Dobbaspet (officially, Somapura) also known as Dabaspete, is a village located in Nelamangala Taluka of

Bangalore Rural District Bengaluru 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, Bengaluru North District ther ...

in the

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s state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. As per census survey of India 2011, location code number allotted to Sompura is 624774.

Geography

It is part of Bangalore Metropolitan Region. It is named after Major General Richard Stewart Dobbs of

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and the first collector of

Tumkur district Tumakuru district is an List of districts of Karnataka, administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the second largest district in Karnataka by land area with an area of 10,598 km2, and fourth largest by Population. It is ...

. Dobbaspete is directly connected 51 km away from state capital

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

along NH 48 South-Eastbound, 22 km away from taluka headquarters Nelamangala along NH 48 South-Eastbound, 19 km away from

Tumkur Tumkur, officially Tumakuru, is a city and headquarters of Tumakuru district in the Karnataka state of India. Tumkur is known for Siddaganga Matha. Tumkur hosts India's first mega food park, a project of the ministry of food processing. The Ind ...

along NH 48 North-Westbound, 35 km away from Doddaballapura along NH 648 Eastbound, 38km away from Koratagere along SH 3 Northbound, 8 km away from popular Hindu pilgrimage site of

Shivagange Shivagange is a mountain peak with a height of and Hindu pilgrimage center located near Dobbaspet, in Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru Rural district India. It is from the town of Tumakuru district, Tumakuru and from Bengaluru, India, Beng ...

along NH 948A Southbound.Shivagange
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Economy

Due to it being part of Bangalore Metropolitan Region and very close proximity to towns such as

and well connected by a Golden quadrilateral NH 48, it has a KIADB Industrial Area housing many major industries related to mechanical, automobile, electrical engineering, etc.

References

Cities and towns in Tumakuru district {{Tumkur-geo-stub