Krishnarajapuram

Krishnarajapuram (also spelled Krishnarajapura and often abbreviated as KR Puram or KR Pura) is an eastern suburb of Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is 15 km (9.3 mi) from Bangalore City railway station. The Old Madras Road passes through this locality. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in the heart of this area. The Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake near Medahalli, situated just outside the eastern limits of KR Puram, is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore.

Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapura
Suburb
A straight view of the hanging bridge built on the National Highway 75, right over the Krishnarajapuram Railway station
Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapuram
Coordinates: 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 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 the Bharatiya 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 after Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.^[2]

Connectivity

Krishnarajapuram is located at the junction of Old Madras Road and Outer Ring Road. The Krishnarajapuram Railway station falls on the Bengaluru - Chennai broad gauge line. The cable bridge on the junction of Old Madras Road and Outer Ring Road was built by Afcons for IRCON and inaugurated the by then Prime 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]

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[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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  Cable stayed bridge on Old Madras Road (NH-4), above Krishnarajapuram railway station
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  KR Puram Outer Ring Road flyover