Kodagu (Coorg), the thickly wooded grandeur on the Western Ghats, is the most beautiful hill station of Karnataka. It occupies an area of 4,102 square kilometers (1,584 sq mi) in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka.As of 2001, the population was 548,561, 13.74% of which resided in the district’s urban centers, making it the least populous of the 30 districts in Karnataka. Kodagu is well known in the world for coffee and its “brave warriors”. Madikeri is the headquarters of Kodagu. Kodagu is home to the native speakers of Kodava language. Much of Kodagu is used for agriculture. Characteristically and historically, paddy fields are found on the valley floors, with Coffee and pepper agro-forestry in the surrounding hills mainly near Madikeri. The most common plantation crop is coffee, especially Coffe robusta variety. Kodagu is the second coffee production region in India, after the Baba Budangiri hills in Chikkamagaluru district. Coffee revenue helped Kodagu to become one the richest districts in India. Kodagu is considered rich with wildlife and has three wildlife sanctuaries and one national park: the Brahmagiri, Talakaveri, and Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuaries, and the Nagarhole National Park, also known as the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.View more…
| Sl no | Department | Schemes and Links |
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| 1 | Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs | |
| 2 | Office of Joint Director of Agriculture, Kodagu | |
| 3 | Women and child Department | |
| 4 | Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood Department | |
| 5 | Lead Bank | |
| 6 | Labour Department |
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| 7 | Housing Department | |
| 8 | Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department | |
| 9 | Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department | |
| 10 | Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Departmen | |
| 11 | District Urban Developement Cell |
Dr. Rani Machaiah is a renowned Kodagu folk artist and Padma Shri awardee known for popularizing the traditional Ummattat dance across India. Traditional Art: Ummattat and other Kodava folk arts. Kodagu, where unparalleled patriots and warriors were born, has no shortage of cultural patrons. Dr. Rani Machaiah was among the first to effectively introduce this […]
Deepa Bhasthi is an acclaimed literary translator from Kodagu and the first Indian translator to win the International Booker Prize. About Deepa Bhasthi is a writer and International Booker Prize winning literary translator working in Kannada and English. Deepa is the first Indian translator and the first translator of colour to be awarded the International […]
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