Tumakuru District, Karnataka

Tumakuru (ತುಮಕೂರು), historically known as Tumkur and affectionately celebrated as Kalpataru Nadu (Land of the Coconut Palm), is an expansive, prosperous, and spiritually revered district situated on the southeastern plateau of Karnataka. Renowned for its millions of towering coconut palms and prolific arecanut plantations, Tumakuru is the third-largest district in Karnataka by geographical area.

Spanning 10,597 square kilometres, Tumakuru recorded a population of 2,678,480 in the 2011 Census of India. The district is universally revered across India as the sacred home of Siddaganga Mutt, where centenarian humanitarian saint Dr. Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji (revered as the 'Walking God') instituted the monumental tradition of Trividha Dasoha (free education, food, and shelter for over 10,000 children daily).

Tumakuru is also home to the scenic hill temples of Devarayanadurga, the natural spring of Namada Chilume, and the massive 2,050 MW Pavagada Solar Park—one of the largest operational solar power installations in the world. Explore the taluks, Gram Panchayats, and villages below to discover comprehensive civic data.

Tumakuru was governed in ancient times by the Gangas of Talakad, the Nolambas, the Rashtrakutas, and the Hoysalas. In 1530 CE, Kanteerava Nayaka of the Holenarasipura family founded the town of Tumakuru with a mud fort and water tanks.

The historic Siddaganga Mutt was founded in the 14th century by Sri Haradanahalli Gosala Siddheshwara Swamiji of the Shoonya Simhasana lineage. In the 18th century, the district was contested between the Marathas and Mysore under Hyder Ali, who captured the hill fort of Pavagada and Madhugiri (one of the largest monolithic granite hills in Asia).

Under the visionary leadership of Dr. Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji (1907–2019), who led the Siddaganga Mutt for over seven decades, Tumakuru became an epicenter of humanitarian mass welfare and secular education. Tumakuru was designated an industrial smart city under national urban renewal.

Tumakuru occupies the central-southern plateau of Karnataka, bordered by Chitradurga to the north, Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara to the south, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru to the west, Mandya to the southwest, and Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh to the east. The landscape features prominent granitic hill ranges like Devarayanadurga and Madhugiri rising above fertile red loam plains.

The district forms the catchment of the Shimsha, Jayamangali, and Suvarnamukhi rivers, supported by the Hemavathi canal irrigation network.

The administrative machinery of Tumakuru district is organized into several revenue taluks, each administered by a Tahsildar under the supervision of the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate. Local rural governance is delivered through three tiers of Panchayati Raj institutions: the Zilla Panchayat at the district level, Taluk Panchayats, and Gram Panchayats serving rural village clusters.

Explore the interactive taluk cards and accordion directory below to discover verified counts of Gram Panchayats, inhabited hamlets, and canonical revenue villages registered in the national Local Government Directory (LGD).

Tumakuru possesses a robust, rapidly growing industrial and green-energy economy. The Vasanthanarasapura Industrial Area along the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (CBIC) is a major manufacturing zone hosting the Japanese Industrial Township (JIT), machine tools, food processing, and automotive ancillaries.

The Pavagada Solar Park (Shakti Sthala) spans 13,000 acres and generates 2,050 megawatts of clean solar energy. Traditional coconut and coir industries, copra trading at Tiptur APMC (Asia's premier copra market), and arecanut processing form vital agrarian pillars.

Agriculture forms the core livelihood of rural Tumakuru. The district is celebrated as the coconut capital of Karnataka, with Tiptur, Chikkanayakanahalli, and Turuvekere producing world-renowned sun-dried Copra and tender coconuts.

Arecanut is the principal high-value cash crop in canal-irrigated zones, while dryland farmers produce bumper harvests of ragi (finger millet), groundnut, green gram, and maize.

Tumakuru is an educational powerhouse, hosting Tumkur University, the renowned Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (medical, dental, and engineering institutes), and the Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), founded by Sri Shivakumara Swamiji.

Siddaganga Mutt provides free residential education to over 10,000 underprivileged children of all castes and creeds.

The KarnatakaInfo.com database holds 4,387 school records for Tumakuru district (UDISE+). This dataset covers schools only; colleges and universities appear in the text above where verified.

• Primary1,912
• Primary with Upper Primary1,467
• Secondary Only460
• Pr. Up Pr. and Secondary Only216
• Higher Secondary only/Jr. College173
• Upper Pr. and Secondary62
• Secondary with Higher Secondary50
• Upper Primary only22
• Pr. with Up.Pr. Sec. and H.Sec.13
• Up. Pr. Secondary and Higher Sec11
• Pre-Primary Only1

School listings are available on each village and taluk page.

The 1,000-bed Sri Siddhartha Medical College Hospital and the 400-bed Tumakuru District Civil Hospital provide advanced multi-specialty clinical care, emergency trauma surgery, and pediatric facilities, supported by sub-divisional hospitals at Tiptur and Madhugiri.

The database records 649 public health facilities in Tumakuru district. This is the dataset available on KarnatakaInfo.com and should not be read as a complete list of all hospitals.

• Immunisation Facility607
• PHC38
• CHC4

Tumakuru offers a remarkable variety of historical, cultural, and natural tourism destinations, spanning ancient stone temples, fortresses, scenic river ghats, and wildlife sanctuaries.

Visitors explore diverse heritage circuits across the district that showcase Karnataka's architectural excellence and natural splendour.

Tumakuru's cultural life is deeply imbued with the compassionate ethos of Lingayat Sharana philosophy and Dasoha. The annual Siddaganga Mutt Jathra and the car festival at Devarayanadurga attract millions of devotees.

Rural folk arts like Dollu Kunitha, Goravara Kunitha, and traditional leather puppet theater flourish across villages.

Tumakuru is famous for its fluffy Tumakuru Thatte Idli served with spicy coconut chutney, and crisp Ragi Rotti served with Avarekalu Saaru.

Tiptur copra sweets, tender coconut delicacies, and festive Obbattu are regional favorites.

Extensive granite formations at Madhugiri and Pavagada provide durable building stone. The Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve in Madhugiri protects endangered blackbucks in scrub savannas.

Exceptional solar irradiance in Pavagada powers one of the world's largest operational clean solar parks.

Tumakuru has superb road connectivity along National Highway 48 (Bengaluru-Pune highway) and NH 73. Tumakuru Railway Station on South Western Railway offers frequent train connections to Bengaluru, Hubballi, and Mumbai.

KarnatakaInfo.com brings together the administrative hierarchy of Tumakuru district: its taluks, Gram Panchayat counts and revenue villages. Each taluk has a village directory, and each village has a profile with Census population and literacy figures where available, land-use data, nearby schools, healthcare facilities, post offices, nearby tourist attractions and distances to the nearest bus and railway stations.