Ooty

Ooty, 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".
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  • Type: Town with 88,400 residents
  • Description: town and municipality in the state of Tamil Nadu, Southern India
  • Also known as: “Udagamandalām”, “Udakamandalam”, “Udhagamandalam”, “Удагамандалам”, “Утакамунд”, “ااوٹی”, “ادگمندلم”, “उदगमण्डलम्”, “उधगमंडलम”, “ऊटि”, “ਉਦਗਮੰਦਲਮ”, “ઊટી”, “오오티”, and “ウダガマンダラム”
  • Historically known as: “Ootacamund”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Udhagamandalam and Gate Building, Ooty.

Railway station
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Udagamandalam railway station, also known as Ooty…

Historic building
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is a historic building.

School
is a co-educational independent boarding…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manthada.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Ooty.

Ooty

Latitude
11.4127° or 11° 24′ 46″ north
Longitude
76.7031° or 76° 42′ 11″ east
Population
88,400
Elevation
2,242 metres (7,356 feet)
Open location code
7J3RCP73+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245592179
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1253993
Wiki­data ID
Q9888
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ooty” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوتي (الهند)”
  • Arabic: “أوتي”
  • Armenian: “Ուտի”
  • Assamese: “উটি”
  • Asturian: “Ooty”
  • Bengali: “উদগমণ্ডলম”
  • Bhojpuri: “ऊटी”
  • Bishnupriya: “উধগমন্ডলম”
  • Bulgarian: “Отй”
  • Catalan: “Ootacamund”
  • Catalan: “Ooty”
  • Cebuano: “Ooty”
  • Chinese: “乌塔卡蒙德”
  • Czech: “Óttakamandu”
  • Danish: “Ooty”
  • Dutch: “Ooty”
  • Esperanto: “Ooty”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Finnish: “Udagamandalam”
  • French: “Ooty”
  • German: “Ooty”
  • German: “Udagamandalam”
  • Goan Konkani: “ऊंटकमंड”
  • Gujarati: “ઊટકામંડ”
  • Hebrew: “אויטי”
  • Hindi: “उदगमंडलम”
  • Hindi: “उदगमंदलम”
  • Hindi: “ऊटी”
  • Italian: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Japanese: “ウダカマンダラム”
  • Kannada: “ಉದಗಮಂಡಲಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಊಟಿ”
  • Kashmiri: “اوٗٹی”
  • Korean: “우다가만달람”
  • Ladin: “Ooty”
  • Lithuanian: “Udagamandalamas”
  • Macedonian: “Ути”
  • Magahi: “उदगमण्डल”
  • Malay: “Ooty”
  • Malay: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Malayalam: “ഊട്ടി”
  • Marathi: “उदगमंडलम”
  • Nepali: “ऊटी”
  • Newari: “ऊट्टि”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ooty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ooty”
  • Norwegian: “Ooty”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ooty”
  • Oriya: “ଉଟି”
  • Pampanga: “Ootacamund”
  • Panjabi: “ਊਟੀ”
  • Persian: “اوتی”
  • Polish: “Utakamand”
  • Portuguese: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Romanian: “Ootacamund”
  • Russian: “Утакаманд”
  • Russian: “Ути”
  • Sanskrit: “ऊटी”
  • Slovenian: “Ootakamund”
  • Slovenian: “Ooty”
  • Spanish: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Swedish: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Swedish: “Utakamand”
  • Tamil: “Udhagai”
  • Tamil: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Tamil: “உதகமண்டலம்”
  • Tamil: “உதகை”
  • Tamil: “ஊட்டி”
  • Telugu: “ఉదగమండలం”
  • Telugu: “ఊటీ”
  • Tulu: “ಉದಕಮಂಡಲ”
  • Turkish: “Ooty”
  • Ukrainian: “Уті”
  • Urdu: “اوٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Udhagamandalam”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوٹی”
  • Western Panjabi: “اووٹی”
  • “ऊटी”

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