Nilgiris district
The district is bounded by Coimbatore and Palakkad to the south , Erode to the east , Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka and Wayanad district of Kerala to the north , and Malappuram district of Kerala to the west . 
<triplet> Coimbatore <subj> Palakkad <obj> shares border with <triplet> Palakkad <subj> Coimbatore <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <subj> Malappuram <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <triplet> Chamarajnagar <subj> Wayanad <obj> shares border with <triplet> Karnataka <subj> Kerala <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> shares border with <triplet> Wayanad <subj> Chamarajnagar <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <subj> Malappuram <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <triplet> Kerala <subj> Karnataka <obj> shares border with <triplet> Malappuram <subj> Palakkad <obj> shares border with <subj> Wayanad <obj> shares border with <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <subj> Kerala <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <triplet> Kerala <subj> Karnataka <obj> shares border with