Chikkabanavara

Chikkabanavara is a town in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is located in the Bangalore North taluk of Bangalore Urban district in Karnataka. It has one of the oldest surviving lakes in Bangalore. The lake is located at a distance of 1.5 km north of Chikkabanavara railway station on the Bangalore-Tumkur railway line.Construction boomOver the last two decades the entire area has seen a construction boom and every conceivable patch of land has been taken over by the builders.The nearby Chimney Hills is being dwarfed by multi-storeyed structures of several engineering colleges and elite hospitals (Sri Krishna Institute of Technology, R.R. Polytechnic, Sapthagiri Engineering and Medical Colleges and Hospital, NRR Hospital, being some of them).Chimney Hills used to have a helipad for the Air Force and there were several villages nestling under the foothills. The Eshwara Temple there used to have “Oore Jathra” annually till a few years ago.Unfortunately, all these have become events of the past. In fact the Hills and the surrounding areas constituted the catchment area for the Chikkabanavara lake. A deep gorge from the hills that led to the lake acted as the natural flow channel for this water. But sadly, the gorge is being filled up with rubble and the lake is being deprived of its replenishment source. now politicians have acquired the hill and the lake landDemographicsIndia census, Chikkabanavara had a population of 5209 with 2640 males and 2589 females.TransportBusBangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation run buses towards Majestic, KR Market No. 250,253,254, Kengeri- 502H, Krishnarajapura (KR Puram) 502A, Peenya, Jalahalli, 250,250AB,250AC.