Coonoor

Since the time of British rule, Coonoor has served as the terminus of the Nilgiri branch of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways (formerly under the Madras South-Western Railway). In its early years, the town featured a sub-magistrate's court, a hospital, three churches, several schools, a library, as well as various shops and hotels catering to Europeans. Surrounded by tea and coffee estates, Coonoor is one of the principal hill stations of then Madras Presidency, second only to Ooty in natural advantages.{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=William Wilson |title=The Imperial Gazetteer Of India Vol. 2 |date=1881 |publisher=Trübner & Co. |location=London |page=500 |edition=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39059/page/n503/mode/2up}} The European settlement was located on the upper plateau, while the native quarter was situated on the lower slopes of the valley.

{{bar box|title=Religion|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Religion|right1=Percent(%)|float=right|bars={{bar percent|Hindu|Orange|61.81}}{{bar percent|Christian|red|23.99}}{{bar percent|Muslim|Green|13.01}}{{bar percent|Other|grey|1.19}}}}

According to 2011 census, Coonoor had a population of 45,494 with a sex-ratio of 1,058 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.{{cite web |title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html |publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}} A total of 3,768 were under the age of six, constituting 1,871 males and 1,897 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 27.92% and 23% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the city was 84.79%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The city had a total of 12384 households. There were a total of 17,421 workers, comprising 50 cultivators, 152 main agricultural labourers, 266 in household industries, 15,790 other workers, 1,163 marginal workers, 6 marginal cultivators, 66 marginal agricultural labourers, 31 marginal workers in household industries and 1,060 other marginal workers.{{cite web |title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Coonoor |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=688917 |publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2013|access-date=26 January 2014}}

Coonoor has 61.81% Hindus, 23.99% Christians, 13.01% Muslims, 0.04% Sikhs, 0.06% Buddhists, 0.95% Jains and 0.08% Others. 0.05% of the respondents follow no religion or did not state their religion.{{cite web |title=Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu |year=2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |format=XLS |publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=31 January 2016}}

Spread over an area of 12 hectares, Sim's Park has a collection of over 1,000 plant species. The botanical garden is partly developed in the Japanese style and derived its name from J. D. Sim, the secretary of the Madras Club in 1874. The key attraction of the park is the annual fruit show held in [https://news.abplive.com/photo-gallery/tamil-nadu/in-pics-annual-summer-festival-begins-with-vegetable-show-in-kotagiri-1600301 May].{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year=1990 |page=[https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/177 177] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}{{cite news |url=http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/arrangements-on-for-fruit-show-in-coonoor/article7142446.ece |title=Arrangements on for fruit show in Coonoor |work=The Hindu: Mobile Edition|date=26 April 2015 }} Dolphin's Nose Viewpoint is 10 km from Coonoor.Tourists can trek from Lady Canning's Seat to Dolphin's Nose. Lamb's Rock, about 5½ km from Coonoor, is another vantage point.

Coonoor is a taluk headquarters, responsible for six Panchayat villages, namely, Bandishola, Bearhatty, Burliar, Hubbathalai, Melur and Yedapalli. The Coonoor block contains the revenue villages of Adigaratty, Burliar, Coonoor Town, Yedapalli, Hubbathalai, Hullickal, Ketti, Melur. Coonoor assembly constituency is part of Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency).{{cite web |url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf |title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2008}}

Coonoor is located at {{Coord|11.345|N|76.795|E|}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Coonoor.html |title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Coonoor, India |work=fallingrain.com}} It has an average elevation of 1,650 metres (5413 feet) above sea level. It features a sub-tropical highland climate (Koppen;Cfb) due to high altitude.

{{Weather box

| location = Coonoor (1991–2020, extremes 1928–2020)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| Jan record high C = 25.6

| Feb record high C = 27.0

| Mar record high C = 28.3

| Apr record high C = 29.6

| May record high C = 29.4

| Jun record high C = 28.6

| Jul record high C = 26.2

| Aug record high C = 26.2

| Sep record high C = 25.4

| Oct record high C = 25.6

| Nov record high C = 25.2

| Dec record high C = 25.6

| year record high C = 29.6

| Jan high C = 20.5

| Feb high C = 21.7

| Mar high C = 23.4

| Apr high C = 24.5

| May high C = 24.6

| Jun high C = 23.0

| Jul high C = 22.4

| Aug high C = 22.2

| Sep high C = 22.2

| Oct high C = 21.3

| Nov high C = 19.9

| Dec high C = 19.9

| year high C = 22.1

| Jan low C = 10.2

| Feb low C = 11.3

| Mar low C = 13.4

| Apr low C = 15.2

| May low C = 16.0

| Jun low C = 15.3

| Jul low C = 15.2

| Aug low C = 15.0

| Sep low C = 14.7

| Oct low C = 14.1

| Nov low C = 13.0

| Dec low C = 11.3

| year low C = 13.7

| Jan record low C = 0.7

| Feb record low C = 0.2

| Mar record low C = 3.8

| Apr record low C = 8.4

| May record low C = 9.0

| Jun record low C = 9.4

| Jul record low C = 8.8

| Aug record low C = 8.6

| Sep record low C = 7.2

| Oct record low C = 6.1

| Nov record low C = 3.0

| Dec record low C = -0.5

| year record low C = -0.5

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 36.5

| Feb rain mm = 54.3

| Mar rain mm = 107.5

| Apr rain mm = 103.7

| May rain mm = 120.5

| Jun rain mm = 71.6

| Jul rain mm = 74.8

| Aug rain mm = 101.7

| Sep rain mm = 142.9

| Oct rain mm = 345.3

| Nov rain mm = 372.7

| Dec rain mm = 136.2

| year rain mm = 1667.7

| Jan rain days = 1.6

| Feb rain days = 2.0

| Mar rain days = 3.1

| Apr rain days = 4.7

| May rain days = 7.1

| Jun rain days = 6.2

| Jul rain days = 7.5

| Aug rain days = 8.4

| Sep rain days = 9.3

| Oct rain days = 13.0

| Nov rain days = 11.4

| Dec rain days = 5.6

| year rain days = 80.0

|time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 72

| Feb humidity = 62

| Mar humidity = 60

| Apr humidity = 68

| May humidity = 76

| Jun humidity = 79

| Jul humidity = 81

| Aug humidity = 83

| Sep humidity = 84

| Oct humidity = 87

| Nov humidity = 88

| Dec humidity = 83

|year humidity = 77

|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf

| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| access-date = April 8, 2024

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{{cite web| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf| archive-date = 5 February 2020 |url=https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf |title=Station: Coonoor Climatological Table 1981–2010 |work=Climatological Normals 1981–2010 |publisher=India Meteorological Department |date=January 2015 |pages=209–210| access-date = 18 February 2020}}

{{cite web| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf| archive-date = 5 February 2020 |url=https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf |title=Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012) |publisher=India Meteorological Department |date=December 2016 |page=M193| access-date = 18 February 2020}}

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On 8 December 2021, a Mil Mi-17V-5 transport helicopter operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed between Coimbatore and Wellington in Tamil Nadu, after departing from Sulur Air Force Station. The helicopter was carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others, including his wife and staff. Thirteen people on board were killed in the immediate aftermath, and Group Captain Varun Singh died from his injuries at a hospital seven days later.

File:Coonoor_Railway_Station_Board.jpg|Coonoor Railway Station

• Adikaratti
• Aruvankadu
• Ketti
• Kotagiri
• Nilgiris (mountains)
• Nilgiri tea
• Ooty

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• {{wikivoyage inline|Coonoor}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092547/http://www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in/coonoor.htm Conoor] Official history and tourism page on www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in.

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