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'''Ajjampura''' is a small town and taluk headquarters in the [[Districts of India|district]] of [[Chikmagalur district]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}

Ajjampura has a police sub-inspector's office,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chickmagalur.nic.in/htmls/sp_main.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615205228/http://chickmagalur.nic.in/htmls/sp_main.htm |archive-date=15 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> one movie theatre, a [[Veterinary medicine|veterinary hospital]] and the Amrit mahal [[Animal husbandry|cattle breeding]] station.
It has a famous temple called rajarajeshwari temple.

==History==
Although not much is known about the history of this town, it is believed that the place was originally known as "Keral". An account of this was found in "Mysore: A [[Gazetteer]] Compiled for Government by [[Benjamin L. Rice|Benjamin Lewis Rice]]" (First published in [[London]] in 1887). The image shows an entry from this Gazetteer.

== Education ==
Ajjampura has a Government Pre-University College for 11th and 12th Standard students. It is located at the Gandhi Circle of Ajjampura. The college is named after the donor of the land, Shetru Siddappa, and is called Govt. Setru Siddappa Pre University College. Ajjampura is affiliated with the Government First Grade College which is a constituent college of [[Kuvempu University]], Shankaraghatta, [[Karnataka]], [[India]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/karnataka/railways/chikmagalur_railway.jpg Railway network map of Ajjampura Railway Station]
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/amritmahal/index.htm|title=Breeds of Livestock - Amrit Mahal Cattle|date=2010-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605031440/http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/amritmahal/index.htm|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=5 June 2010}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualcentre.org/in/photos/photo_dett.asp?pub_id=201936|title=LEAD photo gallery (Livestock, Environment and development) - Photo detail|date=2007-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928092720/http://www.virtualcentre.org/in/photos/photo_dett.asp?pub_id=201936|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=28 September 2007}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Chikkamagaluru district]]

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