Sargur

Sargur
Saraguru
town
Heggadadevanakote Taluk boundary before creation of Sargur Taluk
Sargur
Location in Karnataka, India
Sargur
Sargur (India)
Coordinates: 11°59′49″N 76°23′49″E / 11.997°N 76.397°E / 11.997; 76.397
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictMysuru
Area
  Total
4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
686 m (2,251 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
11,425
  Density2,591.5/km2 (6,712/sq mi)
Languages
  OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
571121
Telephone code08228
Vehicle registrationKA-45

Sargur (also known as Saragur pronounced Saraguru in the Kannada language, as Kannada words end in vowels, which are lost in their Anglicization), is a small town located about 80 km from the town of Chamarajanagar And a Taluk of Mysore district of Karnataka, India. H D Kote (Heggadadevanakote) is about 12 km north of Sargur. It is 55 km from the city of Mysore. Bangalore International Airport is 200 km away. To be more elaborate, Sargur is 33.8 km from Nanjangud town (Karnataka), 35.1 km from Gundlupet town (Karnataka), 137.8 km from Udagamandalam town (Ooty) Valley (Tamil Nadu) and 38.8 km from Hunsur town (Karnataka).