Kodagu district

Kodagu district 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... Wikipedia

• State:  Karnataka
• Division:  Mysuru
• Region:  Malenadu
• Haleri Dynasty:  early 17th century
• Coorg Province:  May 1834
• Coorg State:  August 15, 1947
• Kodagu district:  November 1, 1956
• Headquarters:  Madikeri
• Talukas:  Madikeri, Virajpet, Somwarpet, Ponnampet, Kushalanagar
• Deputy Commissioner:  Venkat Raja, (IAS)
• MP:  Yaduveer Wadiyar
• MLA:  Mantar Gowda (Madikeri), A. S. Ponnanna (Virajpet)
• Area rank:  26th (31 districts)
• Population (2011):  554,519
• Rank:  31st (31 districts)
• Demonym(s):  Kodava, Kodagaru, Coorgi
• Time zone:  IST (UTC+5:30)
• PIN:  571201 (Madikeri)
• Telephone code:  + 91 (0) 8272 (Madikeri), +91 (0) 8274 (Virajpet), + 91 (0) 8276 (Somwarpet)
• Vehicle registration:  KA-12
• Literacy:  82.52%
• Lok Sabha:  Mysore Lok Sabha constituency
• Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituency:  Madikeri, Virajpet
• Climate:  Tropical Wet (Köppen)
• Precipitation:  2,725.5 mm (107.3 in)
• Avg. summer temperature:  28.6 °C (83.48 °F)
• Avg. winter temperature:  14.2 °C (57.56 °F)
• Website:  kodagu.nic.in
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo