Solution:

• Idukki regained the status of largest district after transfer of the land from Kuttampuzha panchayat in Ernakulam district to Edamalakudy panchayat.
• The order issued by Principal Secretary Tinku Biswal stated that a total of 12,718.5095 hectares of land from Kuttampuzha village in Ernakulam district has been annexed to Idukki district.
• After getting the land from Kuttampuzha village, the land area of Idukki district has expanded from 4,48,504.64 hectares to 4,61,223.1495 hectares.
• The total land area of Ernakulam district has decreased from 3,05,149 hectares to 2,92,430.4905 hectares of land.
• After the annexation, Idukki district has emerged as the largest district and has overtaken Palakkad. The total land area of Palakkad district is 4,48,200 hectares of land.
• Until 1997, Idukki was the largest district in the State.
• On January 1, 1997, Kuttampuzha panchayat was transferred from Devikulam taluk to Kothamangalam taluk in Ernakulam district.
• In 2000, ward 13 of Pampavally in Kumily panchayat in Idukki was transferred to Pathanamthitta district.