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Attappady is an extensive mountain valley of about 731 sq. km in area, lying at Western Ghatranges. It is located in the mid-eastern part of Kerala on the north-east of Palakkad district,adjoining Coimbatore and Nilgiri districts of Tamil Nadu. It forms almost the eastern half of Mannarkad taluk and is separated from the rest of the taluk by a hump like, steep mountainrange. At the northern and eastern boundaries of the area are Nilgiri and Coimbatore districts of. Attappady is bordered by Palakkad taluk in the South and Karimba and Pottessery and Mannarkad revenue villages of Mannarkad taluk and Ernad taluk of Malappuram district inthe West (GOK, 1976). Administratively the Attappady Development Block consists of thethree panchayats of Agali, Pudur, and Sholayur in Palakkad district.

Attappady is essentially a plateau rising from the undulating midlands beyond the east of Mannarkad taluk to a height of 750-1000 metres. This area is flanked by mountain ranges,the Nilgiris in the north, and extensions of the Western Ghats in the south and the west. The terrain of Attappady is marked by hills and valleys, particularly high mountains and narrow valleys in the western half. The area lies in between two ranges of the Western Ghats and the general slope of the area is towards north-east. Once the hump-like mountain range from the Mannarkad approach is crossed, the plateau slides gradually towards the east and merges with the elevated plains of Tamil Nadu. From the south-west the elevation increases from 90m to 550 m at Mukkali. From Mukkali to Anakkatty towards the east, the elevation is between500 m and 575 m. The northern boundary of Attappady Block lies at an elevation of around2300 m in the Nilgiris peak. From there it decreases along the south-west and later climbsup to 2000 m at Muthikulam (KSLUB and NRSA, 1994). The highest peak Malleeswaramwhich has a height of 1664 metres is visible from most locations in Attappady.