People from Koppa, Sringeri Chickmaglore dist Join this community and share news, info and pics as well and be in touch with our people, lets build our Network..Malenada snehitharu... The scenery where Koppa is located is attractive to nature-lovers. It is covered by Sahayadri mountain range. Koppa is also regarded as 'Kashmir of Karnataka' because of its climate. The temperature will be very less
even during summer. This results its environment favorable for growing coffee, tea, paddy etc. Meruthi, small hill near Basrikatte is a hill station. There are many temples in Koppa taluk, Shivapanchayat Temple in Hedase, Shiva temple in Uttameshwara, Janardhana Swamy temple in Basrikatte, Kamandala Ganapathi temple near Kesave and Tripurantaki Temple near Bomlapura are few of them. Places of Interest at Koppa
Koppa is surrounded by places of ancient temples and natural attractions including Sri Veerabhadra Swamy and Chittemakki Mallikarjuna Swamy temple in Koppa. The other important attraction in and around Sagar are:
Hariharapura: The main attraction of Hariharapura is Adi Shankaracharya Sharada Lakshmi Narasimha Peeta or Sharadamba Mutt located at Hariharapura. This mutt is dedicated to Goddess Sharadamba on the banks or river Tunga. Shakatapuram: Shakatapuram is also known by name Bandigadi. A Mutt by name Shri Vidya Peetam is located on the banks of River Tunga. Koppa is also famous for the educational institutes. ALN Ayurvedic College is prominent Ayurvedic College located at Koppa. There are other colleges and schools where more than 20,000 students are getting education at various levels. Distance from Koppa
Bangalore: 359 Km (via Hassan, Chikmagalur)
Bangalore: 326 Km (via Tumkur, Tiptur, Bhadravathi)
Mysore: 293 Km
Mangalore: 134 Km
Udupi: 97 Km
Shimoga: 73 Km
Chikmagalur: 113 Km
Hariharapura: 10 Km
Sringeri: 29 Km
Balehonnur: 63 Km
Horanadu: 106 Km
Narasimharajapura: 28 Km
How to reach Koppa:
Nearest Airport: Mangalore International Airport
Nearest Railway Station: Shimoga
Road: Koppa is well connected by road network except hill ghats at some section. Direct buses are available to Koppa from Mangalore and Bangalore. Route map to reach Koppa:
From Bangalore: via Nelamangala - Hassan - Chikmagalur - Aldur - Balehonnur - Jayapura
From Mysore: via Hassan - Chikmagalur - Aldur - Balehonnur - Jayapura
From Mangalore: via Moodbidri - Karkala - Sringeri
From Udupi: via Hebri - Someshwara
Koppa: is a panchayat town in Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The town is famous for coffee and Tea estates. Arabica and Robusta varieties of coffee are grown here.. Koppa encovers 22 Gram Panchayats, one Town Panchayat and 3 Hobilis. Megunda Hobili is famous for Coffee. of tea processing centres - in Bappunji (Devon Plantation and Industries Ltd), Karkikonda, Koradihitlu, Agaleshwara, Balanur have made this taluk famous for Tea. Koppa is located at 12.55°N 75.35°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 763 metres (2,503 feet). Key villages and towns, in Koppa the great educational institutions are like ALN Ayurvedic College, Degree College, PU College, Nirmala Convent, and some private Computer Institutions like CSEC Computer education Center, MICE are in Koppa. Major towns in Koppa taluke are Hariharapura , Bhandigadi,Niluvagilu and Jayapura
Western part of the area in Koppa taluk is covered by gneiss and central and northern part of the taluk occupied by schist formation. Fractured and jointed gneiss and schist serves as potential aquifers in the area. Depth of weathered zone ranges from 7.15 to 11.05 m bgl. Pre-monsoon depth to water level during the year 2006 (Fig-4) ranges from 5.45 to 9.72 m bgl, post-monsoon DTW (Fig-5) ranges from 5.50 to 6.40 m bgl and seasonal water level fluctuation ranges from 0.05 to 3.68 m. Based on water level data of the National hydrograph stations located(Fig-3) in the taluk (long term water level trend 1996 to 2005),
How to reach Koppa
75.4 kms from Capital city(Banglore)
Airports and Railway Stations for Chikmagalur Airports near Chikmagalur
Bajpe Airport, Mangalore (IXE) Domestic 105 km
Bengaluru International Airport (BLR) International 215 km
Bellary Airport (BEP) Domestic 240 km
Chennai International Airport (MAA) International 492 km
Railway stations near Chikmagalur Aerial Distance
Kadur (DRU) 37 km
Hassan (HAS) 51 km
Koppa (kannada:ಕೊಪ್ಪ) is a panchayat town in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The town is famously known as kashmir of Karnataka and also its famous for coffee and Tea estates. And in political field Having contributed political supremos to the state as well as National politics, Koppa has great importance for politics. To mention a few great politicians we have Govinde gowda (former education minister), D.B Chandregowda (popularly known among people as DBC), Kadidal Manjappa, Dyavegoeda, Vijaya ajila. They have laid a great foundation for the politics in the region. The political parties like Congress, BJP &JD(S) have a hold on this region. The present MLA from this constituency is D.N Jeevaraj (B.J.P Party). The organization like ABVP, RSS, Bajarangadal have a strong foothold in Koppa. The vote distribution depends on the community votes rather than the party. Vokkaliga community has highest population followed by Brahmin & Lingayath community.
