Pollibetta

Pollibetta is a small village in Kodagu district of Karnataka state, India.

Pollibetta
Coordinates: 12.23988°N 75.91931°E / 12.23988; 75.91931
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Time zone	UTC+5:25 (IST)
PIN	571215

Golf course at Pollibetta

Old fashioned Spencer woodstove in a British building in Pollibetta

Location

Pollibetta is a small beautiful town in the southern part of Kodagu District. This town comes under Virajapet Talukh. located between Gonikoppal,Siddapura and Ammathi towns. The distance to Gonikoppa is 9.4 kilometers, the distance to Ammathi is 8.8 km, the distance to Siddapura is 11 kilometers and distance to Virajpet is 27.8 km.^[1]

Post office

There is a post office in Polibetta village. The pincode is 571215.^[2]

History

A British company called Pollibetta Coffee Estates Company Limited, London managed by Matheson and Company started a tea company in Pollibetta in 1943. In 1960, the company sold the shares to Indian public. In 1966, the company was renamed Consolidated Coffee Limited. Tata Tea Limited acquired the company in 1992. In 2000, the company was renamed Tata Coffee Limited.^[3]