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Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapura | |
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Suburb | |
 A straight view of the hanging bridge built on the National Highway 75, right over the Krishnarajapuram Railway station | |
  Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapuram | |
| Coordinates:12°59′42″N77°40′48″E / 12.995°N 77.68°E /12.995; 77.68 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bengaluru Urban |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Founded by | Mummadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 187,453 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560016, 560036, 560048, 560049, 560067 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-53 |
Krishnarajapuram (also spelledKrishnarajapura and often abbreviated asKR Puram orKR Pura) is an eastern suburb ofBangalore, the capital of theIndian state ofKarnataka. It is one of thezones ofBBMP. It is 15 km (9.3 mi) fromBangalore City railway station. The Old Madras Road passes through this locality. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in the heart of this area. TheYele Mallappa Shetty Lake near Medahalli, situated just outside the eastern limits of KR Puram, is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore.
Krishnarajapuram is also the headquarters of the Bangalore East taluk and houses certain central and state government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of theBharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election,[1] and re-elected in 2018. The area is also a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.
The area was named afterKrishnaraja Wadiyar III, who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.[2]
Krishnarajapuram is located at the junction of Old Madras Road andOuter Ring Road. The Krishnarajapuram Railway station falls on theBengaluru -Chennai broad gauge line. The cable bridge on the junction of Old Madras Road andOuter Ring Road was built byAfcons forIRCON and inaugurated the by thenPrime Minister of India,Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003 and was subsequently declared as the Most Outstanding National Bridge by the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers.[3][4]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[5] Krishnarajapuram had a population of 187,453. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Krishnarajapuram has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 71%. In Krishnarajapuram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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