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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Division
- Mysuru
- Region
- Malenadu
- Haleri dynasty
- early 17th century
- Coorg province
- May 1834
- Coorg state
- 15 August 1947
- Kodagu district
- 1 November 1956
- Headquarters
- Madikeri
- Talukas
- Madikeri , Virajpet , Somwarpet , Ponnampet , Kushalanagar
- Deputy commissioner
- Somashekar S J, ( IAS )
- Mp
- Yaduveer Wadiyar
- Mla
- Mantar Gowda (Madikeri) A. S. Ponnanna (Virajpet)
- Superintendent of police sp
- Bindu Mani R N, ( IPS )
- Total
- 4,102 km (1,584 sq mi)
- Rank
- 26th ( 31 districts )
- Elevation avg of 5 taluks
- 984 m (3,228 ft)
- Density
- 135.2/km (350.1/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mysuru division
- Capital
- Madikeri
- Official language
- Kannada
- Population
- 554519
- Area
- 4102
- Elevation
- 900
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Mysuru district
- Official website
- www.kodagu.nic.in
- Image
- Kodagu.jpg
- Households
- 142716
- Dialing code
- 08272
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- Commons category
- Kodagu district
- topic's main category
- Category:Kodagu district
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kodagu district
- male population
- 274608
- female population
- 279911
- urban population
- 80988
- rural population
- 473531
- postal code
- 571201
- literate population
- 412877
- illiterate population
- 141642
- short name
- KDG
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Encyclopedic overview
Kodagu district ( Kodava: [koɖɐɡɨ, -ʋɨ], also known by its former name Coorg, Kodava: koḍagï, koḍavï) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.
Mandalpatti Peak near Madikeri can be reached using road
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kodagu district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.