Know some facts about Kodagu

Kodagu is often called as Scotland in India, as the greenish land, plantation backdrop, scenic beauty, all these factors helped Kodagu to call it so.

Kodagu is now a district before it was a state

Kodagu before know as Coorg

Kodagu is one of the smallest districts of Karnataka

Kodagu have only three taluks they are Madikeri or Mercara, Virajpet and Somwarpet

The district headquarters of Kodagu is Madikeri is a very famous hill station in Karnataka

The total geographical area of three taluks in Kodagu are Virajpet with 990 sq km, Madikeri with 1,492 sq km and Somwar pet is with 1,620 sq km

The three highest peaks in Kodagu are Tadiandamol, Pushpagiri and Brahmagiri

Kaveri is the largest river at Kodagu and also in Karnataka, its main tributaries are Hemavathi, Lakshmanathirtha, Suvarnavathi at Harangi

The famous Coffee, Cardamom, Pepper, Honey, Orange, Paddy, Anthorium and Vanilla, Kodagu is famous for all these

From sports point of view Kodagu is famous for Hockey other two are Soccer and Cricket

Mangalore is the nearest airport at an distance of 180 km and Bangalore with 310 km

Mysore is the nearest railway station to Kodagu at an distance of 190 km, Mangalore at 170 km and Bangalore at an distance of 290 km

Liquor is the major contribution from Kodagu towards Karnataka's revenue with Rs.7.33 crores per annum

In the last fiscal around 5,80,097 cartons of IML is from the Kodagu district, where as the current fiscal it is 7,54,330 cartons

23,095 cartons of beer has been sold till January end

Here few plantation owners used to give liquor as part of the wages to labourers

Liquor consumption is an part of custom at Kodagu as the climatic conditions here at Kodagu encourages the consumption of liquor

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