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Ketti

Ketti
village
Ketti Post Office
Ketti Post Office
Ketti is located in Tamil Nadu
Ketti
Ketti
Ketti is located in India
Ketti
Ketti
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°24′N 76°42′E / 11.40°N 76.70°E / 11.40; 76.70Coordinates: 11°24′N 76°42′E / 11.40°N 76.70°E / 11.40; 76.70
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District The Nilgiris
Languages
 • Official Tamil, Badaga
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 643 215
Telephone code 0423
Vehicle registration TN 43

Ketti is a small town nestled in a large valley of the same name. It is located in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu State, South India and is a Revenue Village of Coonoor Taluk. Upper Ketti is another village called Yellanahalli, which is located on the main Coonoor to Ooty road.

This is the location of Needle Industries Pvt. India Ltd the manufacturers of the internationally branded Pony Needles.

Most of the population are manual labourers. Agriculture, rearing livestock, masonry constitute the majority of the work done by the individuals in this place. In addition to this, they also take up jobs in the surrounding industrial establishments, such as the Needle Industries, the mushroom factory, Ambica tea factory, Mini flower garden near Palada bus stop and the various educational institutions (these include the CSI College of Engineering, the Laidlaw Memorial School and the CSI Middle School).

The valley is the last major valley en route to Ooty along the Ooty-Coonoor highway.However, due to the extensive development of the valley in the recent years, the fauna present here has dwindled to a select few.

The people present here are mostly Badaga and Tamils with certain immigrants from other parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Sri Lankan Tamils. The chief language spoken here is Badaga and Tamil, although many people understand English, Malayalam and Kannada. Religion practised here is mostly Hinduism. However, strong influences remain of the Christian missionaries who lived here during the early 1900s.


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