Kanathur

Kanathur
Kanathur
	Village
	Kanathur Location in Karnataka, India* Kanathur Kanathur (India)
	Coordinates: 13.10°N 76.40°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	794 m (2,605 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	5,000
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kanathur is a village in Turvekere taluk of Tumkur district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. There is a Venugopalaswamy temple in Kanathur.Just next to the temple, there is a house in which the Patel of Kanathur, K.H.Adi Narayana Rao lived.

Kanathur is famous for its copra. It is the birthplace of veteran stage artiste Master Hirannaiah's father Sri K.Hirannaiah. Also Late K.L Rame Gowda Represented the Village as the president of Jilla Panchayat for Tumkur District Village and K.N Puttaswamy Gowda is gudi gowda in Kanathur and god of the village Lord Shri Venugopalaswamy.

Geography

Kanathur is located* at 13.10°N 76.67°E / 13.10; 76.67.[1] It has an average elevation of 794 metres (2604 feet). Turuvekere is around 12 km east of Kanathur. Tiptur Railway Station and Banasandra Railway Station are the nearest railheads. Bangalore International Airport is the nearest airport.

There is another Kanathur in Tamilnadu in Chennai-Pondy ECR road with PIN:603112

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Kanathur had a population of 5000. Males constitute ??% of the population and females ??%. Kanathur has an average literacy rate of ??%, higher/lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is ??%, and female literacy is ??%. In Kanathur, ??% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Temples

There is a venugopala swamy temple in the middle of the village, which was recently renovated. Hoysala Temples Near Kanathur : Kalleshwara Temple (Under Renovation), Chenna Keshava Temple at Thandaga Village. The temple is worth visiting and has unique idol in front of the temple where a devotee is prostrating the almighty.

Agriculture

The primary occupation in the village is growing copra which has the local market in Tiptur. Farmers also grow ragi, mulberry, mango, & various types of vegetables. The main channel of Hemavati River which goes to Nagamangala passes near the village. The depth of the channel is nearly 70 ft. The village Tank used to get filled thru mavinahalli halla and the fertile soil was used to grow Rice Crop twice a year prior to 1990. After the Main Channel of Hemavati River bisected the village tank it has never been filled.

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References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tiptur
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tiptur

[2] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.