Robertsonpet
Sign in to saveRobertsonpet is a township in the city of Kolar Gold Fields in India. The township was planned and built to accommodate the increasing population of the city of Kolar Gold Fields. The town hall popularly known as King George Hall was built in Victorian style with a lawn and garden in front of it.
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- Locality
- Kolar Gold Fields
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 162,230
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Robertsonpet
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Karnataka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karnataka, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kolar
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 58.12
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 843
- Settlement.population_total
- 162,230
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 2433.31
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Sir Donald Robertson
- External links
- References
Robertsonpet is a township in the city of Kolar Gold Fields in India. The township was planned and built to accommodate the increasing population of the city of Kolar Gold Fields. The town hall popularly known as King George Hall was built in Victorian style with a lawn and garden in front of it.
Robertsonpet was established in 1902 and named after Sir Donald Robertson the British Resident of the Princely state of Mysore. It is considered to be one of the first planned townships in modern-day India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robertsonpet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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