Nelamangala is a town in India. Its headquarters is

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, which is located in the

Bangalore Rural district Bangalore Rural district, is one of the 31 districts in Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1986, when Bangalore District was divided into Bangalore Rural and Bangalore Urban. Presently in Bangalore Rural district, there are 1 division, 4 taluk ...

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state in

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. Nelamangala is situated near the junction point of two National Highways, NH-75(48) (

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

) and NH-4 (

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to north of Bangalore city.

Geography

Nelamangala Taluk is spread over 507 km² . It is located at .

Demography

According to the 2011 census, Nelamangala has population of 37,232 of which 18,840 are males while 18,392 are females. The literacy rate in Nelamangala is 89.65%. In Nelamangala, male literacy is around 93.27% while female literacy rate is 85.97%.

Work Profile

Out of the total population, 14,600 are somewhere engaged in some sort of work or business activity. Of this 11,118 are males while 3,482 are females. In the census survey, workers over there are defined as someone who does business, job, service, and engaged in labour activities. Out of the total 14,600 working population, 91.54% are engaged in Main Work while 8.46% of total workers are engaged in Marginal Work.

Places of interest around Nelamangala

Nelamangala is located on NH-4, around 27 km away from Bangalore city towards

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 ...

and

. In 2020 the first

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service of south western railway was started from the town of Nelamangala to Bale in Maharashtra.It was recognised as the only privately operated RORO service on Indian Railways then.{{cite web, url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/aug/30/karnatakas-first-ro-ro-train-chugs-off-from-nelamangala-2190344.html, website=The New Indian Express, title=karnatakas-first-ro-ro-train-chugs-off-from-nelamangala, accessdate=2020-09-01

References

Cities and towns in Bangalore Rural district

Geography

Demography

Work Profile

Places of interest around Nelamangala

See also

References