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Kotenayakanahalli
Banashankari temple | |
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Village | |
Kotenayakanahalli Banashankari Temple | |
| Nickname: Kotenayakanahalli Post | |
| Coordinates: 13.2706390, 76.5229865 In Map | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Taluk | Tiptur |
| District | Tumkur |
| Railway staction | [[Banashankari Halt]] |
| Elevation | 862 m (2,828 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 59,543 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 572201 ,02 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-44 |
| Website | http://www.tipturcity.mrc.gov.in |
Kotenayakanahalli is a village under Tiptur Taluk in Karnataka and the sub-divisional headquarters of Tumkur district in Karnataka.
Kotenayakanahalli Village is famous for its Banashankari temple.
Tiptur is the most developed taluk in Tumkur district[citation needed].
Etymology
[edit]Kotenayakanahalli is said to have got its name from "kotenayaka", Banashankari devi was the main attraction in this village, the word for "copra" in the local language, Kannada. The name was probably derived from the industry which produces dried coconut in the areas surrounding the city.
History
[edit]Geography
[edit]Kotenayakanahalli is located approximately 67 km (42 mi) west of Tumkur along National Highway 206 (now renumbered as National Highway 48). It is at a distance of 141 km (88 mi) northwest[citation needed] from the state capital, Bangalore. It lies on the Bangalore-Miraj railway line.
Climate
[edit]Tiptur has an average elevation of 861 metres (2,825 ft). The average temperature in summer is 34 °C (93 °F) and in winter is 20 °C (68 °F).
Economy
[edit]Civic administration
[edit]Demographics
[edit]Gallery
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Alevur Sriramana Acharya-Deccan College, Post-graduate and Research Institute, 1971 - Foreign Language Study - 112 pages. On a dialect of Kannada spoken in Tiptur Taluk, Tumkur District, Mysore.
- Imperial gazetteer of India: Provincial series, Volume 19
- Census of India, 1971:
- A. Town directory
- B. Special survey reports on selected towns [name of town]
- C. Survey reports on selected villages: P. Padmanabha
- Land and people of Indian states and union territories, 13. Karnataka
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