Periyapatna 3.42

The Piriyapatna Town Panchayat has population of 16,685 of which 8,284 are males while 8,401 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.Periyapatna (Kannada: ಪಿರಿಯಾಪಟ್ಟಣ) is located at 12°20′N 76°06′E / 12.34°N 76.1°E / 12.34; 76.1. It has an average elevation of 849 metres (2769 feet).LocationPeriyapatna is located at. It has an average elevation of 849 metres (2769 feet). The town is situated on Bantwal-Mysore-Bangalore highway(NH275) at a distance of 70 km from Mysore, the malnad region will gradually start from Piriyapatna as moved towards Kushalanagara.TourismThere are few good tourist spots near the town; one can also travel towards the Kerala border via Gonikoppal or Siddapura. The major and nearest spot is Bylakuppe (established in 1969), Tibetan refugee settlement, there are ample Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. Bettadapura is another town near, The name of the town is derived from two Kannada words, "Betta" and "pura". Betta means hill/mountain and pura means a town. This town has a big mountain and on the top of it is a temple of shri Sidlu Mallikarjuna Swamy.DemographicsVokkaliga Gowda community forms the highest population of the Taluk and majorly are tobacco cultivators.Also it is the homeland for Majority of Minor Tribal group Beda Nayakas(ST-Hunting tribal groups..also called as Valmiki Nayakas) vowing to thick Malnad forest around and Hunting being their occupation. India census, Piriyapatna had a population of 14,922. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Piriyapatna has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 61%. In Piriyapatna, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.