Tarikere

Tarikere is a Taluk in the Chikkamagaluru district in the state of Karnataka of India. The headquarters of the Tarikere are a town of the same name. The town's name is derived from the number of water tanks which surround it (Kere is the word for a large water tank).Getting thereRoadNational Highway NH-206 passes through Tarikere. From the district headquarters of Chikkamagaluru, Tarikere can be reached 2 different ways. It can be reached via Lingadahalli, or via Kadur & Birur.RailTarikere lies on the Birur to Talguppa railway line. There are also trains from Mysuru and Bengaluru which stop at Tarikere on the way to Shimoga.AirThere are no airports in the near vicinity. People traveling via airplane have to make use of the Mangaluru, Hubballi, or Bengaluru airports and choose an alternate means of transport to reach Tarikere.