Kotagiri

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Kotagiri
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Kotagiri
Coordinates: 11°26′N76°53′E / 11.43°N 76.88°E / 11.43; 76.88
CountryIndia
State Tamil Nadu
District The Nilgiris
Government
 • TypeSpecial Grade
 • BodyKotagiri town panchayat
Elevation
1,950 m (6,400 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total28,207
Language
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30
Area code +9104266
Vehicle registration TN43
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Kodanad View Point
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Catherine Falls
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Nehru Park

Kotagiri is a hill station and a taluk in the Nilgiris district [1] of the Indian state, Tamil Nadu. The Nilgiri hills have been the traditional home of the "Kota" tribes. The name 'Kota-giri' itself means 'mountains of the kotas'. Kotagiri was known in the past as 'Kota-keri' or 'Kota-gherry', the 'street of Kotas'. [2] The town has developed around numerous knolls and valleys. It is one of the largest hill stations in the Nilgiri Mountains. Located at an average elevation of 1,950 m (6,400 ft), Kotagiri is quietly tucked away in the Nilgiris and used to be one of the summer resorts of Madras Presidency. The town was discovered in the year 1819 by John Sullivan [3] when he came to a village called Dhimbatty to the north of Kotagiri. Kotagiri enjoys the third coldest climate next to Ooty and Kodaikanal in South India. [4]

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Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Kotagiri special grade town Panchayat has a population of 28,207, of which 13,607 are males while 14,600 are females. The population of children aged 0–6 is 2,340, which is 8.30% of the total population of Kotagiri (TP). [5] In Kotagiri Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is 1073 against state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio in Kotagiri is 945 compared to the Tamil Nadu state average of 943. The literacy rate of Kotagiri city is 86.79% higher than state average of 80.09%. In Kotagiri, the male literacy rate is around 93.55% while the female literacy rate is 80.57%. [6]

Educational institutions

Schools

Tourist spots

Villages near Kotagiri Town

There are a large number of Badaga villages and Sri Lankan Tamil settlement colonies surrounding Kotagiri town.

#VillagesAdministrative DivisionPopulation
1HittakkalKotagiri8,284
2AracodeKotagiri781
3DenadKotagiri8,284
4HallimoyarKotagiri225
5JackanaraiKotagiri4,602
6KadinamalaKotagiri407
7KallampalayamKotagiri1,691
8KengaraiKotagiri6,820
9KodanadKotagiri4,153
10KokkodeKotagiri147
11KonakaraiKotagiri7,511
13NaduhattyKotagiri10,278
14NandipuramKotagiri172
15NedugulaKotagiri13,071

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