Dasarahalli Explained

Dasarahalli
Native Name:Dasarahalli
Other Name:Jalahalli Cross
Settlement Type:Suburb
Pushpin Map:India Bangalore
Latd:13.098730
Latns:N
Longd:77.8388900
Longew:E
Coordinates Display:inline,title
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Karnataka
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bengaluru Urban
Government Type:Municipal Corporation
Governing Body:Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:263636
Population As Of:2001
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:560057

Dasarahalli is a northwestern suburb of Bangalore in Bangalore Urban district in the state of Karnataka, India. The place is well known for its religious establishments such as Jalahalli Sree Ayyappan Temple, Shri Kari Maramma Devi Temple, Bagalgunte Maramma temple (100+ years old), Mallasandra Sri Prasanna Anjenya temple, Kaliyamma Temple, CSI Holy Cross Church, and St Dionysius Orthodox Church. Residential areas like Vaishnavi Rathnam, Casa Serene, Shantiniketan Apartments, Sobha ruby apartments, Ayyappa Nagar, Pipeline road, Grape Garden and Prashanth Nagar S.M road that includes the main Parayil Verghese family home. Police stations in the locality are Bagalgunte PS, Peenya PS and Gangammagudi PS. Nearby Hospitals are People tree Hospital, GJM Hospital, Prakriya Hospitals and Sree Ayyappan Temple Medical Center.

Demographics

India census,[1] Dasarahalli had a population of 263,636. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dasarahalli has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77% and, female literacy is 66%. In Dasarahalli, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

T Dasarahalli (Tumkur Road Dasarahalli) or Peenya Dasarahalli was a former City Municipal Council. But now it is officially merged to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. T Dasarahalli is also an Assembly Constituency after delimitation of Assembly constituencies. S Muniraju of Bharatiya Janata Party is now representing Dasarahalli constituency, R Manjunath (Janatadal) is opposition leader of this constituency who presently joined back to Congress at Loksabha election time 2024.

Dasarahalli is strategically located on National Highway 4. The zip code of T. Dasarahalli is 560057.

References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.

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