Palakkad is a vast stretch of fertile plains interspersed with hills, rivers, mountain streams and forests and is home to the Silent Valley National Park. Starting with the dams, there are around 4 dams in the district, most famous dam being the Malampuzha dam. Nelliyampathy is blessed with lush dense rain-forests with a number of wild animals like elephants, hill squirrels, deers and bison