Ramanagara is a city in the
India
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n
state of
Karnataka
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. It is also the headquarters of the
Bengaluru South District. It is approximately 50 kilometres from
Bangalore
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. There are buses and trains as public transportations which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.
Famous Bollywood movie ''
Sholay'' was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills. Also the 2022
Malayalam
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film
Jana Gana Mana was also shot here.
The town was known as Shamsherabad or Ramserpuram at the ruling time of the
Mysorean emperor,
Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan (, , ''Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu''; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799) commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery ...
. It was called Closepet, after
Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in
geology
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. Then Rahim Nagar or Shamserabad was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the ''
Ramayana
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''.
Demographics
India
census
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, Ramanagara had a population of 95,167.
Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.
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%.
In Ramanagara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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
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. 50 tonnes of cocoon a day arrive at the town. Ramanagara has extensive granite sites.
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.
Atomic minerals directorate
See also
* Climbing locations in India
References
External links
Bangalore rural district - taluk page
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Ramanagara Ramdevara Betta Trek
Climbing areas of India