Chintamani taluk

Chintamani Taluk Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
Taluk
Chintamani Taluk Location in Karnataka, India Chintamani Taluk Chintamani Taluk (India)
Coordinates: 13.4015°N 78.0549°E / 13.4015; 78.0549
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapur
Area
• Total	867 km2 (335 sq mi)
Population (As per 2001 Census)
• Total	271,284
Languages
• Official	Kannada
• Others	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	563 125
Telephone code	0815x-xxxxxx
Vehicle registration	KA67

Also refer to Chintamani

Span

Taluk at a glance

Taluk	Villages (1991)		Total	Gram Panchayats (2001–02)	As per 2001 census
	Inhabited	Uninhabited			Hoblies	Villages	Town Panchayats	Town Municipality	City Municipal Council
Chintamani	344	63	407	34	6	400	0	0	1

Hobli Wise Breakup

Taluk	Hobli	Villages (2001)	Span in Hectares (2001)
Chintamani	Ambajidurga	74	14,904.18
	Kaiwara	49	10,066.24
	Chintamani	71	14,003.17
	Chilakalanerpu	65	18,629.21
	Munganahalli	55	15,851.97
	Muragamalla	86	14,229.01
Total		400	87,683.78

Demography

Population at a glance

(As per 2001 Population Census)

Description	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,71,284	1,38,311	1,32,973
Villages	2,05,791	1,04,466	1,01,325
Chintamani City	65,493	33,845	31,648

Education

Glance at Elementary Schools

Education Department		Social Welfare		Local Body		Aided		Un Aided		Central		Others		Total
LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	LPS	HPS	Total
215	127	1	3	0	0	0	13	6	54	0	1	0	0	222	198	420

• LPS - Lower Primary School
• HPS - Higher Primary School

Religious tourism

• Kaivara kshetra, South Westerly
• Kailasagiri and Ambaji Durga cave temple, South Westerly
• Lakshmi Venkataramana temple, Alamgiri, Southerly
• Murugamulla: Fakhi Shah Wali Dargah and Muktheshwara swami temple, Easterly