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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Valara<br />
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| settlement_type = village<br />
| image_skyline = Valara waterfalls.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = [[Cheeyappara Waterfalls]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|18|36|N|76|29|45|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<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = Devikulam<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 685561<br />
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| area_code = 914864<br />
| registration_plate = KL-68<br />
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| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kochi, India|Kochi]]<br />
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'''Valara''' ([[Malayalam]]: വാളറ) is located in between [[Neriamangalam]] on the eastern border of the [[Ernakulam District]] and [[Adimali]] of [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] - [[Madurai]] National Highway ([[National Highway 49 (India)|NH-49]]). It is in [[Idukki district]], [[Kerala]],<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2011 |title=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |access-date=May 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> at a distance of 14&nbsp;km from Adimali. The main attraction of this place is Valara waterfalls. Which is in the Deviyar river, a small river originating from western ghats, passing through Adimali Grama Panchayath. The Thottiyar Hydro Electric project is the New project of KSEB. The Project proposed in the river Thottiyar (Deviyar), a tributary of river Periyar in Idukki District of Kerala State. The scheme envisages utilization of the water from a catchment area of 59 km<sup>2</sup>, and by diverting the water by constructing a weir across the river Thottiyar through an open cut channel, conveyance tunnel, penstock to generate electricity in a surface power house. The tail race water will be led to the same river through a tail race channel. Valara has chain of waterfalls surrounded by thick green forests. [[Cheeyappara|Cheeyappara Waterfall]] is nearby.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of waterfalls]]<br />
* [[List of waterfalls in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.zamorinholidays.com/package/things-to-do/cheeyappara-valara-waterfalls-munnar/ Things to Know about Valara Falls]<br />
* [http://keralawidetours.com/gallery/idukki#Valara%20Falls About Valara]<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=10.3103593&lon=76.4957857&z=15&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/5256956/Valara-Waterfalls Valara on Wikimapia]<br />
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