See also: Chintamani Taluk, Chintamani (1937 film) and Chintamani (1956 film).
| Chintamani | |
| Native Name Lang: | Kannada |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Coordinates: | 13.4°N 78.066°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chikkaballapur |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chintamani |
| Established Title: | Municipality Established |
| Established Date: | 28 November 1938 |
| Founder: | Chintamani Rao |
| Named For: | Gold & Silver Trade, Tomatoes, Mangoes, Snacks, Ground nut |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Governing Body: | City Municipal Council |
| Leader Name1: | B.Mahesh Kumar |
| Leader Title1: | Municipal Commissioner |
| Leader Name2: | Dr. M C. Sudhakar |
| Leader Title2: | MLA (Current) |
| Leader Title3: | MLA (Preceding) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | of 867 km2 |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.208 |
| Elevation M: | 865 |
| Population Total: | 76068 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5001.84 |
| Population Footnotes: | (As per 2011 Census) |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Demographics Type2: | Temperature |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Summer |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 28 °C to 34 °C |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Winter |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 20 °C to 25 °C |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 563 125 |
| Area Code Type: | STD Code |
| Area Code: | 08154-25xxxx |
| Registration Plate: | KA-67 |
Chintamani is a Taluk Headquarters in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka. Chintamani is one of the well planned and developed Towns in the District of Kolar (before splitting) and presently Chikkaballapur.[1] Chintamani is known for its silk and tomato production and their largest markets in Karnataka.
Word Chintamani refers to a precious stone or gem that's been documented since centuries in the Hindu Scriptures and Literature. However the naming of the town as 'Chintamani' doesn't have any relevance or relation with this gem. It's said that the town is named after a Maratha chieftain Chintamani Rao.
The Town of Chintamani along with the District of Kolar has been part of the continuous rule of numerous kingdoms and rulers that include Cholas, Vijayanagar Empire, Gangas, Mysore Wodeyars, Palegaras, Tippu Sultan, British and many local chieftains. This area during the 12th Century was under the rule of Kōpparakēsarivarman Vikrama Chola of the Chola dynasty.[2]
During the reign of British, the Town was called by name CHINTOMNIPETT. The document A Gazetteer of the Territories Under The Government of India on document page no. 204 reads...
CHINTOMNIPETT in British accent could have been CHINTAMANIPETE (ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ಪೇಟೆ), in local Indian accent.
However, as per the known history, the Maratha Chieftain Chintamani Rao was last in line to rule the locality of Chintamani. It's said that the Town has been named after the Chieftain.[3] Apart from this nothing much is known either about this person or his achievements.
There are a few buildings and monuments available which stand as an evidence of the history of the place. There is no valid information available about these. Some of them include -
Below are a list of some citations that are available in some literature and research documents.
from the Textiles and weavers in medieval South India by Vijaya Ramaswamy.[4] Its to be noted that Chintamani shares the border with Andhra Pradesh.
Most of the temples currently seen and being offered worship, have been built mostly during the 19th Century. List below are the few monuments that narrate the history of the place.
Chintamani lies in the southeast of the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is in the heart of the Mysore Plateau at an average elevation of 865abbr=onNaNabbr=on. The Taluk geographically lies between and . The Chintamani Town lies between .
Chintamani was originally a part of Kolar District since the Formation of State of Karnataka in 1950 until on 23 August 2007, when the Government of Karnataka carved out the new district of Chikkaballapur from the old Kolar district. Chintamani was then included into the new district of Chikkaballapur. Chintamani is one among the 6 Taluks of Chikkaballapur District. The Taluk Headquarters which is Chintamani Town is 36 km from the District Headquarters Chikkaballapur and about 74 km from State Capital Karnataka. The Taluk is bound by Sidlaghatta on West, Bagepalli on North-West, Kolar on South-West, Srinivaspur on South-East and Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh on East.
The Taluk covers an area of 892 km2; the Town or the Chintamani Hobbli constitutes 15.208 km2 (5.872 mi2) of the total area.
Chintamani falls in the Tropical Semi-Arid (Steppe) Type of climatic region of India. The climate here is moderately hot and dry. The months of March to May of the summer season are very hot with temperatures of around 38 °C. The region receives very less rainfall of about 40 to 75 cm annually. The area receives rainfall during both South West Monsoon and North East Monsoon Season.[5]
Taluk mostly consists of Clayey-Loam Soil. This soil has moisture-retention capacity and allows deep furrowing and is suitable for cultivation of cereals, vegetables and pulses.
The Taluk doesn't have any perennial rivers. River Papagni has got its catchment basin on the hills of Ambajidurga. The basin over the years has got completely ruined with no vegetation and with soil erosion. Recently, under NREGA guidelines about 73,111 plants are planted and being nurtured to improve the conditions at the catchment basin and inflow of the once existing river.
Chintamani has a few large lakes that take care of the Town's thirst for water. Kanampalli Lake is the main water reservoir for the Town. Besides other lakes include – Ambajidurga Lake, Gopasandra Lake, Malapalli Lake, Nekkundipete Lake. Under the 100 Crore Grant Scheme, these lakes are being rejuvenated and storage is being upgraded with modern facilities.
The Taluk falls under Bangalore Division and Chikkaballapur Sub-Division. The Taluk consists of 6 hobblies – Chintamani, Ambajidurga, Kaivara, Muragamalla, Munganahalli and Chilakalanerpu. Of these, Chintamani Hobbli forms the Chintamani Town. The 6 hobblies together have around 339 villages.[6]
The Taluk Administration lies with the Taluk Panchayat, which will be in-charge of the implementation and progress of the developmental activities and schemes. Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat looks after the administration. Who in turn chief executive officer, Zilla Panchayat.
The Chintamani Municipality was constituted on 28 November 1938. In the year 1995, it was reconstituted to form City Municipal Council. The City Council currently contains 31 wards each represented by a Councillor.
Ward List, Abbagundu, Anjani Extension, Bamboo Bazaar, Chowda reddy Palya, Halepete, Huvina Pete, JJ Colony, Kanampalli, Kolar Cross, Kolar Road, KR Extension, Malapalli, Mehaboob Nagar, Narashimha Pete, Nekundhipete, NNT Temple Behind, NR Extension, Patalamma Temple Road, Shanti Nagar, Sri Rama Nagar, Sonashetty Halli, Tank Bund Road, Tank Bund Road East, Thimmasandra, Tippu Nagar, Venkatagiri Kote 1, Venkatagiri Kote 2, Venkatagiri Kote 3, Venkateshwara Extension, Vinoba Colony, KGN colony, Nakundi pete
The economy is agriculture based. Chintamani is famous for its succulent Tomatoes, Groundnuts, Mangoes, Bananas and Silk Production. Chintamani is also famous for snacks such as chakli, nippat, groundnuts and others. The Chintamani Tomato Market is one of the biggest in Karnataka. It is also famous for some drinks like nannari. Chintamani plays its role even in the production and export of Agarbatti. It is also famous for its silk industry and dairy milk farms and it is also famous for onions.[7]
The Town fall under the KSRTC wing of the State Transport Department. Chintamani has an excellent and state of the art KSRTC Bus Service. Since few decades there has been a large Bus Depot and Bus Terminus in the town, well located, maintained and periodically upgraded/developed by the authorities. All the routes operational from the town have a computerized ticketing system in place since last few years. Proposals for the GPS Tracking are under consideration and due implementation shortly. Additional to that private buses have added to the efficiency of road transport in Chintamani.
The town is catered mostly through the Suvarna Karnataka Sarige type of KSRTC Buses. The mostly catered route outside the district is Chintamani – Bangalore. Apart from this there are a numerous routes that cater to many of the important Towns & Cities around that include – Mysore, Chitradurga, Shimoga, Tirupati, Hindupur, Gowribidanur etc. There are number of routes that connect the town with the adjacent town of the Chikkaballapur and Kolar Districts.
The KSRTC has provided its employees with a Residential Quarters and required amenities at a prominent location in the town. As well the Town has one of the main depots in the region.
In the recent years, there has been a greater involvement by the authorities in the up gradation of the Transport Facilities. As part of this, the main Bus Terminus on the Chelur Road has been modified in phase manners to include – RCC Flooring, Improved Bus Shelters, Public Toilets, Commercial Shops, Signage and Information Systems. As well there have been Bus Stops constructed at every village and town on the route between Chintamani – Bangalore as part of this project. And local bus service is in its way of implementation with the goal to cater the local villages and nearby places of importance on the lines of BMTC
Apart from State Transport Corporation, the area has a number of private players, who cover many of the routes as well along with some of those that are not covered by the KSRTC.
The KSRTC Bus Depot is located on the Bangalore Road and that of the Bus Terminus near the Chelur Circle. The KSRTC Residential Quarters are located adjacent to the KSRTC Bus Depot.
| Chintamani | |
| Owner: | India Railways |
| Locale: | Chintamani, Karnataka |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Stations: | 1 |
| Operation Will Start: | November 2013 |
| Operator: | South western Railways |
| Track Gauge: | Broad Gauge |
| Map State: | show |
The Chintamani Railway Station which was once a busy terminal, before the advent of Bus Service, had been neglected during the course of time and the services were completely halted since last few decades.
Recently after due proposals and requests from general public, the Railway Authorities, decided to restart the service and the repair of the existing tracks and stations were taken up. Very soon, the Railways ordered the up gradation of the Narrow Gauge to Broad Gauge and the entire work soon took a sharp swing.
By 2013 November, the New Station at the Chintamani Town were in final stages of completion, whereas the track work between Chintamani-Srinivaspur was under testing. The services were started in the month of November 2013.
The Chintamani Station is abbreviated as CMY on the Railway Station Index.The Train Services is called Demu with six coaches being operational.
The Train Timings: Train will departure from Bangalore City Railway Station at 8.30 AM and reach Chintamani via Chickballapur and Shidlaghatta en route to Kolar by 12.00 Noon. In the reverse trip the train departs from Kolar by 2.00 Pm. and comes to Chintamani by 2.40 PM. Departs by 2.45 PM and reaches Bangalore City Railway Station by 5.30PM.
However, there is a demand that one more train should be introduced in this route with early morning departure from Kolar around 6 AM and come to Chintamani around 7 AM and reaches Bangalore city around 9.30 AM which will definitely feed thousands of commuters from Chintamani to Bangalore travelling daily for various purposes
The town doesn't have any airports or helipads at present. The nearest airport is the Bengaluru International Airport, Devanahalli, 62 km away.
| Description | Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,71,284 | 1,38,311 | 1,32,973 | |
| Villages | 2,05,791 | 1,04,466 | 1,01,325 | |
| Chintamani City | 65,493 | 33,845 | 31,648 |
Since the place is surrounded by 2 different states, the culture here is majorly Kannada influenced by Telugu (Rayalaseema) culture. chinthamani is also famous for the evening snacks, specially roasted pea nuts, variety of sweets.
As per the latest reports of the Department of Public Instruction of Karnataka, the [Chintamani Taluk|Taluk of Chintamani] a total of 420 registered schools, of which 222 are Lower Primary Schools and rest 198 are Higher Primary Schools. This list is inclusive of all the schools run by Education Department, Social Welfare Boards, Local Bodies, Aided, Un Aided, Central, Others.[8]
Below is the list of schools located in the City of Chintamani
| Sl | Name | Trust Incharge | Location | Lower & Higher Primary School | High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kishora Vidya Bhavana | Chintamani Educational Trust | Bangalore Road | ||
| 2 | Jyothi English Medium School | Madikere | |||
| 3 | Anantha Vidhayala Samsthe | ||||
| 4 | Chethana Vidya Samathe | ||||
| 5 | Diligence Composite High School | Chelur road | |||
| 6 | Dolphins Delhi Public School | ||||
| 7 | Kempe Gowda School | ||||
| 8 | Kinder Garten School | Anjani Extension | |||
| 9 | Kittur Rani Channamma School | ||||
| 10 | Little Lords School | ||||
| 11 | LPS | ||||
| 12 | Mathrushri Primary School | ||||
| 13 | MKB Public School | ||||
| 14 | MWA School | Muslim Welfare Association | KR Extension | ||
| 15 | Nalanda | Bangalore Road | |||
| 16 | Naveen Vidya Samsthe | ||||
| 17 | New Modern School | ||||
| 18 | New Public School | Bangalore Road | |||
| 19 | Pavan School | ||||
| 20 | Pragathi Vidya Mandira | Sree Vinayaka Educational Trust | MG Road | ||
| 21 | Royal Convent | Royal Educational Trust | Anjani Extension | ||
| 22 | Sarvodaya English School | ||||
| 23 | SFS School | ||||
| 24 | Shanthi Nikethana | Bangalore Road | |||
| 25 | Shilpa School | ||||
| 26 | SRET School | Bagepalli Road | |||
| 27 | Sri Jain Public School | Malapalli | |||
| 28 | Sri Lal Bahadoor Memorial School | ||||
| 29 | Sri Vani English Convent | Vani Education Trust | Tank Bund Road | ||
| 30 | Sri Vishwa Bharathi | ||||
| 31 | Swathi Vidya Samsthe | ||||
| 32 | The Horizon School | ||||
| 33 | The Preethi Public School | MG Road | |||
| 34 | Uday HPS | ||||
| 35 | Vani (Kannada) School | Vani Education Trust | Tank Bund Road | ||
| 36 | Vasavi Vidyanikethana | Vasavi Educational Trust | Diamond Taxies Road | ||
| 37 | Vikram Composite High School | Sri Lakshmi Educational Society (R) | Chelur Road | ||
| 38 | Adarsh Vidyalaya RMSA | ||||
| 39 | The Toddlers Montessori School | Anjani Extension | |||