala | India".
5. "Peerumade Taluk Population Idukki, Kerala, List of Villages & Towns in Peerumade Taluk". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
6. "Census of India - Language". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
7. "Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.