Kodaikanal

Kodaikanal is a hill station in the Palani Hill Range. It offers beautiful surrounding nature and considerably lower temperatures than other places in . It lies 7,200 ft above sea level in the Dindigul District amongst the Western Ghats of India.
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  • Type: Town with 36,500 residents
  • Description: hill station and town in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Kodai”, “Kodaikān”, “Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu”, and “Princess of Hill Stations”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kodaikanal Lake.

Lake
Photo: Lpriyatham, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Kodai Lake, is a manmade lake located in the Kodaikanal city in Dindigul district in , . Sir Vere Henry Levinge, the then Collector of , was instrumental in creating the lake in 1863, amidst the Kodaikanal town which was developed by the British and early missionaries from USA.

Kodaikanal

Latitude
10.2337° or 10° 14′ 1″ north
Longitude
77.492° or 77° 29′ 31″ east
Population
36,500
Elevation
2,098 metres (6,883 feet)
Open location code
7J2V6FMR+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 577559391
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1266425
Wiki­data ID
Q253851
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Satellite Map

Discover Kodaikanal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kodaikanal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوديكانال”
  • Bengali: “কোড়াইকানাল”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोडईकनाल”
  • Bishnupriya: “কোদাইকানাল”
  • Catalan: “Kodaikanal”
  • Cebuano: “Kodaikānāl”
  • Chinese: “科代卡纳尔”
  • Chinese: “科戴卡納爾”
  • Chinese: “科戴卡纳尔”
  • Dutch: “Kodaikanal”
  • French: “Kodaikanal”
  • German: “Kodaikanal”
  • Gujarati: “કોડાયકેનલ”
  • Hebrew: “קודיאקנל”
  • Hindi: “कोडैकानल”
  • Italian: “Kodaikanal”
  • Japanese: “コダイカナル”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಡೈಕೆನಾಲ್”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಡೈಕ್ಕಾನಲ್”
  • Korean: “코다이카날”
  • Ladin: “Kodaikanal”
  • Malagasy: “Kodaikanal”
  • Malay: “Kodaikanal”
  • Malayalam: “കൊടൈക്കനാൽ”
  • Marathi: “कोडाईकनाल”
  • Marathi: “कोदैकनाल”
  • Newari: “कोडैक्‍कानल”
  • Newari: “कोदैकनाल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kodaikanal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kodaikanal”
  • Norwegian: “Kodaikanal”
  • Oriya: “କୋଡ଼ାଇକାନାଲ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਡੈਕਨਾਲ”
  • Polish: “Kodaikanal”
  • Portuguese: “Kodaikanal”
  • Romanian: “Kodaikanal”
  • Russian: “Кодаиканал”
  • Russian: “Кодайканал”
  • Sanskrit: “कोडैक्यानल्”
  • Slovenian: “Kodaikanal”
  • Spanish: “Kodaikanal”
  • Swedish: “Kodaikānāl”
  • Tamil: “கொடை”
  • Tamil: “கொடைக்கானல்”
  • Tamil: “மலைகளின் இளவரசி”
  • Telugu: “కొడైకెనాల్”
  • Urdu: “کودایکانال”
  • Vietnamese: “Kodaikanal”
  • “कोडईकनाल”

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