| Chowlahiriyur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Coordinates: | 13.6871°N 76.2017°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chikmagalur |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bayaluseeme |
| Parts Type: | Talukas |
| Parts: | Ajjampura |
| Governing Body: | Grama panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.30 |
| Elevation M: | 720 |
| Population Total: | 4236 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 577180 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 08267 |
| Registration Plate: | KA-66 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest City |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Dry (Köppen) |
Chowlahiriyur is a village and a hobli[1] in Ajjampura taluk of Chikmagalur district, in the state of Karnataka, India.[2]
Chowlahiriyur had a population of 4,236 in 2011. As per census of India 2011, its location code number is 609418.[3]
The population mainly consists of Hindus and a few Muslims. The Hindu caste are more in number than in other communities.
Hindi: Shri someswara jathra mahotsava will be done. it is an important festival of the village people from different places will come to see the festival.
Kannada is the main spoken language. Urdu is also spoken by the Muslim community. A few families speak Tamil. Many people also can speak Hindi, English, Telugu, Marathi, etc.
Facilities include a government primary health centre, public library, APMC market, Samudaya bhavana and Grama panchayat. Karnataka bank has a branch in the village.
Agriculture is the main occupation, which is mainly dependent on rainfall. Important crops are ragi, jowar, oil seeds, horse gram, green gram, onion and green chilly. Coconut is an important plantation crop.
Recently, a considerable amount of the population has moved to the cities of Bangalore, Davanagere and other cities.
Many people work in government offices and private sectors. Among all government jobs, teacher is the most sought after among students because of its short duration and less fees compared to other professional courses.
Shree Someshwara temple in the heart of the village which was renovated in 2000 and it is mainly worshiped by lingayath community. Every year Dasara Festival celebrated. JAMPA is the important festival celebrated once in 5 years.
There is a famous Shree Bhoga nanjundeshwara temple, situated in the heart of the city, is mainly worshipped by the Kuruba community. Yearly once karthika festival is done by the kurubas, it is the main important festival of this village and 12 yearly once 9 days Hindi: jathra mahothsava is done by kurubas. It also a very important festival in this village.
There is an old temple that was built in the period of Hoysalas called as Chowdammana gudi or Hindi: horala(horagala) gudi. Under the name of development, the whole interior walls have been changed to granite and the original walls of ancient time have been destroyed.
Also having *Shree Banashankari Devi* temple, situated in the centre of the village and it is mainly worshiped by Devanga community. Banada hunnime is the famous festival grand celebrated by Devanga community in every year and also celebrate Hindi: noolu hunnime festival.
No major highways pass through Chowlahiriyur. The National Highway 173 (India) is 10 km north of the village. Chowlahiriyur is a border village, located 25 km from its taluk headquarter Ajjampura, 72 km from the district headquarter Chikmagalur and 208 km from the state capital, Bangalore.
Education is considered very important. There are many teachers, engineers, public servants and few doctors who studied in the college of Chowlahiriyur. The village has 4 government primary schools, 2 private schools, government high school and one private high school, a pre-university college.