Tumkur | |
Other Name: | Tumakura |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 16.5122°N 77.0875°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Yadgir |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name3: | Wadgera |
Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 39.962 |
Population Total: | 3245 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 585355 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | KA 33 |
Iso Code: | IN-KA |
Tumkur is a gram panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1] Administratively, it is under Wadgera Taluka of Yadgir district in Karnataka.[2] It lies on the left (east) bank of the Krishna River. Tumkur is 10 km by road northwest of the village of Bendebembli and 31 km by road south of the town of Yadgir. The nearest rail station is Chegunda Station and the nearest railhead is in Yadgir.[3] As a gram panchayat it oversees the villages of Itga SimtWadgera and Habshihal.[4]
At the 2001 census, Tumkur had 2,743 inhabitants, with 1,332 males and 1,411 females.[5]