A Kodagu taluk whose main town borders Kerala, at about 909 m in the Western Ghats.
Virajpet is the main town of Virajpet taluk in Kodagu district, Karnataka. It borders Kerala, stands at about 909 m and received about 2,587 mm of rain in 2022. Terrain around it slopes toward the west, draining to western rivers rather than the Kaveri basin.
Field notes
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Historically, the produce of Kodagu's southern parts was brought to Virajpet for sale.
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The Coffee Board's Virajpet zone had 50,057 ha of robusta against 2,538 ha of arabica in 2022-23, the more robusta-heavy of its two Kodagu zones.
Sources · 3 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Virajpet · Wikimedia Foundation
- Kodagu district · Wikimedia Foundation
- Database on Coffee, July 2023 · Coffee Board of India, Market Intelligence Unit