Tumkur

City Town Statistics

Name of the City  -  Tumkur

Location  -  70km fro Bangalore

Longitude  -  77°05’00’’

Latitude  -  13°20’19’’

Rain fall  -  670mm  (Annul Avg)

Population  -  248929 (As per 2001 Census)

As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Tumkur in 2011 is 305,821; of which male and female are 155,406 and 150,415 respectively. The sex ratio of Tumkur city is 968 per 1000 males.

In education section, total literates in Tumkur city are 237,424 of which 123,904 are males while 113,520 are females. Average literacy rate of Tumkur city is 85.97 percent of which male and female literacy was 88.39 and 83.47 percent.

Total children (0-6) in Tumkur city are 29,655 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 15,233 boys while 14,422 are girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 947 per 1000 boys.

Tumkur : Is One of the  Districts in Karnataka which has Mandya District to wards South, towards West and Northeast is Chitradurga , Hassan and Chikkamangalore , towards Southeast is Andra Pradesh's Ananthapura District.

Tumkur is 70Km from Capital city Bangalore.it consists of 10 taluks  12 towns 2725 villages.District's area is 10606 sq Kms. Has good Road transport facilities , Transport through train is fantastic.

Educational institutions in Tumkur

Siddaganga Group Of Educational Institutions

SRS Group of Institutions

Shreedevi Group Of Educational Institutions

Sri Siddharatha Group Of Educational Institutions

H.M.S Group Of Educational Institutions

CIT Group Of Educational Institutions

Akshaya Group of Educational Institutions

Sacred Heart Group Of Educational Institutions

Sarvodaya Group Of Educational Institutions

Kautilya Academy of Management

St.Joseph's Group Of Educational Institutions

Famous people

RANGASWAMY S.R. SONDLAGERE CIVIL ENGINEER

Krishi Pandita Shri C. P. Sadashivaiah, Winner of WIPO Gold medal, also National Award by NRDC

Dr. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji

Mr. T.B. Jayachandra

Dr. H.M. Gangadharaiah

Dr. G. Parmeshwar

Dr. G. Shivaprasad

Amarashilpi Jakanachari

Gubbi Veeranna

Dr. Raja Ramanna

Dr. T S Mallikarjunaiah

Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, Former NASA Scientist, Philanthropist & Ex-MLA

Koratagere Veeresh Rudrappa

Narasimha raju.

AULIA OF TUMKUR

Tumkur is one of the most reputed places in Karnataka for many Auliyas and their Dargah shareefs. Some of these Auliyas came from Baghdad shareef and they are direct descendents of Qutb-ul-Aqtab, Mahboob-e-Subhani, Ghaus-as-Saqalain, Peeran-e-Peer, Hazrath Shaikh Abdul Qadhir Jeelani Al-Baghdadi (Rizwan allahi thaalahi alaihim azjmaeen).

In Tumkur, a few kilometer from railway station, there is a burial ground known as Jali ka Makan, where you will find famous Dargah shareef of Hazrat Murtuza Qadri (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), who is the younger son of Hazrath Mo'meen Qadri, is sitituated. This Dargah claims to bear the most beautiful architectural structure in entire Tumkur.

In Kesarmadu, a small village located in a few kilometer distances from Tumkur, the most famous/sacred Dargah shareef of Hazrath Mo'meen Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi), his elder son and his wife is located. Hazrath Mo'meen Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi) is one of direct descendents of Peeran-e-Peer, Hazrath Shaikh Abdul Qadhir Jeelani Al-Baghdadi (Rizwan allahi Thaalahi alaihim azjmaeen )

In addition to the aforementioned Dargah shareef, there is also one more Dargah shareef which is very famous in Tumkur is of Hazrat Allah Allah Sa'in Auliya (Rahmathullahi Alaihi).

Nijgal ke pahad ki dargah is an oldest and attractive spot in Tumkur located in a place known as Dawouspet on Bangalore-Tumkur highway.

Hazrath Syed Pacha Shah khadri (RA) . This dargah is below the Nijgal hills.

It is famous for the Dargah shareef of two Auliyas namely Hazrath Syed Pacha Shah Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi). This Dargah is located below the Nijgal pahad (hills).

Hazrath Syed Kareem Shah Khadri (RA), Nijgal Dargah

And the Dargah shareef of Hazrath Syed Kareem Shah Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi) – (This is known as Nijgal ke pahad ki Dargah because the Mazar-e-Mubarak of the Auliya is located inside the hill (gawi) of nijgal.

They are two brothers and it is said that these Auliyas have sacrificed their lives for the cause of Islam.

It takes approximately 30 minutes to climb up on the hill. While scaling up, one can realise that his/her breathing will go high and pumping of heart will become speeder, which is one of the specialities of this hill. The people who visit the Dargah can enjoy the tracking of the hill while walking up to reach the hill. Insha ALLAH, you will experience what I say here, when you visit this Dargah shareef. The Mazar-e-Mubarak of Hazrath Syed Kareem Shah Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi) is located inside the hill (gawi) itself and it appears very marvellous. In order to do perform the Ziyarath, one has to bend himself in gawi and have to reach the Mazar-e-Mubarak by wobbling like a baby because the gawi's height itself is about only 3 feet and no one can stand straight up.

It is quoted by people that Hazrath Syed Kareem Shah Qadri (Rahmathullahi Alaihi) got Shahadat and came inside the hill where he himself did his burial ceremony. Moreover, these two Auliyas used to sit in Chilla (Khalwath) in these hills. As of today, people continue to perform Fateha and Darood shareefs in this gawi Mubarak, Masha ALLAH. The nijgal ke pahad ki dargah attracts a large number of people from all walks of life.