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Vattavada is a village in Idukki district in the state of Kerala, bordering Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The village is located along Palani Hills in Western Ghats. It is an agricultural village known for growing a wide range of vegetables and fruits in the terrace farmlands.
As of 2011 Census, Vattavada had a population of 3,292 with 1,690 males and 1,602 females. Vattavada village has an area of 31.78 km2 (12.27 sq mi) with 901 families residing in it. In Vattavada, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age. Vattavada had an average literacy of 75.7% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%
Vattavada is a virtually rain shadow village, lying in the eastern side of the Western Ghats near to Marayur and north side of Munnar. The region in and around Vattavada varies in height from 1,450 meters (4,760 ft) to 2,695 meters (8,842 ft) above mean sea level. Vattavada enjoys a salubrious climate. The temperature ranges between 5 °C (41 °F) and 20 °C (68 °F) in winter and 12 °C (54 °F) and 18 °C (64 °F) in summer. Temperatures as low as −4 °C (25 °F) have been recorded in the border region of Vattavada. The mean maximum daily temperature is at its lowest during the monsoon months with the highest temperature being 19 °C (66 °F).
Vattavada is known as the market of Kerala, because they are in front of vegetable producing. Vattavada is famous for its wide variety of crops which is not seen on the other parts of Kerala, which includes varieties of apples, oranges, strawberries, guavas, pears, blackberries, plums, gooseberries, canistels, peaches and passion fruits, etc. Vattavada was also famous for cultivating wheat. But as the water content in the soil became less over the years due to large-scale cultivation of Eucalyptus, wheat cultivation has reduced significantly.