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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Bisonvalley<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
| image_skyline = File:KERALA BISON.JPG<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = [[Bison]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala<br />
| pushpin_label_position = left<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|0|0|N|77|4|0|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Idukki district|Idukki]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = [[Panchayati Raj (India)]]<br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 32.62 <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 12,653<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English <br />
| demographics1_title2 = Minority <br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Kerala |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10209/download/13321/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-3200.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] <br />
| postal_code = 685565<br />
| registration_plate = KL-69 <br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Munnar]]<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Bison valley''' is a village in [[Udumbanchola]] Taluk in the [[Idukki district]] of the southwestern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India: Villages with population 5000 & above |others=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |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=2008-12-08 }}</ref> Bison valley is situated at around 914 metres (3000&nbsp;ft) above [[mean sea level]], in the [[Western Ghats]] range of mountains.<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The name Bison valley is believed to tell the history of the place, Where the kings and officers of [[East India Company|east India company]] came for [[hunting]] [[bison]] during their [[vacation]]s in [[Munnar]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Bisonvally had a population of 12,653 among which 6,332 are males and 6,321 are females. Bisonvalley village has an area of {{cvt|32.62|km2}} with 3,163 families residing in it. In Bisonvalley, 9.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Bisonvalley had an average literacy of 93% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==Transportation==<br />
===Road===<br />
Bison valley is connected to a rural roads, {{cvt|24|km}} form Munnar, about {{cvt|133|km}} from Cochin, {{cvt|30|km}} from [[Adimali]], and {{cvt|56|km}} from [[Neriamangalam]].<br />
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===Railway===<br />
The nearest major railway stations are at [[Ernakulam]] and [[Aluva]] (approximately 140 kilometres by road).<br />
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===Airport===<br />
The nearest airport is [[Cochin International Airport]], which is 110 kilometers away. The [[Coimbatore]] and [[Madurai]] airports is 155&nbsp;km from Bison valley.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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