Chintamani taluk explained

Chintamani Taluk
Native Name:	Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
Settlement Type:	Taluk
Pushpin Map:	India Karnataka#India
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates:	13.4015°N 78.0549°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Karnataka
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Chikkaballapur
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	867
Population Total:	271284
Population Footnotes:	(As per 2001 Census)
Demographics Type1:	Languages
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics1 Info1:	Kannada
Demographics1 Title2:	Others
Demographics1 Info2:	Telugu, Urdu
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30
Postal Code Type:	PIN
Postal Code:	563 125
Area Code Type:	Telephone code
Area Code:	0815x-xxxxxx
Registration Plate:	KA67

Also refer to Chintamani

Span

Taluk at a glance

Taluk	Villages (1991)		Total	Gram Panchayats (2001–02)	As per 2001 census
	Inhabited	Uninhabited			Hoblies	Villages	Town Panchayats	Town Municipality	City Municipal Council
Chintamani	344	63	407	34	6	400	0	0	1

Hobli Wise Breakup

Taluk	Hobli	Villages (2001)	Span in Hectares (2001)
Chintamani	Ambajidurga	74	14,904.18
	Kaiwara	49	10,066.24
	Chintamani	71	14,003.17
	Chilakalanerpu	65	18,629.21
	Munganahalli	55	15,851.97
	Muragamalla	86	14,229.01
Total		400	87,683.78

Demography

+ (As per 2001 Population Census)

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

Education

Glance at Elementary Schools^[1]

Education Department		Social Welfare		Local Body		Aided		Un Aided		Central		Others		Total
LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	Total
215	127	1	3	0	0	0	13	6	54	0	1	0	0	222	198	420

• LPS – Lower Primary School
• HPS – Higher Primary School

Religious tourism

• Kaivara kshetra, South Westerly
• Kailasagiri and Ambaji Durga cave temple, South Westerly
• Lakshmi Venkataramana temple, Alamgiri, Southerly
• Murugamulla: Fakhi Shah Wali Dargah and Muktheshwara swami temple, Easterly

Notes and References

1. http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/databank/DISEReports1213/Block_02SchoolsElementaryMGT.pdf Page No 1, Sl. No 16