Kattappana

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Kattappana
Municipality
From top, left to right: Kattappana from a nearby mountain, Kattappana new private bus stand, Housing Board Shopping Complex, St. George Forane Church and Kattappana Municipality Office.
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Coordinates: 09°45′15″N 77°06′57″E / 9.75417°N 77.11583°E / 9.75417; 77.11583
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Kattappana Municipality
• Municipal Chairperson	Shiny Sunny Cherian
Area
• Total	61.32 km2 (23.68 sq mi)
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	60,646
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	685508, 685515
Telephone code	04868
Vehicle registration	KL-06 (Idukki)
Literacy	95.25%
Lok Sabha constituency	Idukki
Sex ratio	1016 ♂/♀
Website	Kattappana Municipality

Kattappana ([kaʈ:ap:ɐna]) is a municipality in the Idukki district of Kerala, India. It is located 21 km (13.0 mi) southeast of the district headquarters in Painavu and about 140 km (87.0 mi) north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. Kattappana is the second-largest municipality in the district by population, and serves as a major hub for commercial and economic activity for the surrounding region.

Kattappana was formed primarily by settlers from Pala, Changanassery and Kanjirapally in the Kottayam district in the 1950s, and was given the status of gram panchayat in 1962. The town later attained the Municipality status in 2015.^[1]