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Coonoor (pronunciation ⓘ), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoor Ghat, the principal pass connecting the Nilgiris to the plains.
Coonoor railway station (station code: ONR [1]) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] It serves Coonoor, a municipality town and popular hill station in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. The train station is a part of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a World Heritage Site.
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Wellington is a cantonment town in the Coonoor sub-Division of Nilgiris District of Tamil One of its most famous residents was Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw , who died in the town on June 27, 2008. This town is adjacent to the town of Coonoor .
The line from Coonoor to Ooty was completed in 1908. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Operated currently by the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways , it is the only rack railway in India and operates on its own fleet of steam locomotives between Coonoor and Udagamandalam. [ 72 ]
Traditionally, the second Sunday of the month was organised as a local market, outside the gates of Cordite Factory, located at Aruvankadu/Aravangadu, on the main Coonoor-Ooty road (NH 181). The local story around the choice of date is to do with the availability of salary in cash, and the second Sunday being best suited to make all necessary ...
One Meter Gauge loco shed is situated at Coonoor to facilitate Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Diesel Locomotive Shed, Erode has been assessed as the best Diesel Loco shed in Southern Railway Zone during the tenure of 2005–2006 and 2009–2010.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Coonoor had a population of 157,754 with 78,411 males and 79,343 females. There were 1012 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 81.73. Child population in the age group below 6 was 6,364 Males and 6,194 Females. [1]