{"id":339844,"date":"2025-06-09T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339844"},"modified":"2025-06-15T18:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:59:32","slug":"kalvarayan-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kalvarayan-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalvarayan Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> In a first, girl from tribal community in Kalvarayan Hills earns her seat in IIT.<\/p>\n<h2>About Kalvarayan Hills<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339846\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-339846\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-ResearchGate.png?resize=375%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-ResearchGate.png?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-ResearchGate.png?w=723&amp;ssl=1 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> They are a major range of hills situated in the <strong>Eastern Ghats<\/strong> of the southern Indian state of <strong>Tamil Nadu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acting as a watershed<\/strong>: Along with the <strong>Pachaimalai, Javadi, and Shevaroy<\/strong> hills, they <strong>separate the Kaveri River basin to the south<\/strong> from the <strong>Palar River basin to the north<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height and spread<\/strong>: The hills range in height from <strong>2000 feet to 3000 feet<\/strong> and extend over an area of <strong>1095 square kilometers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Divisions:<\/strong> The Kalrayans are divided into <strong>two sections<\/strong> \u2014\n<ul>\n<li>The northern section, referred to as the Chinna (\u201clittle\u201d) Kalrayans, having a average height of 2700 feet.<\/li>\n<li>The southern section, called the Periya (\u201cbig\u201d) Kalrayans having an average height of 4000 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> Scrubs (up to 400 metres), deciduous forests (between above 800 metres), Sholas (on isolated plateaus)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waterfalls:<\/strong> Megam Falls and Periyar falls<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dam:<\/strong> Gomukhi dam<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tribes:<\/strong> The primary tribal community inhabiting the Kalrayan Hills is the <strong>Malayali (Malaiyali) tribe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: In a first, girl from tribal community in Kalvarayan Hills earns her seat in IIT. 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