Yelandur

ಯಳಂದೂರು
Town
Anjeneya Swamy Temple
Nickname(s): Jungle City
ಯಳಂದೂರು Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12°04′N 77°02′E / 12.07°N 77.03°E / 12.07; 77.03Coordinates: 12°04′N 77°02′E / 12.07°N 77.03°E / 12.07; 77.03
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagara
Government
• Type	Pattana Panchayithi
Elevation	555 m (1,821 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	8,583
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.yelandurtown.gov.in

Yalandur is a small taluka town in Chamarajanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It has historic and cultural importance in this region.

Yelandur is located at 12°04′N 77°02′E / 12.07°N 77.03°E / 12.07; 77.03. It has an average elevation of 555 metres (1820 feet).

As of 2001^[update] India census, Yalandur had a population of 8583. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Yalandur has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 50%. In Yalandur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Yalandur is the smallest Taluk of Chamarajanagara district in Karnataka state of India. It consists of 33 villages. It is situated about 60 km south-west of Mysuru and about 150 km south of Bengaluru on National Highway NH 209. In history it was called as Ramachndra yelanbure. Later on it changed into Yalandur.

It was under the rule of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries. When it came under the rule of Wadiyar dynasty of Mysuru, in the early 18th century, Dewan Purnaiah, a notable Dewan of Kingdom of Mysore from here, was gifted the Jagir of Yalandur and its surrounding villages by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III - the King of Mysuru, in appreciation of the great service rendered to the Mysuru State by Purnaiah as Dewan or the Prime Minister. Purnaiah was instrumental in making the Mysore State into a strong empire and greatly admired, as son of the soil, for having developed the region with several visionary works.