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34-526: Yelahanka is a premium locality in north Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka . One of the zones of BBMP . It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northern end of the city. It is Nadaprabhu Kempegowda I, of the Yelahanka Prabhu clans, who laid the foundation of present-day Bengaluru through the creation of

68-824: A Japanese weekend educational programme , serves Japanese nationals living in Bangalore. It holds its classes in the Canadian International School. There are many technical education institutions in and around Yelahanka. Some of the prominent engineering colleges in the vicinity are REVA University , Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology , BMS Institute of Technology , Brindavan College of Engineering , Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Sai Vidya Institute of Technology , Reva Institute of Technology and Management , HKBK College of Engineering , East West College of Engineering and Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore . Also present

102-516: A "mud fort town" in 1537 CE The city of Yelahanka had been in existence prior to the 12th century. The region was called 'Ilaipakka Naadu' in Tamil during the rule of Cholas. A stone tablet of 1267 A.D found in Doddaballapur mentions Dechi Devarasa , ruling the region with Yelahanka as his capital under the aegis of Hoysala monarch 'Narasimha (Third)'. The founder of Bangalore KempeGowda I,

136-553: A bird sanctuary. Most of these are either dry or are in bad condition due to emptying of untreated sewerage effluents into them. Yelahanka is on the verge of being the prime real estate hub in North Bengaluru owing to its vast undeveloped areas and easy access to the Kempegowda International Airport. Yelahanka has seen remarkable developments since its inception. Most major retail brands have

170-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are

204-446: A newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It

238-525: A presence in Yelahanka. Major ones include Yelahanka Central, RMZ Galleria Mall, and Dmart in Yelahanka New Town. Yelahanka is at an elevation of about 915 metres (3,000 ft) above mean sea level . Due to its higher altitude from mean sea level, it is lush green and has pleasant weather year-round. As of 2001 India census , Yelahanka had a population of 93,263. Males constituted 54% of

272-401: Is 30 km (19 mi) far from Trifecta Esplanade, Belathur. National Highway NH 44 passes through Yelahanka. The newly constructed Navayuga Devanahalli KIAL Expressway (Part of NH 44) also passes through the suburb and the northeastern fringes of Yelahanka, acting as a bypass road to avoid the Yelahanka suburb. State Highway 9 (Bangalore - Hindupur) passing in the south of Yelahanka bisects

306-457: Is Manipal Institute of technology (Bengaluru) which is a highly prestigious college for engineering studies . Vibgyor High School , has its 20th branch in Yelahanka. Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology , has six campuses across Yelahanka New Town. White Petals School (WPS) is located in fourth Phase Yelahanka. It has been awarded as "Best Upcoming School" by Education Today. Taluk In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ,

340-480: Is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this

374-735: Is better to use the existing infrastructure rather than investing in new activities like Metro. Kempegowda International Airport is located off Yelahanka. Yelahanka is connected with downtown Bangalore through a network of roads and a six-lane dual carriageway highway. The same highway connects Yelahanka with Kempegowda International Airport . BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation), KSRTC serves Yelahanka with its network of buses. There are regular BMTC Volvo A/C Bus services and other buses to Bangalore from Yelahanka. National Highway 44 (North–South Corridor) also passes through Yelahanka. Karnataka State Highway 9 starts at Yelahanka main road near Yelahanka traffic police station and ends near

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408-420: Is one of the best in entire Bangalore. Yelahanka railway station is one of the oldest stations setup in Bangalore area and has railway lines connecting KR Puram and Byapanahalli in the east and Yeshwanthpur in the northwest. If these tracks are improved and daily city passenger trains introduce, a big part of traffic congestion will be eased as more people will use trains. Since the tracks are already existing, it

442-494: Is profitably utilized to meet the domestic demands for non-railway customers and exports. Crops like paddy , rice , and Raagi ( millet ) were being cultivated at a small scale in the area with irrigation from numerous lakes in the area. The villages surrounding Yelahanka, especially Allalasandra, were famous for Guava fruit and grapes. Alas, now agriculture and farming exist no more due to urbanization and industrialization. Governmental research facilities exist around Yelahanka in

476-718: Is the sub-district of a district, similarly, Nayabat is the sub-tehsil of a tehsil. Baiyyappanahalli railway station Baiyyappanahalli railway station (station code: BYPL ) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyappanahalli , Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka which is located about 13 km away from the Bangalore City railway station and serves Baiyyappanahalli, Indiranagar, Krishnarajapuram and HAL areas. South Western Railway (SWR) developed Baiyyappanahalli, located on

510-401: Is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in the Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under

544-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at

578-691: The Andhra Pradesh border near Vidurashwatha, where it continues as AP SH 472 until Hindupuram. Yelahanka is also served by a host of private taxi companies operating in the Greater Bangalore area and also the Auto Rickshaw services within the Bangalore Metropolitan Area. Yelahanka Jn. (code YNK) is a junction railway station of South Western Railway Zone, served by Indian Railways. Yelahanka Jn. comes under

612-504: The country. There are passenger train services that connect Yelahanka Jn. to nearby towns and other suburbs of Bangalore. Yelahanka Jn. has a computerized Indian Railway ticket booking office. Rail Wheel Factory (earlier known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is situated in Yelahanka. It is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting the bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles, and wheel sets for the Indian Railways. The spare capacity available

646-556: The district level in administrative setup) headquarters prior to the formation of BBMP (a metro corporation annexing the original Bangalore area and its suburbs) and now forms a part of Greater Bengaluru. A well-planned township was developed during the early 1980s to the north of the city by the Karnataka Housing Board and is identified by several names like 'Yelahanka Upanagara', 'Yelahanka Satellite Town', 'Yelahanka New Town' or simply 'Housing Board'. Yelahanka New Town

680-464: The eastern part of the city, as the third railway terminal for the city along with facilities in 2008 due to no space around the Bangalore City railway station . Work on a third coaching terminal has begun and is expected to be complete by March 2020. It is a Railway Junction, dividing the direct single electrified line to Salem via Hosur-Dharmapuri and the electrified double line towards Jolarpettai via Krishnarajapuram. Baiyyappanahalli railway station

714-614: The famous watchtowers built in the four directions of the new city. Some temples in Yelahanka—like the Venugopala Swamy Temple—have remained as a testimony to its rich past. Although a Fort's remnant could not be traced, a street nearby the Venugopala Swamy Temple is still known as 'Kote Beedi' or 'Fort Street'. Yelahanka lies to the north of Bengaluru. It was a municipal council and taluk (lies below

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748-472: The form of Gandhi Krishi Vigyana Kendra (GKVK) under the University of Agricultural Sciences www.uasbangalore.edu.in/ and Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP – www.cimap.res.in) under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Katigenahalli (Bengaluru) Inscription and herostone There are many schools and colleges in Yelahanka. The first International school established

782-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil

816-409: The jurisdiction of Bangalore Division and is about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Bangalore City Railway station (SBC). The station lies on the train line connecting Bangalore with North, West, and Central India via Guntakal Junction. There are four routes merging at the station - (south) one from Yeshwantpur (YPR) and the other from Byapanahalli – KR Puram (KJM). (north) one from Chikkballapur and

850-515: The land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state

884-425: The other from Doddballapur connecting all major cities in the country. All rail lines expect the one of from Chikkaballapur are fully electrified and double line. The station is served by regularly scheduled train services originating, terminating, and passing through Bangalore Metropolitan region. The majority of express and passenger trains halt at Yelahanka Jn. station, connecting it to all major cities and towns in

918-400: The population and females 46%. The literacy rate was 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 68%. Eleven percent of the population were under 6 years of age. As per recent estimates, the population of Yelahanka has risen to about 300,000 in 2012. Yelahanka has excellent connectivity be it road, rail, and air. The road network to Yelahanka

952-517: The suburb into Old Town and New Town. Yelahanka's business areas are Hospital Main Road and BB road in Yelahanka and New Town are 16th 'B' Cross and Mother Dairy Cross and Yelahanka New Town, fourth phase. Yelahanka has several lakes surrounding it, adjoining: Old Yelahanka , Puttenahalli , Attur, Ananthapura, and Allalasandra. The lake at Puttenahalli (3 km (1.9 mi) up the SH 9 ) has been declared

986-552: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and

1020-488: The variants are used as English words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):

1054-615: Was Aditi International School in the year 1993. It is a highly prestigious day school that offers ICSE, ISC, IGCSE Cambridge AS and A-level programs. Other schools in Yelahanka include KNN College of Nursing , Nagarjuna Vidyaniketan , Ryan International School , National Public School , Delhi Public School , Canadian International School , Bhavan's , Chrysalis High , Presidency School , Poorna Pragna Education Centre , Kendriya Vidyalaya RWF The Japanese Weekend School of Bengaluru ( バンガロール日本人補習授業校 Bangarōru Nihonjin Hoshū Jugyō Kō ),

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1088-545: Was also known as Elavank. Of the numerous Rulers of different dynasties who ruled with Yelahanka as their Capital, the Kempe Gowdas are the most acclaimed. Hiriya Kempe Gowda (Kempe Gowda the First) built a fort in the adjoining village of Bengaluru and developed it as his new capital, probably due to its strategic location and slightly cooler climate being at a higher altitude. It was his son, Immadi Kempe Gowda , who had

1122-633: Was born in Yelahanka. He was the Chieftain and feudatory of the area during the reign of King Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara. Yelahanka has a history of more than 500 years. Chieftain Kempegowda who built Bangalore fort and the Yelahanka Town in 1537 AD, transferred his capital from Yelahanka to Bangalore after Bangalore city was built. Later, during Hoysala rein, the city came to be known as 'Elavanka' and gradually shifted to 'Yelahanka'. It

1156-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,

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