Wellington Cantonment

Wellington is a cantonment town in the Coonoor sub-Division of Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. One of its most famous residents was Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who died in the town on June 27, 2008. This town is adjacent to the city of Coonoor. Its Postal Index Number is 643231.
Wellington is a Class II Cantonment. The administration and upkeep of the Cantonment is undertaken by the Cantonment Executive Officer of the DGDE, Ministry of Defence.
Landmark and Geography.
The Cantonment has a total area of 1647.65 acres.
A prominent landmark in the cantonment is the War Memorial. Maintained by The Madras Regimental Centre (MRC), it is today decked with display of a decommissioned Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) and a MiG 21 FL C-508. The elevation of the War Memorial is 1840 metres. This round-about uniquely has ten roads leading off of it.
The Waterloo Road leads from Waterloo Bridge/Black Bridge/Manekshaw Bridge, past the Military Hospital, and onto the Madras Regimental Centre. The road is part of MDR 1081, which continues past MRC, through the War Memorial, past Wellington Gymkhana Club, to Sim's Park, Coonoor, where it now starts MDR 1073 to Kotagiri.
TDK Pillai road leads from the War Memorial, past the Supply Depot, to Lower Coonoor. A branch of this road, just after the Supply Depot, leads to the Wellington Railway Station.
Due west, and visible from most portions of the Cantonment, is the tallest peak of the Nilgiris, Doddabetta.
The Wellington marsh lies in the valley bowl due north-west of the Military Hospital, below Waterloo Road. Run-off from the marsh feeds the Mynala stream.
The Mynala stream flows down from the east-face of Dodabetta, and then alongside the NH 181 from near Boys' Company, under Black Bridge/Waterloo Bridge/Manekshaw Bridge, onwards to the Coonoor River at Lower Coonoor (Kurumbadi).
Demography.
As of the 2011 census of India, the cantonment has a total population of 19462 residents, of which 12673 are civilians, and 6789 are Military population (personnel and families and dependants).
Of the total population, males and females are in the ratio of 10867:8595 (79.09%). The skew is primarily on account of the very large population of single men as recruits at the MRC. The ratio should not raise alarm bells.
Main Occupants.
Wellington Cantonment is home to the Regimental Centre for the Madras Regiment (MRC) of the Indian Army. Associated to the MRC, is the Records Office for Other Ranks of the Regiment.
Wellington Cantonment also houses The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), a premier tri-service training establishment that imparts training to field grade officers of the three wings of the Indian Armed Forces, friendly foreign countries and various Indian Civil Service departments. The list of alumni of the DSSC at Wellington includes Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, former Fijian strongman Sitiveni Rabuka, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, head of German special forces Hans-Christoph Ammon, Naval Commander Dhananjay Joshi and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India RN Malhotra. 
The college has a glorious past and traces its lineage to 1905 when it was set up at Devlali. In 1907 it shifted to Quetta, now in Pakistan. The College shifted back to India in 1947 and is now home to a course of the joint services for the three services under one roof.
Market Place.
The stretch of Waterloo Road from the Military Hospital to MRC is locally called "Barracks". The stretch hosts the local market, including a portion in the erstwhile Wood-Yard (now only the abbreviated WY remains in the numbers of the shops there). The shops include:-
Post Office.
Wellington Cantonment has two Post Offices. The main one, with the postal code 643231, is located opposite MRC, and is colloquially known as "Barracks PO".
The other is a sub-PO, located inside DSSC campus. This is a collection office only; the postal code is the same as for Barracks PO.
All forms of mail are despatched from the post-office; other than speed-post, all other forms of mail delivery is provided by the PO.
Other associated services (savings schemes) are offered by both counters.