Kumily also spelt as Kumaly is a revenue village and
Gram Panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...
in the Idukki district of Kerala. It is a town in
Cardamom Hills near Thekkady and
Periyar Tiger Reserve. Kumily is a gateway town into Kerala from Tamil Nadu.
History
The present-day Kumily has roots in the
British colonial period. The area was once owned by the
Thekkumkoor rajas in central
Travancore
The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. A ...
and later when
Marthanda Varma conducted his campaigns in central Travancore, regions including Kumily came under the kingdom of Travancore. Till the end of the 19th century, the area was given under control of
Poonjar kings. But the drastic and significant changes occurred in the region by the advent of British powers. They obtained these regions from the local rulers and transformed the forestlands into cultivatable one. Large-scale production of cash crops like cardamom,
pepper
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Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
,
coffee
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Seeds of ...
,
cinnamon
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etc. started in the hilly terrains. Many people from in and outside Kerala were brought to work in these plantations.
Demographics
As of
2011 Census, Kumily village had population of 30,276 where 15,162 are males and 15,114 are females. Kumily village spreads over an area of with 7,404 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 997 lower than the state average of 1084. In Kumily, 10.3% of the population was under 6 years of age. Kumily had an average literacy of 90.5% lower than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 93.6% and female literacy was .87.4%.
Transportation
Two national highways pass through Kumily town.
*
NH 183 (previously known as NH 220) connects
Kollam in
Kerala
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and
Dindigul in
Tamil Nadu
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. The part of
Kottayam
Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south ...
to Kumily is commonly known as
KK road
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*KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Faceless Ones''
* "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa
* Kk. or Kir ...
which is the main steam of transportation and passing through the near by towns
Vandiperiyar,
Kuttikkanam,
Mundakayam,
Kanjirapally,
Ponkunnam and reaches
Kottayam
Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south ...
. KK road also connects Kumily to
Thiruvananthapuram through
Mundakayam and
Pathanamthitta. Also
Ernakulam can access through
Mundakayam,
Ponkunnam,
Pala,
Thalayolaparambu and
Thripunithura.
*
NH 185 connects
Adimaly and Kumily through important towns like
Painavu,
Cheruthoni,
Kattappana and
Anavilasam
Anavilasam is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining M ...
of Idukki district.
The nearest railway station is at
Kottayam
Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south ...
of 107 km distance.
Cochin International Airport is the nearest airport to Kumily of about 140 km distance.
See also
*
Thekkady
*
Wagamon
Vagamon ( ml, വാഗമൺ) is an Indian hill station and a revenue village primarily located in Peerumedu taluk of Idukki district (majority area including Vagamon town), and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam ...
*
Vandiperiyar
*
Periyar
*
Gavi
References
{{Idukki district
Cities and towns in Idukki district
Villages in Idukki district
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