| Narayanapur | |
| Other Name: | Narayanapura |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Coordinates: | 17.8589°N 76.9733°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bidar |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Basavakalyan |
| Subdivision Type4: | Lok Sabha Constituency |
| Subdivision Name4: | Bidar |
| Founder: | Chalukya Vikramaditya |
| Parts Type: | Nearest City |
| Parts: | Basavakalyan |
| Government Type: | Gram |
| Governing Body: | Panchayat of Narayanapur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Rank: | 3rd (Basavakalyan Taluka) |
| Area Total Km2: | 35.91 |
| Elevation M: | 607 |
| Population Total: | 9152 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Rank: | 4th (Basavakalyan Taluka) |
| Population Density Km2: | 255 |
| Population Demonym: | Narayanapuria, Narayanapuri, Narayanapurkar |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Pin Code |
| Postal Code: | 585327 |
| Registration Plate: | KA 56 |
Narayanapur is a village situated 3 kilometres away from Basavakalyan taluk of Bidar district in the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] [2]
The village is mentioned as Tribhuvana Tilaka Shri Rama Narayanapura, Rayanarayanapura and Viranarayanapura.[3]
Narayanapur is famous for the ancient 12th century Shiva temple, built during the Chalukyan reign located in the village. In addition, there are few other temples like Bhagyavanti Temple, Lakshmi Temple, Bhavani Temple, Hanuman Temples are there in Narayanpur.
JNV or Javahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (An autonomous body of Human resource and development ministry, govt of India) Bidar is a premier educational institute located near the village.
India census, Narayanapur had a population of 8677 with 4486 males and 4191 females.
Narayanapur is 3 km from Taluka headquarter Basavakalyan. It is well connected by road to Basavakalyan. Nearest major railway station is in Bidar which is 83 kilo metres from village. Nearest Domestic airport is Bidar which is 83 kms, nearest international airport is Hyderabad, which is 180 kms from the village.