Kotagiri or Kothagiri is a taluk and a Panchayat town in The Nilgiris District[1] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills.

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Kotagiri
Town Panchayat
Nickname:  KTG
Kotagiri
Coordinates: 11.43°N 76.88°E / 11.43; 76.88
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	The Nilgiris
Government
• Type	Town panchayat
• Body	Kotagiri town panchayat
Elevation	1,847 m (6,060 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	28,207
Language Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code	+9104266
Vehicle registration	TN43

Kotagiri is located at 11.43°N 76.88°E / 11.43; 76.88. It has an average elevation of 1,847 m (6,060 ft).^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census, 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%.^{[citation needed]}

Villages in Kotagiri Town Panchayat

Educational institutions

• St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri

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• Green Valley Matriculation & Higher Secondary School (GVS), Kotagiri
• Kotagiri Public School (CBSE)
• Kaypeeyes College of Arts and Science (Bharathiar University)
• Pandiaraj Memorial Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Kotagiri
• Riverside Public School, Kotagiri (ICSE)

Tourist spots

• Kodanad View Point
• Catherine Falls

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kotagiri.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kotagiri.

• http://nilgiris.nic.in/

На других языках

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