17. • Tumkur History goes long back to the 10th
century
• Geographically Tumkur is located at 13.34°N
77.1°E
• Tumkur is Situated 70 Kms away From
Bangalore
• 1 .5 hour Drive from the Metropolitan City
• Tumkur is a District head quarters with 10
taluks
• Tumkur Occupies a area of 10,598 km²
19. • Population of Tumkur is 2,584,711
• Males constitute 52% of the population
• Females constitute 48% of the Population
• 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%.
• About 11% of the population is under 6 years of
age.
20. Tumkur is prettily situated on the
north-western base of the
Devarayanadurga group of hills on an
elevated ground near the water-weir
of a large tank
21. • Tumkur district has a population
of 2,681,449, roughly equal to
the nation of Kuwait or the US
state of Nevada. This gives it a
ranking of 149th in India (out of a
total of 640). The district has a
population density of 253
inhabitants per square kilometre
(660 /sq mi)
24. • Tumakur is a good study center from primary
education to higher education. It has its own
university. Within this town, there are four
technology institutions and one medical institution.
25.
26. Educational institutions in Tumkur
• Shridevi Group Of Educational Institutions
• Siddaganga Group Of Educational Institutions
• Sri Siddharatha Group Of Educational Institutions
• H.M.S Group Of Educational Institutions
• CIT Group Of Educational Institutions
• Akshaya Group of Educational Institutions
• Sacred Heart Group Of Educational Institutions
27. Educational institutions in Tumkur
• DAT Public School
• Sarvodaya Group Of Educational Institutions
• St.Joseph's Group Of Educational Institutions
• sri Sapthagiri Education Trust
• Sri Maruthi Education Trust
• Vidyaniketan Group of Educational Institutions
• Vidyodaya Foundation (R)
• Kautilya Academy of Management
28. Banks At Tumkur
• All Nationalised Banks have their Branch
Offices in Tumkur
• ICICI Bank has its Commercial Banking Branch
in tumkur City
• HDFC has its Branch in Tumkur
• Axis Bank has a couple of branches Across the
city
29. The Famous Sculptor Amarashilpi
Jakanachari who Shaped the Belur Temple
town was born in Kaidala near Tumkur
30. Member Of parliament
• Mr Gs Basavaraju
Residential Address :
# 10, 1st main Road,
Gandhinagar, Near the
Office of the Circle
Inspector of Police
Tumkur
Mobile : 9448079192
31. Member of legislative Assembly
• Mr S Shivanna
• Residential address
• Ratna Mahal, NH4
• Ranganathapura
• Tumkur-06
• Mobile: 9448372736
36. Places to Visit in Tumkur
• Turuvekere - The temple town.
• Devarayana Durga is a beautiful hill station just 15
km from Tumkur.
• Kydala just 5 km from Tumkur has beautiful temple
with God carved from stone.
• Siddaganga about 7 km from Tumkur where
Siddaganga Swamiji resides.
• Shivaganga is about 25 km from Tumkur.
• Gulur where during Navaratri 10 foot high God
Ganesh made out of clay will be on display.
37.
38. Places of visit in Tumkur
• Yediyur is about 60 km from Tumkur where
God Siddalingeswara Temple is situated.
• Gubbi is 20 km from where God
Channabasaveswara Temple is situated.
• Goravana halli Lakshmi Temple is about 25 km
near Kortagere.
• Siddara betta
• Kunigal Farm: The oldest stud farm is found
here.
39.
40. Places of visit in tumkur
• Pavagada Fort: The Hill Fort built in 1405 by a
Vijayanagar chieftain was the scene of fierce battle
between the English and Tipu Sultan. It is famous
for groundnuts.
• Madhugiri: This prosperous town is known for its
pomegranates and has one of the finest Hill Forts
built by the Vijayanagar Kings.Also to be seen are
Jain Basadis and temples. Madhugiri hill, the biggest
monolith in Asia, is great for climbers also found
here.
• Marconahalli :Has a reservoir built across Shimsha
river. Boating is available here.
42. Places of visit in Tumkur
• Pattanayakanahalli: Jagadguru Sri Gurugunda
Brahmendraswami mata is there.
• Nidagallu betta: It is in Pavagada taluk. Its
height is above 3000 feets. At the peak of the
hill, a Nandi(Basavanna) is there. Down the hill
there is a Rameswara temple. It is worth to
visit this place once.
• Vaddagere VeeraNagamma temple is 5 km
from koratgere.
45. • All The Up trains Towards North india Stop
At Tumkur City
• Around 17 Trains move Up and Down Towards
Bangalore from the city
• Fare in The Trains are – Rs 11/- From Majestic
in Shuttle Trains
• Rs 25/- In Express Trains
46. Travel Time in Express train is Max 1
Hour and shuttle trains, Max 100 Min
to Bangalore
48. Bus Connectivity
• Tumkur is the Main Junction for all the KSRTC
buses
• Buses Plying From 24 Districts of Karnataka
Towards Bangalore Stop At Tumkur
• For every 5 Min You will Get aBus To
Bangalore
• Apart From This Buses Plying to Mumbai, Goa
add more Numbers to the Bus Traffic
49. • Shuttle Service of KSRTC Buses within the
town limits of a Radius of 10 km is Introduced
Recently
• Connectivity to all The Major areas, Lanes and
by lanes of Tumkur
