KOCHI: Mullaperiyar is the largest ward in Kerala in the local body elections. It is the 13th ward of Kumily Grama Panchayat. Mullaperiyar Dam is also in this ward. With 1,372 voters, the ward includes the Periyar Tiger Reserve, which is spread over an area of 925 square kilometers, the Forest Department quarters, and the residential areas of Thekkady, Labbakandam, Kurisumala and Vallakadavu.

Two polling stations: Thekkady Amalambika Public School and Pachakkanam Anganwadi. There is a distance of 40 km between them. 98 percent of the voters are in the Amalambika booth. There are only 20 voters in Pachakkanam. The ward, which was known as Thekkady until the last election, has been re-divided into Mullaperiyar this time. It is currently a Scheduled Tribe reservation ward.

Kumily Labbakanda

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