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| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District(s) | Chamarajanagar |
| Population • Density |
26,368 (2001[update]) • 6,248.34 /km2 (16,183 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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4.22 square kilometres (1.63 sq mi) • 816 metres (2,677 ft) |
Gundlupet is a town in Chamarajanagar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. This small town is about 56 km from the Mysore-Ooty / Mysore-Calicut (NH 212) road and about 200 km from Bangalore. Gundlupet is the last town in Karnataka en route to Ooty or Kozhikode.
The Bandipur National Park Forest Office is 16 km from Gundlupet.
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Gundlupet is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 816 metres (2677 feet).
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Gundlupet had a population of 26,368. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gundlupet has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Gundlupet, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Main crops are jowar, ragi, sugar cane, turmeric, onion and banana. It is a fairly dry region on the rain-shadow side of the Western Ghats with an average annual rainfall of about 600 mm (almost all of it falling during the monsoon months of July through October. The natural vegetation of the area is Dry Thorn Forest, as can be seen in the nearby reserve forests on the boundary of Bandipur National Park.
There are no rivers or canals that pass through this town.