Varthur

Varthur
	Varthur
	— city —
	Varthur Location of Varthur; in Karnataka and India
Coordinates	12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°ECoordinates: 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District(s)	Bangalore Urban
Parliamentary constituency	Bangalore Central
Assembly constituency	Mahadevapura
Population	21,800 (January 2010)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
• Pincode	• 560 087
• Telephone	• +91-(0)80-2853XXXX
• Vehicle	• KA 53

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Varthur (Kannada: ವರ್ತೂರು) is a suburb situated in the Eastern periphery of Bangalore City and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township. Varthur was a Hobli, but now a part of Greater Bangalore Metropolitan Corporation.^[1] Varthur was a Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka but, was split in to three legislative assemblies C.V.Raman Nagar, Mahadevapura and Krishnarajapura in the year 2008. It is also one of the wards of BBMP. Varthur is very close to ITPB.

There are many IT industries in Varthur Hobli. The head office of one of the largest IT Industry, Wipro Technologies is situated at Doddakannelli, Varthur Hobli. Some other companies like Cisco Systems, ARM, Flextronics, etc. are situated in Varthur Hobli

At Varthur, people celebrate, Brahmarathotsava of Sri Chennaraya Swamy, which happens on the day of Ratha Saptami. It is one of the famous events that happen in this area. Two days later is Karaga of Sri Draupathamma (Draupadi) at Sri Dharmaraya Swamy (Yudhisthira) temple, which happens in night being visited by thousands of people from Varthur, Gunjur, Madhuranagara, Whitefield, Ramagondannahalli, Balagere, Sorahunase, Immadihalli, Harohalli, Muthsandra.

[edit] Geography

Varthur is located at 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E / 12.940699; 77.746596

[edit] Administration

MP Constituency : Bangalore Central
MLA Constituency : Mahadevapura
BBMP Ward : Varthur

MP : P C Mohan (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP))
MLA : Aravinda Limbavalli (BJP)
Counciler: S Uday Kumar (Indian National Congress (INC))

[edit] Educational institutions

New Horizon College of Engineering
CMR Institute of Technology
Krupanidhi Nursing and PU College
Government Degree College, Varthur
Government High School and Junior College, Varthur
Ryan International
K K Education Society
Vagdhevi Villas (at Varthur and Marathahalli)
Lady Vailankanni Group of Institutions
Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir
Vibgyor High, Marathahalli

[edit] Varthur Main Road

The stretch starting from HAL old Airport road till Varthur via Marathahalli, Kundlahalli, Thubarahalli,Sidhapura , Ramagundanahalli and Varthur Kodi is officially known as Varthur Main Road.^[2]

[edit] Varthur Lake

The lake ecosystem is an integral part of Bangalore, although unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation have led to the contamination of these water bodies. Varthur Lake, which has an area of 180.40 hectares (445.8 acres) is the largest lake in Bangalore and also one of the most polluted^[3] lakes in Bangalore. Its ecosystem is under continuous degradation because of sewage water from Bangalore, entering the lake from Bellandur Lake further upstream.