Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

and a

Panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

The Nilgiris District The Nilgiris district () is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts in the South India, southern Indian States and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri ( en, Blue Mountains) is the name given to a range of m ...

in the Indian

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. It is the third largest hill station in the

Nilgiri hills The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...

. Kotagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

India

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, Kotagiri town Panchayat has population of 28,207 of which 13,607 are males while 14,600 are females Population of Children aged 0–6 is 2,340 which is 8.30% of total population of Kotagiri (TP). In Kotagiri Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is 1073 against state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio in Kotagiri is 945 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Kotagiri city is 86.79% higher than state average of 80.09%. In Kotagiri, Male literacy is around 93.55% while female literacy rate is 80.57%.

Villages in Kotagiri Town Panchayat

Educational institutions

* St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri * Green Valley Matriculation & Higher Secondary School (GVS), Kotagiri *

Kotagiri Public School Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a taluk and a Panchayat town in The Nilgiris District in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills. Kotagiri is located at . It has an a ...

(CBSE) * Kaypeeyes College of Arts and Science (Bharathiar University) * Pandiaraj Memorial Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Kotagiri *

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(ICSE)

Tourist spots

Kodanad View Point Kodanad View point is a tourist spot near Kotagiri town, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu state, South India. Location It is located about 18 km east of Kotagiri on the eastern edges of Nilgiris at . Due to the location it is also called the ...

Catherine Falls Catherine Falls is a double-cascaded waterfall located in Kotagiri, The Nilgiris District, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major tourist spot, located on the Mettupalayam road branching off at Aravenu. The upper fall drops to the floo ...

References

External links

* http://nilgiris.nic.in/ {{Nilgiris district Hill stations in Tamil Nadu Cities and towns in Nilgiris district