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	KR Puram is the headquarters of the Bengaluru-East taluk and as such, houses many government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly/State assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election,<ref>http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/5263-assembly-elections-result-bangalore</ref> and re-elected in 2018. It is a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.		KR Puram is the headquarters of the Bengaluru-East taluk and as such, houses many government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly/State assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election,<ref>http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/5263-assembly-elections-result-bangalore</ref> and re-elected in 2018. It is a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

	The area's name has come from [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]], who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.<ref name="name_origin">{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/date-with-history-kr-purams-history-is-as-entangled-as-its-present-geography/articleshow/46619038.cms\|access-date=2018-10-07}}</ref>		The area's name has come from [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]], who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.<ref name="name_origin">{{cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/date-with-history-kr-purams-history-is-as-entangled-as-its-present-geography/articleshow/46619038.cms\|access-date=2018-10-07\|title=Date with History: KR Puram's history is as entangled as its present geography\|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

	==Connectivity==		==Connectivity==

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Krishnarajapuram
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = Kannada
| other_name = KR Puram
| settlement_type = suburb
| image_skyline = Cable-Bridge over Krishnarajapuram Railway station.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A straight view of the hanging bridge built on the National Highway 75, right over the Krishnarajapuram Railway station
| nickname =
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| map_caption = Krishna Raja Puram
| pushpin_map = India Bangalore
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| pushpin_map_caption = Krishna Raja Puram
| coordinates = {{coord|12.995|N|77.68|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bangalore district|Bangalore]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Bangalore
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder = Mummadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar
| named_for =
| government_type = Municipal Corporation
| governing_body = [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 187453
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = '''560016,560036,560049'''
| registration_plate = '''KA-53'''
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'''Krishnarajapura''', commonly known as '''KR Puram''' and also called '''Krishnarajapura''', is an outlying neighborhood of [[Bengaluru]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. It is one of the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike#Zones|zones]] of [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|BBMP]]. It is located 15 km from [[Bangalore City railway station]]. Old Madras Road passes through Krishnarajapuram. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in the heart of this area. The [[Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake]] near Medahalli, situated just outside the eastern limits of KR Puram, is one of the largest lakes in [[Bengaluru]].

KR Puram is the headquarters of the Bengaluru-East taluk and as such, houses many government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly/State assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election,<ref>http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/5263-assembly-elections-result-bangalore</ref> and re-elected in 2018. It is a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

The area's name has come from [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]], who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.<ref name="name_origin">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/date-with-history-kr-purams-history-is-as-entangled-as-its-present-geography/articleshow/46619038.cms|access-date=2018-10-07}}</ref>

==Connectivity==
[[File:K.r.puram hanging bridge 2.jpg|thumb|left|Cable stayed Bridge on Old Madras Road(NH-4), above Krishnarajapuram Railway Station.]]
[[File:K.r.puram outer ring road.jpg|thumb|left|KR Puram outer ring road fly over]]
Krishnarajapuram is located at the junction of Old Madras Road and [[Outer Ring Road, Bangalore|Outer Ring Road]]. Krishnarajapuram Railway station falls on the [[Bangalore City Railway Station|Bangalore]] - [[Chennai Central|Chennai]] broad gauge line. The cable bridge on the junction of Old Madras Road and [[Outer Ring Road, Bangalore|Outer Ring Road]] was built by [[Afcons]] for [[IRCON]] and inaugurated the by then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] in 2003 Feb and was subsequently declared as the Most Outstanding National Bridge by the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers.<ref name="afconsbridge">{{cite web|url=http://www.afcons.com/Bridges/Brides_complited/BridgeAtKrishnarajapuram.html|title=Cable Stayed Bridge at Krishnarajapura|publisher=[[Afcons]]|access-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113915/http://www.afcons.com/Bridges/Brides_complited/BridgeAtKrishnarajapuram.html|archive-date=13 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bestbridge">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-17/bangalore/28007580_1_cable-stayed-bridge-bridge-engineers-outstanding-national-bridge-award|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103181842/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-17/bangalore/28007580_1_cable-stayed-bridge-bridge-engineers-outstanding-national-bridge-award|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=K R Pura bridge is India's best|date=2009-03-17|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=31 March 2012|location=Hubli}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> Krishnarajapuram had a population of 187,453. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Krishnarajapuram has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 71%. In Krishnarajapuram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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