Channapatna

Channapatna
Channapatna
	City
	Nickname(s): The Land of Toys
	Channapatna Location in Karnataka, India
	Coordinates: 12.6530°N 77.2050°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Area
• Total	12.87 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation	673 m (2,208 ft)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	562160
Telephone code	91-80 / 91-8113
Vehicle registration	KA 42
Website	www.channapatnacity.gov.in

Channapatana is a city and taluk headquarter in Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India.

Channapatana is also called as Channpatna by locals.

Geography

Channapatna has an average elevation of 739 metres (2424 ft).

Total length of roads is 108.20 km. Total water supply is 70.50 litres per capita per day. This means a per capita water supply of 65.50 litres. In summer the temperature is 32 °C. In winter it is 19 °C.

Channapatna is located on the Bangalore - Mysore highway. It is about 55 km from Bangalore and 80 km from Mysore.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Channapatna City Municipal Council has population of 71,942 of which 36,098 are males while 35,844 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.[1]

Toys

putaswamy.k, Avverahally, Channapattana

The city is famous for its wooden toys and lacquerware. Channapatna is also called Town of toys ("Gombegala nagara"). These toys are manufactured in traditional and advanced small-scale industries. Manufacturing and twisting of raw silk, rice, ragi and coconut is a major product of Channapattana taluk.[2]The origin of these toys is dated back to the reign of Tipu Sultan who invited the artisans from Persia in order to train the local artisans in the art of wooden toy making.These toys have been given Geographical Indication tag by Government of India.[3][4]

References

http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803239-channapatna.html
"Channapatna toys". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
GI for Channapatna toys and dolls is mentioned by P. Manoj (19 February 2006). "GI certificate for Channapatna toys, Bidriware, Coorg orange". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-02-19. Chennai, India: 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
A brief history of Channapatna toys is provided by Govind D. Belgaumkar and Anil Kumar Sastry (27 October 2006). "Unique symbols of Karnataka". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-10-27. Chennai, India: 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2007.

External links

Channapatna's official Website

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[1] ttp://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803239-channapatna.html

[Demonetisation:75percentdropinsalesof-2] "Channapatna toys". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

[GI-3] GI for Channapatna toys and dolls is mentioned by P. Manoj (19 February 2006). "GI certificate for Channapatna toys, Bidriware, Coorg orange". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-02-19. Chennai, India: 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2007.

[tt-4] A brief history of Channapatna toys is provided by Govind D. Belgaumkar and Anil Kumar Sastry (27 October 2006). "Unique symbols of Karnataka". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2006-10-27. Chennai, India: 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2007.