Chickpet

Neighbourhood in Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Chikkapete Chickpet
Neighbourhood
12°58′19″N 77°34′38″E / 12.97186°N 77.57721°E / 12.97186; 77.57721
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Metro	Bangalore
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560053 ^[1]
Telephone code	080
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA 05
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Chikkapete is a neighborhood in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is one of the city's oldest areas and is famous for its Wholesale & Retail Cloths Shops. It is near the Electric Market area in Bangalore and is a part of the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency. Its roots go back to the 16th century.^[2] It is also said that Shivaji had spent early years of his childhood in Bengaluru with his father Shahaji Raje Bhosale. And his palace was there in the area which is known today as Chikkapete. Today the locality is home to the second largest Marwadi community in South india after Sowcarpet in Chennai.

References

^ "Chickpet Pin Code, Chickpet , Bangalore Map , Latitude and Longitude , Karnataka". Indiamapia.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "Chickpet | Kanjeevaram Sarees | Ancient Temples | Petes | Silk Saree Shops | Raja Market". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

Bangalore

History

Bangalore Cantonment
Bangalore Fort
Bengaluru Pete
Chalukyas
Hoysalas
Kadambas
Kempe Gowda
Kingdom of Mysore
Rashtrakutas
Vijayanagara
Western Gangas
Tippu Sultan

Geography

Lakes	Agara Lake Arekere Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal lake Hesaraghatta Lake Madivala tank Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Sankey tank Sarakki lake Varthur Lake Vibhutipura Lake Yelahanka Lake

Civil
administration

Municipal elections

1989
1996
2001
2010
2015
2022

Municipal
Corporation

Wards

Defunct	List of wards in Bangalore (1989–1995) List of wards in Bangalore (1995–2006) List of wards in Bangalore (2010–2020)

Buildings

Transport

Roads

Places of
worship

Culture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

Groups

Parks

Localities
North Bengaluru	Abbigere Babusapalya Bagalur Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cooke Town Cox Town Devara Jeevanahalli Dollars Colony Frazer Town Ganganagar Hebbal Horamavu Hunasamaranahalli Jalahalli Jakkur Kalkere Kalyan Nagar Kammanahalli Kodigehalli Kothnur Lingarajapuram Malleswaram Mariyannapalya Mathikere Mathkur Muthyalanagar Palace Guttahalli R. T. Nagar Ramachandrapura Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Thanisandra Thindlu Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur
West Bengaluru	Basaveshwaranagar Bharathnagar Dasarahalli Herohalli Kamakshipalya Kengeri Kumbalgodu Mahalakshmi Layout Milk Colony Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Peenya Rajajinagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ullalu Vijayanagar
Central Bengaluru	Austin Town Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore Central Business District Bengaluru Pete Chamarajapet Chickpet Gandhinagar Richmond Town Seshadripuram Shivajinagar Vasanth Nagar Vivek Nagar Wilson Garden
East Bengaluru	Baiyyappanahalli Belathur Bellandur B. M. Kaval Brookefield CV Raman Nagar Domlur Garudacharpalya G. M. Palya Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevan Bhima Nagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapuram Kundalahalli Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur
South Bengaluru	Adugodi Agara Ananthnagar Anjanapura Arekere Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Carmelaram Chandapura Chikkalasandra Dommasandra Ejipura Electronic City Girinagar Gottigere Hanumanthanagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Ittamadu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Kaggalipura Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala Kumaraswamy Layout Madiwala Padmanabhanagar Puttenahalli Shikaripalya Singasandra Suddaguntepalya Ramanjaneyanagar Taverekere Thyagarajanagar Uttarahalli

Institutions
Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bangalore International School Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School
Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
Hospitals	Apollo Hospitals Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals Fortis Hospitals HOSMAT Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Minto eye hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya NCBS NIMHANS Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium St. John's Hospital Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital Victoria Hospital
Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited