Ulsoor

Halasuru

Halasooru
Ulsoor
Halasuru Halasooru Ulsoor
neighbourhood
	Halasuru
	Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°38′E / 12.97°N 77.63°ECoordinates: 12°58′N 77°38′E / 12.97°N 77.63°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bangalore
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-03

Native Girls' School and Preaching-Room, Alasoor, Bangalore (p.184, 1865)^[1]

A Street Scene in India, Outside the Wesleyan Girls School, Bangalore (January 1869, p.7)^[2]

Juggernaut cart in the Ulsoor temple complex in Bangalore, India, around 1870

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Ulsoor

Ulsoor, or Halasuru, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Bangalore. It is located in central Bangalore, and begins roughly near the eastern terminus of MG Road. It is renowned for its numerous temples and rather narrow streets.^{[citation needed]}

History and name[]

The village of Bangalore is said to have been gifted to Kempe Gowda I (1513–1569) by the Vijayanagar emperors. The Ulsoor Lake was built by his successor, Kempe Gowda II, and is the only surviving tank built by the Gowda kings in Bangalore.^[3] The first British military station was set up in Halasuru in 1807.^[4]

There used to be a jackfruit orchard near the Ulsoor Lake, and the Kannada name for jackfruit being 'Halasina Hannu', the area came to be known as Halasuru. During the British rule, the name was anglicised to 'Ulsoor'.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics[]

The population of Ulsoor consists mainly of Kannada speaking population and also few other lingual with a considerable Tamil speaking minority population.^{[citation needed]}

Population: 35891 Male: 20526 Female: 15365 Area (sq. km): 1.68^{[citation needed]}