Idukki is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state, India. Created on 26January 1972, at that time the district headquarters was at Kottayam before it was moved to Painavu in June 1976. Idukki which lies in the Western Ghats of Kerala. Idukki is the second largest district in area but has the least population density. Idukki has vast forest reserve than living space urban areas are thickly populated whereas villages are less populated.