Thakeri [1] is a village in Kodagu district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about 9 km from Somwarpet. The village is famous for its coffee plantation and other agricultural activities.

Thakeri
Village
Thakeri Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Thakeri Thakeri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12.589°N 75.804°E / 12.589; 75.804
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	1,035 m (3,396 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,586
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	571236
Telephone code	08276
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-12
Sex ratio	1:1.05 ♂/♀
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Geography

Thakeri is located at 12.59°N 75.80°E / 12.59; 75.80.[2] It has an average elevation of 1035 metres (3396 feet).

Plantations

Primary occupation of the people living here is agriculture and the plantation is Coffee and the village is full of coffee estates. Apart from that Black pepper, cardamom, banana, ginger is grown in the estates. Silver Oak trees which are grown for shade in the coffee estates are sold as timber which fetches the planters good revenue. A lot of citrus fruits are grown like orange, lime, sweetlime and many other varieties of this family.

Languages spoken

Even though most of the people living here are Kannadigas, other languages like Kodava Takk, Tulu, English, Hindi and Tamil are understood by the people.

See also

• Madikeri
• Mangalore
• Virajpet

References