Moodadi
Grama Panchayat

The Moodadi Grama Panchayat, with an area of ​​16.02 sq km, is classified into four zones based on geography: coastal, plain, marshland and hilly.

Coastal

The coastal area is the area that includes wards 1,4,7,9 and 10, which extend 4.5 meters to the southwest of the national highway. Although the coastline of Kerala is generally straight, one of the two indentations, which is believed to have been formed as a result of landslides, is in Cuddalore in our panchayat. When viewed from the shore, the nature of the depression caused by the coastline pushes the land towards the sea, so the southwestern boundary of the panchayat became the sea. This zone is a high area filled with red sandstone from Urupunyakavu, which is about 15 meters above sea level, to below the Nandi Lighthouse, and then a sandy area up to Kodikkal beach. The main sea coasts are Urupunyakavu, Moodadi, Muthayam, Cuddalore and Kodikal.

Plain

This is the largest area and is 3 to 4 meters above sea level, consisting of fertile sand, silt, clay and gravel. In the past, paddy was cultivated extensively here. As the fields were filled and coconut and coconut were grown, rice cultivation became marginal. Coconut is the main crop, but pepper, cucumber, banana, tubers and other vegetables were cultivated as intercrops, and betel was also cultivated in abundance in the past.

Marshland

This is a fertile area between the plain and the hills, slightly above sea level, full of mud and water, and Kuttanad and Makaram were cultivated extensively. The unscientific flow of water through the Iringal Branch Canal, which is part of the Kuttiadi Irrigation Project, has been a reason for the farmers who used to cultivate rice here to move away from it.

Hilly region

The second largest land area is 30 to 40 meters above sea level and includes the Akalappuzha river and the hilly areas of Valiyamala, Muchukunnu, Puramala (Srisailam), and Pavurkunnu on the eastern border. Increased red rock and earth mining, rather than small-scale soil erosion, have a major environmental impact here. Due to this, high temperatures and water scarcity are experienced. The Kadukuzhi area of ​​Muchukunnu, where clay was obtained, was the center of vegetable and betel cultivation and the oat and pottery industry.

Water Resources

The major streams that flowed along the Akalappuzha River on the eastern border were once abundant water carriers. The stream that flowed through the paddy fields in the 11.89 sq km Moodadi watershed is 6.4 km long and the stream in the 1.62 sq km Koilothupadi watershed is 4.85 km long. Their flow ends in the Akalappuzha River, which is part of the Korappuzha River. The gradual erosion and growth of soil erosion have affected the existence of the stream and the water transport. Small streams such as Panayanthode, Kattapurathithode, Chakkarathode, Parathode, Muyalthode and Aavikalthode have become extinct.