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India's Coffee Regions

Every Indian coffee region in the directory, with how many coffees each one has and how much of it is under coffee. Grouped by state, sourced from the ISRO/NRSC plantation atlas.

444,696 hectares of coffee mapped by ISRO and the Coffee Board across 18 districts, September 2024.

Read the complete guide to India's coffee regions

Coffee-growing districts of India

Peninsular India, with the 18 districts the plantation atlas records coffee in shaded by area under coffee. A separate inset, on its own scale, shows the seven North-Eastern states.Kodagu — 135,796 ha, 139 coffees on Kodagu (Coorg)Chikkamagaluru — 106,654 ha, 525 coffees on ChikmagalurHassan — 57,705 ha, 68 coffees on SakleshpurWayanad — 52,762 ha, 15 coffees on WayanadAlluri Sitharama Raju — 35,423 ha, 22 coffees on Araku ValleyDindigul — 13,862 ha, 32 coffees on Palani HillsIdukki — 9,465 ha, no coffees listed yetSalem — 8,486 ha, 49 coffees on Shevaroy HillsNilgiris — 7,228 ha, 5 coffees on Nilgiri HillsPalakkad — 5,245 ha, 1 coffee on NelliyampathyTheni — 3,997 ha, no coffees listed yetKoraput — 2,918 ha, 42 coffees on KoraputCoimbatore — 2,244 ha, 1 coffee on ValparaiNamakkal — 1,144 ha, no coffees listed yetChamarajanagar — 635 ha, 28 coffees on Biligiriranga HillsRayagada — 624 ha, no coffees listed yetKalahandi — 355 ha, no coffees listed yetShivamogga — 153 ha, no coffees listed yetNagaland — 1,505 ha planted, on North-East IndiaMizoram — 1,503 ha planted, on North-East IndiaMeghalaya — 1,320 ha planted, on North-East IndiaAssam — 578 ha planted, on North-East IndiaArunachal Pradesh — 561 ha planted, on North-East IndiaTripura — 402 ha planted, on North-East IndiaManipur — 222 ha planted, on North-East IndiaNorth-EastBaba Budangiri — 141 coffees

444,696 hectares across 18 districts. Select a region to see it.

Area under coffee, per district

1533,99735,423135,796 ha

Main map: area under coffee mapped by ISRO and the Coffee Board, September 2024. Shading is log-scaled.

Coffee counts include every sub-region, so a district total covers the estates and hill belts inside it. Parent and sub-region totals overlap and should not be added together.

Inset: 6,092 ha planted across seven states, the Coffee Board of India, 2023-24, provisional, on its own scale. The atlas maps only 674 ha of North-Eastern canopy and publishes no breakdown by state — the Coffee Board counts registered planted area, including stock not yet bearing, so the two are not comparable.

Illustrated plate for the Chikmagalur coffee region

Chikmagalur

700–1,500 m

Bright acidity, winey, medium body

525 coffees · Chikkamagaluru

Illustrated plate for the Baba Budangiri coffee region

Baba Budangiri

1,000–1,500 m

Floral, concentrated, brighter acidity

141 coffees · Chikkamagaluru

Illustrated plate for the Kodagu (Coorg) coffee region

Kodagu (Coorg)

750–1,100 m

Mellow, low acid (Robusta); winey, bright (higher-elevation Arabica)

139 coffees · Kodagu

Illustrated plate for the Sakleshpur coffee region

Sakleshpur

900–1,100 m

Full body, moderate acidity

68 coffees · Hassan

Illustrated plate for the Biligiriranga Hills coffee region

Biligiriranga Hills

1,500–2,000 m

Mild, forest-grown character

28 coffees · Chamarajanagar

Kerala

Illustrated plate for the Wayanad coffee region

Wayanad

600–900 m

Full body, low acid (Robusta)

15 coffees · Wayanad

Tamil Nadu

Illustrated plate for the Shevaroy Hills coffee region

Shevaroy Hills

900–1,500 m

Full body, low-to-moderate acidity

49 coffees · Salem

Illustrated plate for the Palani Hills coffee region

Palani Hills

600–2,000 m

Floral, brighter acidity

32 coffees · Dindigul

Illustrated plate for the Nilgiri Hills coffee region

Nilgiri Hills

900–1,400 m

Bright, light body, floral

5 coffees · Nilgiris

Andhra Pradesh

Paderu Valley (1)

Illustrated plate for the Araku Valley coffee region

Araku Valley

900–1,100 m

Floral-led — floral is the single most common tasting note (26% of catalogued lots), followed by citrus, honey, and caramel

22 coffees · Alluri Sitharama Raju

Odisha

Illustrated plate for the Koraput coffee region

Koraput

Mild, low-key acidity

42 coffees · Koraput

Illustrated plate for the North-East India coffee region

North-East India

8 coffees