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Bellary
City Corporation
Ballari
Bellary Fort
BellaryLocation in Karnataka, IndiaShow map of KarnatakaBellaryBellary (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 15°06′N 76°55′E / 15.100°N 76.917°E / 15.100; 76.917
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Region	Hyderabad-Karnataka, Deccan
District	Bellary
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Bellary Urban Development Authority
• Mayor	Ramana
• Deputy Mayor	Ms. Malan Bee S
• Commissioner	Sri.P.G.Ramesh
Area
• City Corporation	89.95 km (34.73 sq mi)
Elevation	485 m (1,591 ft)
Population
• City Corporation	410,445
• Rank	111 (India), 7th (Karnataka)
• Density	4,600/km (12,000/sq mi)
• Metro	770,929
Demonym	Bellarian or Ballarian
Languages
• Official	Kannada
• Regional	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	Indian Standard Time
PIN	583 10x
Telephone code	(+91) 8392
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-34
Sex ratio	1.04 ♂/♀
Literacy	79%
Distance from Bangalore	311 kilometres (193 mi) (land)
Website	www.bellarycity.gov.in

Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is 311 km (193 mi) from the state capital of Bangalore, 358 km (222 mi) from Hyderabad, 522 km from Chennai and 761 km from Mumbai, The city is 12 km far from the state border of Andhra Pradesh. The district has 5 taluks and 104 villages and.

History

Bellary city had a majority of Telugu speakers with large number of Kannada speakers too, Bellary was one of the district of Rayalaseema region (Ceded Districts) which was a part of Madras Presidency till 1st november 1956. later it was merged into Telugu state Andhra Pradesh the Telugu speaking parts of the Bellary district were merged to Andhra Pradesh, But, Bellary City was merged to Mysore State with Kannada speaking parts of the district after a protracted debate and controversy,Tekur Subramanyam who was a MP of Bellary at that time he supported to merge it to Mysore State.

The Ballari 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

Bellari is located at 15°09′N 76°56′E / 15.15°N 76.93°E / 15.15; 76.93. 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 Hill and the Kumbara Gudda.

Bellary Hill has a circumference of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) and a height of 480 feet (150 m). The length of this rock from north-east to south-west is about 1,150 ft (350 m). 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.

Climate

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bellary urban agglomeration had a population of 770,929 and the city corporation had a population of 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 7 years of age. The population in 2001 was recorded as 316,766 and the estimated population of the city corporation will be around 546,000 in 2022.

Languages of Bellary City : Both Kannada (36.6%) and Telugu (27.2%) are predominant languages, Kannada is the official language, Urdu (26.5%) is also widely spoken, Whereas, Marwari (3%), Marathi (1.8%), Tamil (1.74%), Hindi (1.2%), Malayalam (1.1%), Others (0.9%) are also spoken in minority.

Economy

Industries

Textiles and garments

• Cotton processing

With cotton being one of the major agricultural crops around Bellary historically, the city has had a thriving cotton processing industry in the form of ginning, spinning and weaving plants. The earliest steam cotton-spinning mill was established in 1894, which by 1901 had 17,800 spindles, and employed 520 hands.

The city continues to thrive in this sector with one spinning mill and numerous cotton ginning and pressing mills, hand looms and power looms.

• Garment manufacture

Bellari has a historic garment industry dating back to the First World War period, when the Marathi speaking "Darji" (tailor) community with its native skills in tailoring migrated from the current Maharashtra region to stitch uniforms for the soldiers of the colonial British Indian Army stationed at Bellary. After the war, the community switched to making uniforms for school children, and gradually the uniforms made here became popular all over the country.

Currently, Bellari is well known for its branded and unbranded denim garments, with brands like Point Blank, Walker, Dragonfly and Podium being successfully marketed nationally and internationally. There are about 260 denim garment units in Bellary with nearly 3000 families working in these units.

Notable people

See Category:People from Bellary

• Basavarajeshwari – Politician and Industrialist
• Ravi Belagere – Actor, writer, novelist, journalist, publisher of the Hai Bengaluru Tabloid
• Naveen Chandra – Actor in Telugu film industry
• Manjula Chellur −1st Woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
• Nagarur Gopinath – One of the pioneers of cardiothoracic surgery in India, credited with the first successful performance of open heart surgery in India in 1962. Recipient of Padma Shri (1974) and Dr. B. C. Roy Award (1978)
• Jayanthi – cinema actress, born in Bellary
• K. C. Kondaiah – Politician and industrialist
• Arcot Ranganatha Mudaliar – Former Deputy Collector of Bellary, politician and theosophist. He served as the Minister of Public Health and Excise for the Madras Presidency from 1926 to 1928.
• A. Sabhapathy Mudaliar – Philanthropist; The Women & Children's Hospital or The District Hospital was initially named after him, following his donation of land and building to the hospital.
• Bellary Raghava (1880–1946) – Noted dramatist. The Raghava Kala Mandir auditorium in Bellary is named after him
• Suparna Rajaram – Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University
• Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharyulu (1853–1912) – Noted dramatist
• Bhargavi Rao – a Kannada-Telugu translator, winner of the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Academy award
• Kolachalam Srinivasa Rao (1854–1919) – Noted dramatist
• Gali Janardhan Reddy – Former minister and district in charge. He is one of the richest politicians in India
• B Sriramulu - Present Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Karnataka
• Tekur Subramanyam – Indian Freedom Fighter, First post-independence MP of Bellary, elected thrice in a row since 1952, political secretary to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
• Ibrahim B. Syed – Indo-American Radiologist
• Allum Veerabhadrappa - former minister, Government of Karnataka

References

Maps

General

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9. ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India, volume 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1908. pp. 158–176.
10. "Station: Bellary Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 119–120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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External links

• Official Website of Bellary City Corporation

• Bellary
• 1808 establishments in British India
• Cities in Karnataka