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{{other uses|Attur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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'''Atthur''' is a small village near [[Gonikoppa]] in [[Virajpet]] Taluk of [[Kodagu District]], [[Karnataka]] State, [[India]]. It comes under Guhya Panchayath. It belongs to Mysore Division. It is located {{cvt|37|km|mi|abbr=}} towards South from District headquarters [[Madikeri]] and {{cvt|240|km|mi|abbr=on}} from State capital Bangalore.

Madikeri, [[Mattannur]], Koothuparamba, [[Mangalore]], Peringathur are the nearby cities to Atthur.<ref name="indiawater">{{cite web|url=http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/DataEntry/HabitationDirectory/Reports/Rep_DirectoryList.aspx?Condition=P50votMRqBU%3D&id=bdY8oiGOZQWkoNZcUfp1tQ%3D%3D&StateName=k3ptAE7vYvW6G7pgl3%2BO%2Fw%3D%3D&DistrictName=n62724ukXgN2uGGny8%2B93A%3D%3D&level=cMpX3xtH%2BqA%3D&sublevel=a5JzOi%2F3L2g%3D |title=IMIS|accessdate=2017-10-31 |url-status=live |archivedate=2017-10-31}}Ministry of drinking water and Sanitation</ref> It is located in the [[Virajpet]] [[taluk]] of [[Kodagu district]] in Karnataka.

==Institutes==
* Fruit Research Station<ref name="FRS">{{cite web|url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/Gazetteer/Publications/District%20Gazetteers/Kodagu/Coorg_1965_Chapter13.pdf|title=Chapter VIII Other Departments|accessdate=2017-10-31 |url-status=live |archivedate=2017-10-31}}Mysore (Karnataka) State Gazette</ref>

==People from Attur==
* [[C. M. Poonacha]], The only [[Chief Minister of Coorg]],<ref name="LS">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1897.htm|title=CM Poonacha|accessdate=2017-10-31 |url-status=live |archivedate=2017-10-31}}Lok Sabha Members Profile</ref> before its merger with [[Mysore State]].<ref>[https://www.hindu.com/2008/04/29/stories/2008042958480300.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922090129/https://www.hindu.com/2008/04/29/stories/2008042958480300.htm |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kodagu]]
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]

==References==
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==External links==
* http://Kodagu.nic.in/

{{Settlements in Kodagu district}}

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[[Category:Villages in Kodagu district]]


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