It was built by the king Someswara Raaya, who belonged to the Harnahalli Nayak dynasty[citation needed].

Legend has it that Honnu Amma, the family deity of the Paalegaar, appeared in a dream and directed him to build a model village in her name.

Mammalian fauna in the region includes Indian grey mongoose, wild boar, golden jackal and the occasional sloth bear.

Reports of leopards have also been known in the surrounding region; and a single grey slender loris has been sighted in the Kalpataru College in 2016.

[4] Avifauna includes passerines such as bulbuls, sunbirds and flamebacks and larger birds such as the woolly-necked stork and winter visitors such as bar-headed geese.

In the Thipatooru CMC, the sex ratio of female personnel is 988, higher than the average in Karnataka state, which is 973.

Farmers from nearby taluks and villages and even as far as Channarayapatna KR Pete Nagamangala BellurCross, Hirisaave, Turuvekere Arsikere ChikkanayakanaHalli Gubbi Kadur Banavara Huliyar towns carry their copra produce to the market for auction.

Several copra desiccated powder industries in and around Thipatooru export their products to different parts of India and the world.

Both KSRTC and private bus service is available connecting with major cities of the State including Bangalore, Shimoga, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Tumkur, Davanagere, Ballari, Chitradurga.