Nelamangala

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Nelamangala
town
Nelamangala is located in Karnataka
Nelamangala
Nelamangala
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°30′N 77°14′E / 13.5°N 77.23°E / 13.5; 77.23Coordinates: 13°30′N 77°14′E / 13.5°N 77.23°E / 13.5; 77.23
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Area
 • Total 2.85 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Elevation 882 m (2,894 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 25,287
 • Density 8,872.63/km2 (22,980.0/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 562 123
Telephone code 08118
Vehicle registration KA-52

Nelamangala (Kannada: ನೆಲಮಂಗಲ) is a town and taluk headquarters in the Bangalore Rural district of Karnataka state in India. Nelamangala lies near the junction of two National Highways, NH-48 (Bangalore - Mangalore) and NH-4 (Mumbai - Chennai) to north of Bangalore city.

Geography[edit]

Nelamangala Town is spread over 14.1 km² at an altitude of 882 metres It is located13°30′N 77°14′E / 13.5°N 77.23°E / 13.5; 77.23[1]

Demography[edit]

According to 2001 census, Nelamangala Town has a population of 25,287, in which males constitute 51.89% and females constitute 48.11% of the population. The literacy rate is 87.25%.

Places of interest around Nelamangala[edit]

Nelamangala is located on NH-4, around 27 km away from Bangalore city towards Tumkur and Mumbai.[2] It has a beautiful park at Binnamangala, Vishwa Shanti Ashrama (a place for excursion and spirituality) with huge statues of Panduranga, Geeta Mandir, Ashtalakshmi Temple, Vinayaka Temple, the beautiful Vishwaroopa Vijaya Vittala statue along with a park to relax. One can also find many Dhabas(Punjabi restaurant) located throughout the stretch of National Highway(NH4).

Nelamangala also famous for its Udbhava Ganesha Temple where once in a year celebration takes place.The speciality lies in the roadside trees, almost 50 years old planted by Late.Ragi Siddaramaiha Shetty a local business man.But now number of trees are reducing due to the Government development planns .But u can see the trees today also. Nelamangala is a connecting place for Madhure Shanimahatma Temple, which is 14 km away from Nelamangala.

Nelamangala has a busiest street called adepete which is one of the busiest spot and is the only market place for all food products. Also Nelamangala has oldest Temples of Lord Shiva, one located in adepete, and another near Nelamangala pond, and another near Binnamangala, all these temples are in the style of cholas.

This is a very ancient Shree Ranganatha Swamy temple in T. Beguru (Family God (Manne Devvaru) of many kunchitigas), the ancient structure recently collapse so a renovated structure has been rebuilt. T.Beguru is a village and panchayat capital for T.Beguru grama panchayath,other villages in T.Begur Mandal are Araledibba, Agasarahalli, Byranahalli, Kambayyanapalya,Thirumalapura,Geddalahalli, Kempohalli, Marohalli and Malonagatihalli. T.Begur is 9.1 km distance from its taluk main town nelamangala on NH4. T.Beguru is 38.4 km distance from its district main city bangalore rural. And 35 km distance from its State Main City Bangalore. T.Beguru is Near post office is at Nandagudi with Pin Code is 562122. Its geographical coordinates are 13°8'47"N 77°21'17"E

RTO[edit]

it comes under RT0-NELAMANGALA(KA-52).it is the smallest of all RTO'S in the state

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nelamangala". http://www.npa.in. Retrieved 2011-04-07. 
  2. ^ "NELAMANGALA". http://www.bangalorerural.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-09-03.