Kallambella is a village in

Tumkur district Tumakuru District is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the third largest district in Karnataka by land area with an area of 10,598 km2, and fourth largest by Population. It is a one-and-a-half-hour drive from ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

state. Situated at a distance of 36 km north of

Tumkur Tumkur, officially renamed as Tumakuru, is a city located in the southern part of Indian state of Karnataka. Tumkur is situated at a distance of northwest of Bangalore, the state capital along NH 48 and NH 73. It is the headquarters of the ...

, off the

National Highway 48 The following highways are numbered 48: Australia * Illawarra Highway Canada * Ontario Highway 48 * Saskatchewan Highway 48 Czech Republic * D48 motorway (Czech Republic) part of European route E462 * I/48; Czech: Silnice I/48 Hungary * Ma ...

. A large tank, supposed to have been built by 'Holampayya', is the main attraction of the place. This tank acts as a reservoir for the

Hemavati river The Hemavati is a river in southern India near Karnataka and an important tributary of the Kaveri. Origin and course The source of the Hemavati River lies in the Western Ghats(Javali village) at an elevation of about . Located in Mudigere t ...

waters, on their way to Sira tank.

Crops

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

, Arecanut, Ragi, and Groundnuts are the main crops grown here.

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Villages in Tumkur district {{Karnataka-geo-stub

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