Andersonpet is a township of Kolar Gold Fields, located in the Kolar district on Karnataka, India. [1] It is situated in Kolar District of Karnataka state and having pin code of 563113. [1]
Andersonpet | |
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village | |
  Andersonpet Location in Karnataka, India  Andersonpet Andersonpet (India) | |
| Coordinates: 12°56′05″N 78°16′22″E / 12.934655°N 78.272867°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Established | 1904 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
History edit
Established in 1904, Andersonpet is named after an officer of British India. In its early years, the township was locally known as "Beer Shop", as it housed the only government-licensed liquor store in the entire Kolar Gold Fields area.[2]
Places of interest edit
Champion Reefs situated in Andersonpet goes down to 17,000 feet and is the deepest mine in Asia. Andersonpet also has many bungalows and houses built in the Victorian style by the British for use by their officers.
One bank CORPORATION BANK KOLAR - KARNATAKA is situated at village. [3] Aristotle College of Education is situated in village. It is for higher education. [4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Andersonpet village". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
- ^ Bridget White (20 August 2010). Kolar Gold Fields - Down Memory Lane: Paeans to Lost Glory!. AuthorHouse. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-4520-4459-0. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Village bank".
- ^ "Higher education college".
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