Kotagiri taluk 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 ...
of
Nilgiris district of the
Indian state
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History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Tamil Nadu
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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Kotagiri
Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a taluk and a Panchayat town in The Nilgiris District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills.
Kotagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demographi ...
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Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kotagiri had a population of 108,290 with 52,543 males and 55,747 females. There were 1061 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 77.01. Child population in the age group below 6 was 4,277 Males and 4,154 Females.
References
Taluks of Nilgiris district
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