Malur
Malur | |
|---|---|
Taluk | |
 Malur railway station | |
| Nickname: Mallikapura | |
  Malur Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 13°01′16″N 77°56′17″E / 13.021°N 77.938°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kolar |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 909 m (2,982 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 40,050 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Regional | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 563 130 |
| Telephone code | 91-80 |
| Vehicle registration | KA08 |
Malur or Mālūru is a town and taluk headquarters in Kolar district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 30 km from Kolar, the district headquarters, and about 50 km from Bangalore.
Geography
[edit]Malur is located at 13°00′N 77°56′E / 13.00°N 77.94°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 910 metres (2,990 ft). It has a tropical wet and dry climate, similar to Bangalore. It has summer temperatures rarely crossing 37°C, and winter temperatures rarely falling below 15°C.
Malur lies just 15km away from the Tamil Nadu border, and 55km from the Andhra Pradesh border.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011[update] India Census,[2] Malur had a population of 40,050. Males constituted 20,337 of the population and females 19,673. Malur had an average literacy rate of 82.47% higher than the state average of 75.36%: male literacy was 87.40%, and female literacy was 77.36%. In Malur, 4,589 people, or 11.46% of the population, was under 6 years of age.
Notable people
[edit]- Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, writer
References
[edit]- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Malur
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.