Pottankad is a village located in the Idukki district of Kerala, India. It is about 3020 ft. above sea level. A tourist destination, Munnar, is within 20 km of Pottankad. Most of the people depend on agriculture, and the main cultivations are cardamom and black pepper. This place is included in the Bison Valley Panchayath and the Taluk in Udumbanchola. Nobody really knows how the name, Pottenkad, originated.