Malur or Mālūru is a town and taluk headquarters in

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of the

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. It is 30 km from Kolar, the district headquarters, and about 50 km from

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. It is accessible from Bangalore by road and railways. The Chennai Central-Bangalore City line passes through Malur, with trains to various parts of

, including

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and

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Geography

Malur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It has a

Tropical wet and dry climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

, similar to Bangalore. It has summer temperatures rarely crossing 37°C, and winter temperatures rarely falling below 15°C.

Demographics

India

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,{{cite web, url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999, archive-date=2004-06-16, title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional), access-date=2008-11-01, publisher= Census Commission of India Malur had a population of 40,050. Males constitute 20,337 of the population and females 19,673. Malur has an average literacy rate of 82.47% higher than the state average of 75.36%: male literacy is 87.40%, and female literacy is 77.36%. In Malur, 4,589 that is 11.46% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

is the major language spoken in Malur, while

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is also widely spoken. Malur lies just 15km away from the

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border, and 55km from the

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border.

Economy

The economy of Malur is primarily dependent on business and it is famous for clay tile-and-brick industry and some small-scale industries. ''

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'' plantations are common. Vegetables and millets are the main crop grown, largely beans and tomatoes, as well as rāgi and

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. This region is one of the largest producers of ragi in India. Flowers are also grown widely and are exported to large cities. Another source of income in Malur are brick kilns, their products being exported to Chennai and Bangalore. It is a major industrial centre, with factories like Honda Motor Cycle Limited,

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, Medinova and some other factories. There is a lot of employment available, with labourers from other parts of Karnataka,

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. The number of labourers from

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are also increasing with better accessibility. Challenges being faced include

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, especially in brick kilns. Poultry farming is also common on an industrial scale.

Culture

Malur was once called ''Malligepura''. Jasmine flowers are cultivated widely in it. A famous temple is situated in

Chikka Tirupati Chikka Tirupati (meaning 'Small Tirupathi' in Kannada, with reference to Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Venkateswara, Venkateshwara, the Hindu god Vishnu. It is located in LAKKUR Hobli of Malur Taluk, in the outski ...

, which means "small

" in

. Karaga is a major festival in Malur. The festival is celebrated in Malur exactly a week after it happens in

Notable people

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly r ...

, writer

References