Krishnarajpet is located at. It has an average elevation of 790 metres.
Demographics
Indiacensus, Krishnarajpet had a population of 22,473. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Krishnarajpet has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 63%. In Krishnarajpet, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hunasheshwara temple, Famous Temples of the region
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K R Pet and its surrounds have many ancient temples of architectural importance, built during the Hoysala reign. One such small temple is the Hoysaleswara Temple at Thenginaghatta village. The temple is surrounded by wild bushes and banana plantations. Sadly neglected, ancient sculptures are strewn about amidst debris. The epigraph reveals the name of the temple as ‘Hoysaleswara Temple’ and being completed on 7 August1133 AD, during the reign of the Hoysala king Narasimha. Further the inscription acknowledges Hadacala Kavanna, Hadavala Kancha, Kaleya Nayaka, Chikkate and Heggade Munjayya who had contributed towards the construction of the temple and a tank. Further it records the gifts of land made to sculptor of temple Bammoja, son of Haloja of Kikkeri.
Transportation
Krishnarajpet is connected by good road and it can be reached easily within 3 hours from Bengaluru. The place can be reached in following ways It can be reached from mandya by two way 1) via melukote 2)via bangalore mysore highway, pandavapura. It can be reached to bangalore by 3 ways 1)via pandavapura, bangalore mysore highway 2)via nagamangala 3)via kikkeri, channarayapattna It can be reached from mysore with in 1 hour. It can be reached by 3 different roads from mysore 1) via sriranga pattana and pandavpura 2) via krishnaraja sagara 3)via kr nagara,bherya,akkihebbal. It has also railway connection. Most of the trains between mysore and Hassan route will stop in mandhagere.it has also, Akkihebbal railway station Biruhalli railway station & Mandhagere railway station.
