Ramanagara

Ramanagara is a city and a city municipal council in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district. It is approximately 50 kilometers from Bangalore. There is bus and train public transportation which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Ramanagara district.
Ramanagara

ರಾಮನಗರ

Silk valley
City Municipal Council
Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara
Nickname(s): 
Silk City
Ramanagara
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12.723°N 77.286°E / 12.723; 77.286
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka
DistrictRamanagara
Government
 • TypeMayor
 • BodyCity Municipal Corporation
Elevation
747 m (2,451 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total95,167
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKA-42
Websitehttps://ramanagara.nic.in/en/

Famous Bollywood movie Sholay was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nick name of Sholay hills.

The town was known as Shamserabad at the ruling time of Tippu Sultan. It was called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-Independence times. This name is retained in geology. Then Closepet was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the Ramayana.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ramanagara had a population of 79,365.[1] Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.[1] Ramanagara has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 58%.[1] In Ramanagara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]

Figures for the district, which was carved out of Bangalore Rural in September 2007, are not available as yet. Now it is changed to Ramanagara district.

Economy
Street view of Ramnagara

Ramanagara is well known for its sericulture, and is nicknamed Silk Town and Silk City . The silk produced in this region forms the input for the famous Mysore Silk. Ramanagara is the largest market for silk cocoons in Asia.[2] 50 tonnes of cocoon a day arrive at the town.[3] Ramanagar has extensive granite sites.

Closepet granites
Ramanagara Hills
Distribution of the Closepet granites

The Closepet granites are a major geological feature of this region and are from the Lower Proterozoic era. This belt of rocks extends in the north-south direction in 50 km belt. This belt has younger potassic granites and is believed to separate two distinct crustal blocks of Archaean age. The block to the west has low-grade granite-greenstone belts with iron-manganese ores and to the east are younger gneisses of granitic and granodioritic composition with gold-bearing schist belts.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  2. http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=BIG-PICTURE-SILK-CITY-LOSES-LUSTRE-25052015004008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Archive (2017-06-20). "cocoon market". Hindu.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. Atomic minerals directorate Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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