Bengaluru South ( Ramanagara ) District is one of the 31

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state in southern

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. Ramanagara City is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is part of

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History

Ramanagara district was carved out of the erstwhile Bangalore Rural district on 23 August 2007, comprising Ramanagara, Channapatna, Harohalli, Kanakapura and

Magadi Magadi is a town and taluk located in Bengaluru South District , Karnataka, India. History As per a legend, Magadi was founded in 1139 by a Chola king, who, in the course of an expedition, heard that in early times it had been the residence ...

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. To date, it has given highest number of Chief Ministers for Karnataka of any of the state's districts, namely Kengal Hanumanthaiah, HD Devegowda, HD Kumaraswamy. In 2020 there was a proposal to rename the district to "New Bengaluru district". In July 2024, the

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voted to rename the district to Bengaluru South district, and said that the Revenue Department would begin the process of renaming the district. As of January 2025, the federal

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have yet to approve on district renaming.Bengaluru South district was renamed from the erstwhile Ramanagara district on 23-05-2025.

Geography

Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of

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. The district shares borders with the districts of

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in the east, Bangalore Rural in the North-east,

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in the North-west,

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in the west and Chamarajanagara in the south-west and

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of Tamilnadu state in the south. It has an average elevation of 747 metres (2450 feet). Channapatna Taluk and parts of Ramanagara and Kanakapura Taluk are similar to demographics of Neighbouring Mandya district whereas parts of Magadi taluk are much closer to Tumakur and Kunigal. Also Kanakapura and Harohalli Taluks share border with Tamilnadu so few parts here we can find different slang of kannada being used. Ramanagara is famous for the huge rocky outcroppings. The popular places for rock climbing are; Savandurga which is 31 km away from Ramanagara, Ramadevarabetta located within the city, Sri Revana Siddeshwara (SRS) betta which is 15.1 km away from Ramanagara, Thenginkaibetta near to SRS betta and Kabbaladurga which is 35 km away from Ramanagara. This region has several tall granitic hills which are famous for many short rock climbs, typically 1 to 2 pitches in length. Grades vary from 5.8 American to 5.11 American. It is home to some of the world's oldest

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outcrops. Some of the interesting climbs are on the ''Wanakkal wall'' ("Gabbar ki asli pasand", "Labor pain"), on the ''Rainbow wall'' ("UIAA", "Kalia"), on ''Anna-Thamma'' ("Darkness at dawn", "Black Diamond", the name ''Anna-Thama'' means 'elder-brother-younger-brother' in

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). Another well-known hill is ''Ramadevarabetta''. Along with Savandurga this was one of the shooting locations for

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's '' A Passage to India''. Small door like grottoes was made in the rock to resemble caves. It was also in this region that the path-breaking Hindi movie, Sholay, was shot. Other famous hills in the region include the Revanasideshwara hill and Handigundi. Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta is a popular tourist spot in the district. These hills have been threatened by quarrying and also plans to carve these hills into statues. The region is covered in scrub forest and is home to threatened bird species such as the yellow-throated bulbul and long-billed vultures. The hill is today one of the few locations in south India where long-billed vultures nest. The region is also home to numerous sloth bears.

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 gneiss of granitic and granodioritic composition with gold-bearing schist belts.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Ramanagara district has a

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of 1,082,636, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 421st in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.06%. Ramanagaram has a

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of 976 females for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 69.2%. 24.73% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.83% and 2.12% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 83.49% of the population spoke

, 10.51%

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, 2.21% Telugu, 1.32% Lambadi and 1.08%

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as their first language.

Villages

* Abbanakuppe, Bangalore Rural * Abburu * Achalu (Kanakapura) * Kodamballi * Hucchayyanadoddi(Kodamballi) * Saraguru * Iggaluru * Agrahara Valagerehalli * Hunasanahalli, Channapatna * Akkur, Channapatna * Akkur, Ramanagara * Bevooru * Kengal * Bidadi * Doddalahalli * Kabbalu *J. Byadarahalli * Byrapatna * Chakkere * Kodihalli * Neraluru * Gowdagere * Kuduru * Maluru * Manchanabele * Megalapalya * Mayasandra * Sathanur, Kanakapura * Sathanur, Magadi * Singarajipura

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramanagar District Districts of Karnataka 2007 establishments in Karnataka