Nelliyalam is a panchayat town in The Nilgiris district

The Nilgiris District

The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is also the name given to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats...

 in the India

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 of Tamil Nadu

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, Nelliyalam had a population of 42,400. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Nelliyalam has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Nelliyalam, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.