Malur or Mālūru is a town and taluk headquarters in Kolar district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 30 km from Kolar, the district headquarters, and about 50 km from Bangalore.
Geography Malur is located at .Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Malur It has an average elevation of . It has a tropical wet and dry climate, similar to Bangalore. It has summer temperatures rarely crossing 37°C, and winter temperatures rarely falling below 15°C.
Malur lies just 15km away from the Tamil Nadu border, and 55km from the Andhra Pradesh border.
Demographics India Census, Malur had a population of 40,050. Males constituted 20,337 of the population and females 19,673. Malur had an average literacy rate of 82.47% higher than the state average of 75.36%: male literacy was 87.40%, and female literacy was 77.36%. In Malur, 4,589 people, or 11.46% of the population, was under 6 years of age.
Notable people Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, writer
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