Mullur
Mullur
Mulluru | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bengaluru |
| Talukas | Bengaluru East Taluk |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | roughly 2,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560 035 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
| Vehicle registration | KA |
| Nearest city | Kolar, Bengaluru |
| Website | karnataka |
Mullur is a village near Sarjapur road in Karnataka, India.[1] It is in Bengaluru East Taluk, Bengaluru District in Karnataka. The nearest IT company is Wipro. There is another IT hub near the Varthur lake junction, which includes companies such as Nirvana. An adjacent village is Gunjur via Kachamaranahalli. The distance from Vidhana Soudha is 22 km.out of the village there is one school called Sri Sri Ravishankar vidhya mandir and there is a railway station 3.5 km from the village.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India census, Mullur had a population of around 2000.[1] Mulluru village is a small village of about 100 houses, populated by Kuruba, scheduled caste and scheduled tribes Marathas, Reddys, . It is known for harmony among different castes. There are three temples in the village: one being to Goddess Maheshwari, the most powerful one; another old temple, Gopalaswamy temple; and the latest one is the Sri Rama Temple. This village was moved to a neighbouring place when cholera struck the people some two hundred years ago. At the remains of the old village some people find one or two gold and silver coins whenever they dig the earth. Dr. M. K. Nagaraja is the first highly qualified person from the village, who has earned his MA, LLM, MBL, and Ph.D. He has earned his MBL and Ph.D. from the prestigious National Law School of India University. He is now a retired member of the Indian Police Service.
Mullur village is in a developing phase, where it has many other temples added to its geography. These temples are Lord Venkateshwara temples, Lord Shani Dev temple, Om Shakti temple, etc. Mullur has a primary government school which is about 80 years old. This school has transformed many people of the village from illiterate to literate by providing basic education. Today we have many graduates and a few post graduates who pursued their basic education at this school. This school has been relocated to the new, bigger building, which is located just a few meters away from the village in recent years.