Sargur

Sargur, is a small town located about 80 km from the town of Chamarajanagar in the H D Kote Taluk of Mysore district of Karnataka, India. H D Kote 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, 35.1 km from Gundlupet town, 137.8 km from Udagamandalam town Valley and 38.8 km from Hunsur town .GeographySargur is located at latitude 11° 58' 60'N and longitude 76° 25' 0 E. It has an average elevation of 686 metres (2253 ft). Suvarnavathy River, tributary of the Kabini river flows through this hamlet which provides for the irrigation needs of the villagers through the Kabini – Nugu River irrigation system. Kabini reservoir and Nugu reservoir and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve are the tourist attractions for people visiting SargurGeologyOne of the oldest rock types of the state of Karnataka is named after Sargur. In geological terms it is called "Sargur supracrustals" or "Sargur schist" (about 3,300 to 3,000 million years old), an older formation of the two Precambrian craton formations, the other younger formation is the Dharwar supracrustals (about 3,000 to 2,600 million year old).