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[[File: Mango Orange post office.jpg|thumb|200px|The post office at the Mango Orange village]]
[[File:A village scene from the Mango Orange Village.jpg|thumb|200px|Village scene from Mangorange]]
The '''Mango Orange''', officially spelt ‘mangorange’, is a small village in the [[Nilgiris district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The village is dominated by tea estates. Most of the population is employed in the tea estates and there are a few schools, churches and mosques dotted around the undulating terrain.<ref>http://mapcarta.com/Devala</ref>

==Location==
Mango Orange village is 30 km from Sulthan Bathery in [[Kerala]] and 25 km from [[Gudalur, Nilgiris|Gudalur]] in the [[Tamil Nadu]] State of India. It is located at an altitude of 880 metres above sea level.

==History==
During the nineteenth century, a London-based mining company made a township in the village and also built a Christian church and a race course. When there was no further scope for mining, the British investors shifted to plantations. Coffee and tea plantations were created in a massive scale. Many European people settled here and supervised the work. A large number of Indians from the [[Malabar region]] were employed in the estates.

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mango Orange
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Tourist Village
| image_skyline =
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| coordinates = {{coord|11.49676|N|76.33597|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nilgiris]]
}}

==Demography==
At present, the whole village is dominated by tea estates of Tantea or Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Limited, Harrisons Malayalam Limited of the [[RPG Group]] and Parry Agro Industries Ltd of the [[Murugappa Group]]. This village is a sacred place for the aboriginal communities like the Paniyas, Kurumbas and Kattu Nayakas. Today the population of the village is a mixture of migrated Sri Lankan Tamils, Gowdas and Kerala Muslims. The village is famous for small-scale gold mining activities conducted by the tribal people.
[[File:A Dargah at Mango Orange Village.jpg|thumb|A Dargah in Mango Orange village, India]]

==Elephant Attacks==
In 2016, Mango Orange village filled national headlines because of a series of deaths from elephant attacks.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/man-killed-in-elephant-attack-inside-forest/article7296659.ece</ref>
==Gene Pool Garden==
The Tropical Gene Pool at Nadugani junction, with an area of 2424 acres, boasts 47,000 species of plants. Also found here are a museum of butterflies. accommodation, and trekking facilities.

==See also==
* [[Pandalur]]
* [[Devala, India|Devala]]
* [[Vaduvanchal]] town
* [[Meppadi]] town
* [[Gudalur, Nilgiris]] city

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://bharatmap.in/map/tamil-nadu/nilgiris/mangorange.html Bharatmap.in]
*[http://www.indiamapia.com/Nilgiris/Mangorange.html Indiamapia.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141024003917/http://www.sinnadorai.com/estates_Mango_range.html History of Mango Range village and personal experience of Sinna Dorai]
*[http://journeys2remember.blogspot.in/2013/06/mango-range-estate-nilgiris.html Narration and photograph by Poorna and Brinda]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nilgiris district]]

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->AntanO at 13:56, 28 June 2021