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'''Andersonpet''' is a township of [[Kolar Gold Fields]], located in the [[Kolar]] district on [[Karnataka]], India. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Andersonpet village|url=https://pincode.net.in/KARNATAKA/KOLAR/A/ANDERSONPET|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> It is situated in Kolar District of Karnataka state and having pin code of 563113. <ref name=":0" />

== History ==

Established in 1904, Andersonpet is named after an officer of [[British India]]. In its early years, the township was locally known as "Beer Shop", as it housed the only government-licensed liquor store in the entire Kolar Gold Fields area.<ref name="White2010">{{cite book | author=Bridget White | title=Kolar Gold Fields - Down Memory Lane: Paeans to Lost Glory! | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iFRgQXTbeAC&pg=PA26 | accessdate=10 August 2012 | date=20 August 2010 | publisher=AuthorHouse | isbn=978-1-4520-4459-0 | pages=26–}}</ref>

== Places of interest ==

[[Champion Reefs]] situated in Andersonpet goes down to 17,000 feet and is the deepest mine in [[Asia]]. Andersonpet also has many bungalows and houses built in the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] style by the British for use by their officers.

One bank CORPORATION BANK KOLAR - KARNATAKA is situated at village. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Village bank|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/ifsccode/bank-corporation-bank,state-karnataka,district-kolar,branch-kgf-andersonpet,ifsccode-CORP0000250.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Aristotle College of Education is situated in village. It is for higher education. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Higher education college|url=https://www.linkedin.com/school/aristotle-college-of-education-andersonpet-k.g.f-563-113-kolar-district/?originalSubdomain=in&challengeId=AQEBbXeYpSgW2gAAAXafJoWRJMQw0DkRMofCch-Wgt268eIE9ho16y2-vAKc123LNy0D-KokqghzH4wPa0Ox9Dv8So1nD9CnXw&submissionId=49028682-f145-5416-1e27-5bd7dcb24f28|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Karnataka-stub}}
[[Category:Mining communities in India]]
[[Category:Villages in Kolar district]]

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>Nikunj12387 at 13:06, 26 December 2020