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Ramanagara[1] (known as Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813), in pre-Independence times and retained in geology) is a town and a city municipal council in the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ pronounced) is a state in the southern part of India It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district.
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Geography
Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of Bangalore. Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has an average elevation of 747 metres (2450 feet). The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit
Ramanagara is famous for the huge rocky outcroppings. Those that are popular for rock climbing are; Savandurga, Ramadevarabetta, SRS betta and Thenginkalbetta. Savandurga is a hill 33 km west of Bangalore ( Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road, in India.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Ramanagara had a population of 79,365. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 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. Bangalore Rural District is one of the 27 districts in Karnataka.
Economy
Ramanagara is famous for its silk market, one of the biggest in India, giving it the other name of Silktown. Ramanagara taluk includes the Bidadi industrial area, which houses the manufacturing units of Toyota and Coca-Cola, and a 1400 MW combined cycle gas-based power plant.
Hills and landscape
The region has several tall granitic hills which are famous for many short rock climbs, typically 1 to 2 pitches in length. Rock climbing is a Sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the Grades vary from 5. 8 American to 5. 11 American. It is home to some of the world's oldest granite outcrops. Granite (ˈɡrænɪt is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, Felsic, igneous rock. 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 Kannada). Kannada (kn [[wiktಕನ್ನಡ ಕನ್ನಡ]] Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state
Another well known hill is Ramadevarabetta. Along with Savandurga this was one of the shooting locations for David Lean's A Passage to India. Savandurga is a hill 33 km west of Bangalore ( Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road, in India. Sir David Lean KBE ( 25 March, 1908 &ndash 16 April, 1991) was an English Film director and producer A Passage to India is a 1984 adventure - Drama film directed by David Lean, based on the novel of the same name by Small door like grottoes were made in the rock to resemble caves. [3] It was also in this region that the path-breaking Hindi movie, Sholay, was shot. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Sholay ( Hindi: शोले Urdu: شعلے ( English: Embers or Flames) is an Indian Hindi film by
Other famous hills in the region include the Revanasideshwara hill and Handigundi.
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 Yellow-throated Bulbul is a species of Bulbul endemic to southern peninsular India The Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes Eagles kites [4] The hill is today one of the few locations in south India where Long-billed Vultures nest. The Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes Eagles kites The region is also home to numerous sloth bears. The Sloth Bear ( Melursus ursinus) also known as the Lip Bear, Though originally classed as a "bear sloth" due to the shape of its claws [5]
Closepet granites
The Closepet granites are a major geological feature of this region and are from the Lower Proterozoic era. This belt of rocks extend in the north-south direction in 50km 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]
References
- ^ City of Ramanagara - City Municipal Council
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius
- ^ A Passage to India - locations Accessed December 2006
- ^ Subramanya, S. and Naveein, O. C. 2006. Breeding of Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus at Ramanagaram hills, Karnataka, India. Indian Birds 2(2):32 Full text
- ^ http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun182005/city2014532005617.asp
- ^ Atomic minerals directorate
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