 It is full of hills and valleys in the middle of which flows the Meenachil river (made famous by Arundhati Roy's novel, "The God of Small Things").Large scale settlement in Teekoy began more than 100 years ago.It has resemblance to a tropical rain-forest area with all kinds of trees like teak and jackfruit are found in the Western Ghats region growing profusely besides coconut, rubber, arecanut, and other crops.