Tumkūr, Karnataka, India

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🇮🇳 Tumkur, officially renamed as Tumakuru, is a city located in the southern part of Indian state of Karnataka. Tumkur is situated at a distance of 70 km (43 mi) north-west of Bangalore, the state capital along NH 48 and NH 73. It is the headquarters of the Tumkur district. It is located at an altitude of 835 m (2739.5 ft).

Tumkur hosts India's first mega food park, a project of the ministry of food processing. The India Food Park was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2014. Tumkur is also included in the Smart Cities Mission list and is among the 100 smart cities to be developed in India. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a city corporation.

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Economy Tumkur district's economy is majorly derived from agriculture. Plantation crops such as coconut, areca nut, paddy cultivation (some parts) attributes to its economy. Tumkur City's economy comes from industries.

Due to its proximity to Bangalore, the state capital, it acts as a gateway to North Karnataka, being on the Chennai – Mumbai industrial corridor and the infrastructure that Tumkur provides, it has the potential to be the satellite city to decongest the Bangalore. It also has been identified as National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ). NIMZ of approximately 13500 acres and the HAL helicopter manufacturing facility (Near Gubbi) 610 acres are being developed as integrated industrial townships with state-of-the art infrastructure and land use on the basis of zoning, clean and energy efficient technology, necessary social infrastructure, and skill development facilities, for promoting world class manufacturing activity. Tumkur is home to 24 large scale industries with an investment of 911.42 crores and generating an employment for 6445 persons. The existing 15 medium scale industries and 23804 micro and small industries employ 132994 persons and account for an investment of close to 790 crores. A 2000 MW of solar power plant on 11000 acres is being developed near Pavagada to cater to the power needs of Tumkur and adjoining districts.

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Education • Siddaganga Institute of Technology • Tumkur University.

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Tumkūr has a population of over 302,100 people. Tumkūr also forms the centre of the wider Tumakuru District which has a population of over 2,678,980 people.

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Antipodal to Tumkūr is: -102.9,-13.34

Locations Near: Tumkūr 77.1,13.34

🇮🇳 Tumakuru 77.1,13.34 d: 0  

🇮🇳 Bengaluru 77.583,12.967 d: 66.8  

🇮🇳 Bangalore 77.593,12.972 d: 67.3  

🇮🇳 Vijayapura 77.8,13.29 d: 75.9  

🇮🇳 Hosur 77.833,12.737 d: 103.9  

🇮🇳 Puttaparthi 77.811,14.166 d: 119.7  

🇮🇳 Mysuru 76.653,12.31 d: 124.4  

🇮🇳 Mysore 76.652,12.309 d: 124.5  

🇮🇳 Madanapalle 78.5,13.55 d: 153.2  

🇮🇳 Dharmapuri 78.158,12.121 d: 177.6  

Antipodal to: Tumkūr -102.9,-13.34

🇵🇪 Talara -81.267,-4.567 d: 17449.1  

🇵🇪 Piura -80.633,-5.2 d: 17411.7  

🇵🇪 Máncora -81.05,-4.1 d: 17405.9  

🇵🇪 Chiclayo -79.844,-6.764 d: 17389  

🇵🇪 Trujillo -79.034,-8.103 d: 17345  

🇪🇨 Salinas -80.968,-2.207 d: 17304  

🇪🇨 La Libertad -80.9,-2.233 d: 17298.7  

🇪🇨 Santa Elena -80.858,-2.227 d: 17294.2  

🇵🇪 Chimbote -78.583,-9.067 d: 17321.9  

🇪🇨 Machala -79.967,-3.267 d: 17257.8  

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