Bellary


Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a major city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is 311 km from the state capital of Bangaluru and 358 km from Hyderabad. Bellary has an urban population of 4,10,445 and metro population of 7,70,929 making it one of the most populous cities of Karnataka. Bellary was a part of the first indian commercial flight from Karachi to Madras on 15 October 1932 by JRD Tata.

History

The Bellari city municipal council was upgraded to a city corporation in 2004.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India approved a proposal to rename the city in October 2014 and Bellary was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014.

Geography and climate

Bellari is located at. It has an average elevation of. The city stands in the midst of a wide, level plain of black cotton soil.
Granite rocks and hills form a prominent feature of Bellari. The city is spread mainly around two hills of granite composition, the Bellary Gudda and the Kumbara Gudda.
Bellary Gudda has a circumference of nearly and a height of. The length of this rock from north-east to south-west is about. To the east and south lies an irregular heap of boulders, to the west there is an unbroken monolith, and the north is walled by bare, rugged ridges.
Kumbara Gudda looks like the profile of a human face from the south-east. It is also known as Face Hill.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, the urban population of Bellary was 410,445; of whom 206,149 were male and 204,296 female. 280,610 of the population were literate and 52,413 of the population were under 6 years of age this makes it the 8th most populous city of karnataka. The population in 2001 was recorded as 316,766.

Industries

Textiles and garments

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