Rajakkad

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Rajakkad

| settlement_type = Town

| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India

| coordinates = {{coord|9|57|50|N|77|6|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_name2 = Idukki

| established_title =

| established_date =

| founder =

| named_for =

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| governing_body =

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

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| area_total_km2 = 32.66

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| population_total = 16,486

| population_as_of = 2011

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 685566

| area_code = 04868

| area_code_type = Telephone Code

| registration_plate = KL-69, KL-06,KL-37

| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest towns

| blank1_info_sec1 =Kothamangalam, Thodupuzha, Munnar, Kattappana, Cheruthoni, Nedumkandam, Adimali,rajakumari

| blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency

| blank2_info_sec1 = Idukki

| blank3_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency

| blank3_info_sec1 = Udumbanchola

| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam

English

| subdivision_type1 = State

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Rajakkad is a town in the Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala situated in the Western Ghats.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/P|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Rajakkad had a population of 16,486 with 8,229 males and 8,257 females. Rajakkad village has an area of {{cvt|32.66|km2}} with 4,094 families residing in it. In Rajakkad, 9.2% of the population was under 6 years of age. Rajakkad had an average literacy of 96.7% higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 97.9% and female literacy was 95.5%.{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Idukki |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=58,59 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3209_PART_B_IDUKKI.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}

Transport

Private and KSRTC buses reach major cities such as Kothamangalam, Thodupuzha, Kattappana, Kochi, Kottayam, Muvattupuzha and Adimali. The nearest airport is Cochin International Airport 99 km away while the nearest railway station is Aluva railway station 98 km away.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

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