Coonoor Tourism

Coonoor Tourism. It had a population of 45,494 consisting of 1,058 females for each 1,000 males. A total of three ,768 were under the age of six, constituting 1,871 males and 1,897 females. There are about 27.92% and 23% of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for the population, respectively. The city had a total of 12384 households. Since, there are about 17,421 workers.

The town is that the second largest but within the Nilgiri Hills after Ooty, the district headquarters. Coonoor is constituting about 61.81% Hindus, 23.99% Christians, 13.01% Muslims, 0.04% Sikhs, 0.06% Buddhists, 0.95% Jains and 0.08% Others. 0.05% of the respondents follow no religion or didn’t state their religion.
Lower Coonoor and Upper Coonoor are the two parts of coonoor. Therefore, Lower Coonoor has the railroad station but hosts the most bus terminal and also the busiest market complex. UPASI, Bedford, and Sim’s Park are the places of upper coonoor.

TOURISM

Sim’s Park has a collection of over 1,000 plant species. The arboretum is partly developed within the Japanese style but derived its name from J. D. Sim. The annual fruits and vegetables in the park are key attraction. Dolphin’s Nose Viewpoint is 10 km from Coonoor and provides a bird’s eye view of the vast expanse of the Nilgiri Hills and Catherine Falls. Lady Canning’s Seat to Dolphin’s Nose is the place where tourists can Trek. Lamb’s Rock, about 5½ km from Coonoor, is another viewpoint. Since, Droog Fort is found a distance of 13 km from Coonoor and was once employed by Tipu Sultan within the 18th century.  Since, Law’s Falls may be a waterfall located 5 km from Coonoor, on the thanks to Mettupalayam.

Pomological Station may be a research facility of the State Agricultural Department for persimmon, pomegranates and apricot. In 1907, Pasteur Institute was started . Therefore, this institute develops vaccination for rabies. Satellite Silkworm Breeding Station of Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute-Mysuru are silk worming breed stations besides government silk farm at Springfield. Recently, Floriculture and strawberry cultivation have taken root.