Karnataka
Bengaluru Urban
Bangalore (North)

Chickpet

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.
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Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in India
  • Also known as: “Chickpete” and “Chikkapete”
Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna railway station and Bangalore Fort.

Railway station
Photo: Rsrikanth05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bengaluru City Railway Station, officially Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station pronunciation, also known as Bangalore City Railway Station, KSR Bengaluru Station, or Majestic Railway station, is the main railway station of Bengaluru, serving the city of , , India.

Fort
Photo: Pavithrah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
began in 1537 as a mud fort. The builder was Kempe Gowda I, a vassal of the Vijaynagar Empire and the founder of Bangalore. King Hyder Ali in 1761 replaced the mud fort with a stone fort and it was further improved by his son King Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century.

Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a government run hospital affiliated with Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. It is the largest hospital in , India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gandhi Nagar and Bangalore.

Suburb
is a locality situated in . It is a bustling neighbourhood of Central Bengaluru.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, also known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the state of . It is a large, cosmopolitan city with a large working population. is the major centre of India's information technology industry and is known worldwide as the "Silicon Valley of India".

Suburb
Photo: Amol.Gaitonde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a neighbourhood in central Bangalore. It is named after Thomas Richmond, a barrister in the British India government. "He was an Anglo-Indian philanthropist and the president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association. is situated 3 km east of Chickpet.

Chickpet

Latitude
12.96978° or 12° 58′ 11″ north
Longitude
77.57569° or 77° 34′ 33″ east
Open location code
7J4VXH9G+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 429921862
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5096366
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Chickpet” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Chickpet”
  • Irish: “Chickpet”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿಕ್ಕಪೇಟೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿಕ್ಕಪೇಟೆ”
  • Tamil: “சிக்கபேட்டே”
  • Tamil: “சிக்குப்பேட்டே”
  • Tamil: “சிக்பேட்”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sultanpete and Old Tharagupete.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sri Kanteshwara Swamy Temple and Baneshwar Temple.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chickpet”. Photo: Athulvis, CC BY-SA 4.0.