Kannan Devan Hills

Western Ghats from Kannan Devan Hills

Kannan Devan Hill
village
Coordinates: 10°3′0″N 77°3′0″E / 10.05000°N 77.05000°E / 10.05000; 77.05000Coordinates: 10°3′0″N 77°3′0″E / 10.05000°N 77.05000°E / 10.05000; 77.05000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Elevation	1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	68,205
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Munnar

View of Kannan Devan Hills

Kanan Devan Hills is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala.^[1] The village of Kannan Devan Hills in Devikulam Taluk, was given on lease on 11 July 1877 by the Poonjar Thampuran to John Daniel Munroe, of London and Peermedu, for coffee plantation. The lands and plantations were later resumed by the Government of Kerala by the KANNAN DEVAN HILLS (RESUMPTION OF LANDS) ACT, 1971.^[2]

Today Kannan Devan Hills is a popular tourist spot.^[3]

Due to the harsh working conditions of the Kannan Devan Hills Plantation, the female workforce organized the Munnar Plantation Strike of 2015, which inspired many surrounding plantation workers to better their working conditions.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kanan Devan Hills had a population of 68205 with 34473 males and 33732 females.^[1]

References

1 2 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ Kannan Devan Hills (Resumption of Lands) Act, 1971
↑ The Romantic Kannan Devan Hills

Travancore region

Districts	Kanyakumari (Part) Thiruvananthapuram Kollam Pathanamthitta Alappuzha Kottayam Idukki Ernakulam (Part)

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