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Ramanagara | |
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Silk City | |
 Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara | |
| Nickname(s): Silk City of Karnataka , Rock City | |
  Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates:12°43′23″N77°17′10″E / 12.723°N 77.286°E /12.723; 77.286 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Ramanagara district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor |
| • Body | Ramanagara City Municipal Council |
| Elevation | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 95,167 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | KA-42 |
| Website | ramanagara |
Ramanagara is a city in theIndianstate ofKarnataka. It is also the headquarters of theRamanagara district. It is approximately 50 kilometres fromBangalore. There are buses and trains as public transportations which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.
Famous Bollywood movieSholay was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills. Also the 2022Malayalam filmJana Gana Mana was also shot here.
The town was known asShamsherabad orRamserpuram at the ruling time of theMysorean emperor,Tipu Sultan. It was called Closepet, afterSir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained ingeology. Then Rahim Nagar or Shamserabad was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of theRamayana.[citation needed]
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus, Ramanagara had a population of 95,167.[1] Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.[2] 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%.[2] In Ramanagara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.[2]
Figures for the district, which was carved out ofBangalore Rural in September 2007, are not available as yet.[when?][citation needed] Now it is changed toRamanagara district.[clarification needed]
Ramanagara is well known for itssericulture, 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.[4] 50 tonnes of cocoon a day arrive at the town.[5] Ramanagara has extensive granite sites.
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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.[6]
