Kotagiri is a hill station and a taluk in the Nilgiris district[1] of the Indian state, Tamil Nadu.

Located at an average elevation of 1,950 m (6,400 ft), Kotagiri is quietly tucked away in the Nilgiris and used to be one of the summer resorts of Madras Presidency.

The town was discovered in the year 1819 by John Sullivan[3] when he came to a village called Dhimbatty to the north of Kotagiri.

[4] As of 2011[update] India census, Kotagiri special grade town Panchayat has a population of 28,207, of which 13,607 are males while 14,600 are females.

[6] There are a large number of Badaga villages and Sri Lankan Tamil settlement colonies surrounding Kotagiri town.