Kannan Devan Hills is a large village located in Devikulam Taluk of Idukki District in the Indian state of Kerala.

[4] The village was given on lease on 11 July 1877 by the Poonjar Thampuran to John Daniel Munroe of London and Peermade for tea plantation.

[5] Traditional states that Col. Arthur Wellesley, the later Duke of Wellington, was the first English man to have set foot in the High Range during the Battle of Nedumkotta.

In 1897, Kannan Devan Hills Produce Company was registered to operate the local tea plantations.

Kannan Devan Hills village spreads over an area of 456.89 km2 (176.41 sq mi) with 14,134 families residing in it.