Wellington is located in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, approximately 80 km from Coimbatore and 14 km from the famous hill resort of Udhagamandalam (also called Ooty or Ootacamund). It is connected by road to Coimbatore via Mettupalayam, and to Bangalore via Ooty, Bandipur and Mysore . The rail link is in the form of a broad gauge train from Coimbatore to Mettupalayam, and a narrow gauge hill train from Mettupalayam to Wellington. Wellington lies at an altitude of 1880 metres above mean sea level, and is blessed with a mild and salubrious climate throughout the year. The annual temperature varies from 3° C to 30° C. The Nilgiris receive rainfall from the South West as well as the North East monsoons, from June to mid August and October to November, respectively. The annual rainfall is approximately 300 cm.
As of 2001 India census Wellington had a population of 20,220. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Wellington has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 76%. In Wellington, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Wellington Cantonment
Wellington is a cantonment town theRegimental Centre for the Madras Regiment. Its most famous resident is Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Wellington is home to The Defense Services Staff College (DSSC), a premier tri-service training establishment that imparts training to middle level officers of the three wings of the Indian Armed Forces, friendly foreign countries and various Indian Civil Service departments. The list of alumni of the DSSC at Wellington reads like a Who's Who of the armed forces and includes Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, former Fijian strongman Sitiveni Rabuka, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India R.N.Malhotra
the Madras Regiment
As of 2001 India census Wellington had a population of 20,220. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Wellington has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 76%. In Wellington, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Wellington Cantonment
Wellington is a cantonment town theRegimental Centre for the Madras Regiment. Its most famous resident is Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Wellington is home to The Defense Services Staff College (DSSC), a premier tri-service training establishment that imparts training to middle level officers of the three wings of the Indian Armed Forces, friendly foreign countries and various Indian Civil Service departments. The list of alumni of the DSSC at Wellington reads like a Who's Who of the armed forces and includes Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, former Fijian strongman Sitiveni Rabuka, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India R.N.Malhotra
the Madras Regiment
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