Chikballapur

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state_name=Karnataka
district=Chickballapur District
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area_telephone= 08156
postal_code= 562 101
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Chickballapur is the District Headquarters of the newly created (2007 August) District of Chickballapur in the state of Karnataka, India. Sometimes, Chickballapur is spelled Chickballpur. In the language of the state, Kannada, it is called Chikkaballapura.Chikka means small in Kannada.

The Chikballapur District includes the taluks (townships) of: Chickballapur, Gauribidanur, Bagepalli, Sidlaghatta, Gudibanda, and Chintamani.

The town of Chickballapur is approximately 56 km north of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), the silicon plateau of India. The north-south National Highway NH-7 goes through the town.

For complete details on things to see, do, hotels, restaurants, etc. please visit [Chickballapur travel guide - wikitravel] [http://wikitravel.org/en/Chikballapur] .

---- The famous hill station of Nandi Hills is situated nearby and within the jurisdiction of Chickballapur taluk. The eminent engineer and statesman Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya was born in Muddenahalli, about 3 km. from Chickballapur. Many historic temples are situated in and near this town. There are many educational institutions are situated in Chickballapur. SJCIT [Sri. Jagadguru Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji Institute of Technology] is a famous engineering institute established in 1986 and imparting education at the level of BE. Sri Bhagavan Sathya Saibaba's school and college are about 3 km. from Chickballapur. Nandi Hills or Nandi Durg is located in Chickballapur Taluq and is just 3 to 5 Km away. Chickballpur has a small lake called Kandavara Lake which is dry most of the time. "Panchagiri" is a common word used in Chickballapur as it is surrounded by 5 hills among which Nandi Hills is the famous one. The second hill Kalavaara betta, is becoming famous because of the trecking involved to reach the top of the hill. ----

History

The ruler of Avathi Mallabiregowda's son Marigowda was hunting one day at Kodimanchanahalli forest. A rabbit was standing in front of the dogs without fear. Seeing this, ruler was very happy and told his son that is due to the boldness of the people of this place. As such the ruler took permission from king of Vijaynagar and built a fort and formed a town. This in future becomes chickballapur. During the ruling of Baichegowda king of Mysore attacked the fort but had to withdraw due to the interference of Marathas. Sri Dodda Byregowda who came to power after baichegowda acquired the land, which was taken by Mysore king. In 1762 during the ruling of Chikkappanayaka, Hyder Ali captured the town for a period of 3 months. Then Chikkappanayaka agreed to pay 5-lakhs pagodas, and then the army was taken back.

After this, Chikkappa Nayaka with the help of Murariraya of Guthy tried to get back his powers. He was hiding at Nandi hills along with Chikkappa Nayaka. Immediately Hyder Ali acquired Chickballapur and other places and arrested Chikkappa Nayaka. Then with interfere of Lord Corn Wallis, Chickballapur was handed over to Narayanagowda. After knowing this, Tippu Sultan again acquired Chickballpaur. In 1791 British occupied Nandi & left Narayanagowda to rule the town. Due to this fight between Britishers and Tippu Sultan again started. Narayanagowda lost his administration. Later on British defeated Tippu. Chickballapur also came under the administration of Wodeyars of Mysore, which is now a part of Karnataka.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [GR|India] Chickballapur had a population of 54,938. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chikballapur has an average literacy rate of 57%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 61% and female literacy of 52%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

External links

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurboor/ Kurboor Village, Chintamani Taluk]
* [http://www.chikballapur.nic.in/ official Website by District Administration]
* [http://www.chikkaballapurcity.gov.in/ chickballapur's city municipality Website]
* [http://chickballapur.googlepages.com/ Unofficial Website]
* [http://local.currentsamachar.com/bangalore.php Chikballapur]
* http://wikitravel.org/en/Chikballapur