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Gudalur

A wet southern Nilgiris taluk that was part of Kerala's Wayanad taluk until 1877.

Gudalur is a taluk in the southern part of the Nilgiris district, at about 1,072 m, with roughly 3,000 mm of rain a year from the Southwest and Northeast monsoons. It was once part of Wayanad taluk in Malabar District, and moved to the Nilgiris in 1877.

Field notes

  1. i

    Gudalur was part of Wayanad taluk in Malabar District until it was transferred to the Nilgiris in 1877.

  2. ii

    Silver Cloud Estate at Gudalur was named Best of Nilgiris Region for arabica at the Coffee Board's 2014 Flavour of India awards.

Elsewhere in Nilgiris

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.
  1. Gudalur, Nilgiris · Wikimedia Foundation
  2. Nilgiris district · Wikimedia Foundation
  3. Winners list, Flavour of India Fine Cup Award 2014 · Coffee Board of India

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