Tamil Nadu
Nilgiris District
Udhagamandalam

Mainalai

Mainalai is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 2,247 metres. Mainalai is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Doddabetta and Ketti railway station.

Peak
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is the highest mountain in the at 2,637 metres. There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from , on the Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the Nilgiris District of , .

Railway station
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is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in , a hill station town, in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manthada and Aruvankadu.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Mainalai.

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, is a small town located in the of in between and , at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903.

Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, short for Ootacamund and officially Udhagamandalam, is a popular hill resort in the state of in . The name Udhagamandalam is derived from the Toda word "othakal-mund" which means "house in mountains".

Mainalai

Latitude
11.39864° or 11° 23′ 55″ north
Longitude
76.7516° or 76° 45′ 6″ east
Elevation
2,247 metres (7,372 feet)
Open location code
7J3R9QX2+FJ
Geo­Names ID
11461156
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kotagiri Trace Reserved Forest and Mainalai Reserved Forest.

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