Kotagiri is a hill station and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian state of 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'. The town has developed around numerous knolls and valleys. Located at an average elevation of 1,950 m (6,400 ft), it was one of the summer resorts of the Madras Presidency. The British administrator John Sullivan visited the area in 1819, arriving at a village called Dhimbatty to the north of Kotagiri.
Demographics
, according to the India census, the Kotagiri second-grade municipality 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). In Kotagiri, the Female Sex Ratio is 1073 against state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio is 945 compared to the Tamil Nadu state average of 943. The literacy rate of Kotagiri is 86.79% — higher than state average of 80.09%. The male literacy rate is around 93.55%, while the female literacy rate is 80.57%. Educational institutions Kotagiri has a District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), a district resource centre for teacher training. It operates under the State Council of Educational Research and Training.
The NPA Centenary Polytechnic College was established in 1991 by the NPA Centenary Charitable Trust, formed by the Nilgiri Planters' Association to mark its centenary. A government-aided institution approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, it offers three-year diploma programmes in engineering.
The town also has a number of government, aided and private schools across the Kotagiri block.
Landmarks
Longwood Shola, on the edge of the town, received QCC accreditation in 2022. Nehru Park hosts the annual vegetable show that opens the Nilgiris summer festival. Other landmarks in and around the town include Kodanad View Point, Catherine Falls, Rangaswamy Peak and Pillar, Elk Falls and the John Sullivan Memorial.
Revenue villages The Kotagiri Taluk consists of the following official revenue villages.
# Villages Administrative Division Population (2011) 1 Aracode Kotagiri 781 2 Denad Kotagiri 8,284 3 Hallimoyar Kotagiri 225 4 Jackanarai Kotagiri 4,602 5 Jagathala Kotagiri N/A 6 Kadinamala Kotagiri 407 7 Kallampalayam Kotagiri 1,691 8 Kengarai Kotagiri 6,820 9 Kil-Kotagiri Kotagiri N/A 10 Kodanad Kotagiri 4,153 11 Kokkode Kotagiri 147 12 Konavakorai Kotagiri 7,511 13 Kotagiri Kotagiri N/A 14 Naduhatty Kotagiri 10,278 15 Nandhipuram Kotagiri 172 16 Nedugula Kotagiri 13,071
Climate
References
External links
https://nilgiris.nic.in/