Tumakuru

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district = Tumkur
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Tumakuru (Kannada:ತುಮಕೂರು), formerly Tumkur, is a city in Karnataka state of southern India. It is the headquarters of Tumkur District.

The name

Etymologically Tumakuru is believed to have been mutated possibly from "Tumbe ooru" due to the abundance of Tumbe huuvu a kind of flower, or Tamate ooru due to the folk musical percussion instrument Tamate, that might have been used most here. Also, it is called as the coconut city.

Geography

Tumakuru is located at coord|13.34|N|77.1|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Tumkur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tumkur] ] It has an average elevation of 822 metres (2696 feet).tumakuru city has same climate as bengaluru. The city has a station on the Southern railway, 43 m. N.W. from Bangalore.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Tumakuru had a population of 248,592. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Tumkur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 70%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The population in 1901 was 679,162, showing an increase of 17% in the decade. The cultivated products consist chiefly of millets, rice, pulses,Arecanut and oil seeds. The chief industries are the making of coarse cotton cloths, woolen blankets, ropes, watches(Hindustan Machine Tools),. WIPRO, TVSE and Karmobiles Ltd. which is merged with Rane Madras. "Tumkur Glow for Beauty Crowns" SWARNMANDIR has been chiselling out the intricate nuances of gold crowns for Miss India-Universe, Miss India-World and Miss India-Earth Sponsored by TANISHQ, have their industries around the town. Sri Siddaganga Mutt is situated in Kyathsandra and is governed by Dr Sri Sri Sri Shivkumar swamiji, and has more than 8000 students studying there coming from all over India and of different community. It also have its own Engineering College by name Siddaganga Institute of Technology. On completion of 99 years and stepping into glorious 100th year, the Swamiji was honoured with " Karnataka Ratna" by government of Karnataka.

On the occasion of "Suvarna Karnataka", the 50th anniversary of the present Karnataka state, the formal name of the city was Tumakuru. Its not been approved by the central government as yet.

Tumakuru connects 80% of Karnataka to the capital city of Bengaluru.

Taluks in Tumkur

Tumkur comprises of Gubbi, Tiptur, Madhugiri, Pavgada, Koratgere, Sira, Turuvekere, Chikkanayakana halli, Kunigal and Tumkur.

ee also

* Tumkur District
* Karnataka

References

In the 1970s and 80s Tumkur was known as an educational center. Tumkur had four high schools then and was known to have reputed teachers. Siddaganga High school (B.N. Manjunath (BNM), S. Satyanarayan (SS), K.Venkataramiah(KVR), N. Gurumurthy (NG)), Aryan High School (B.P.Nagaraj (BPN), Y. Nagaraj, K.S. Krishnamurthy (KSK)), Sarvodaya High School (K.S. Shankar, K.S. Lalitha) and Government High School.