Yendayar

Town in Kerala, India

9°36′0″N 76°53′0″E / 9.60000°N 76.88333°E / 9.60000; 76.88333Country

IndiaStateKeralaDistrictKottayamLanguages

• OfficialMalayalam, EnglishTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

686514

Vehicle registrationKL-34, KL-35^[1]^[2]

Yendayar is a village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India that is totally surrounded by hills. The local river is the Manimala.

Location

Yendayar is situated in the eastern border of Kottayam District, 59 km from Kottayam, and around 11 km away from Mundakayam on the NH 220 (Kottayam-Kumily Road). All the buses to Elamkadu, Mukkulam & Vadakkemala are passes through Yendayar. Mundakayam, Koottickal and Elamkadu are the nearest towns The Nearest Railway Station is Kottayam railway station and airport is Nedumbassery.

Economy

Rubber plantations are the major source of income for the local population. India's first commercially successful rubber plantations are in Yendayar.^{[citation needed]}