Ramanagara district

Ramanagara district was carved out of the erstwhile Bangalore Rural district on 23 August 2007,{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082458260400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024161145/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082458260400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2008|title=Ramanagar district will be made the best: Kumaraswamy|date=24 August 2007|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 August 2010}} comprising Ramanagara, Channapatna, Harohalli, Kanakapura and Magadi taluks. 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.prajavani.net/district/ramanagara/ramanagara-nava-bengaluru-name-change-695681.html|title=ರಾಮನಗರ ಬದಲಿಗೆ 'ನವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು'ಹೆಸರು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ: ವ್ಯಾಪಕ ಚರ್ಚೆ|website=Prajavani|lang=kn}} In July 2024, the Government of Karnataka voted to rename the district to Bengaluru South district,{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/karnataka-government-clears-proposal-to-rename-ramanagara-district-as-bengaluru-south-district/article68449429.ece|title=Karnataka Cabinet renames Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South district|newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 July 2024|via=www.thehindu.com}} and said that the Revenue Department would begin the process of renaming the district.{{cite news |last1=Adnal |first1=Madhuri |date=26 July 2024 |title=Bengaluru South District: Karnataka Renames Ramanagara District, Revenue Dept To Begin Process |url=https://www.oneindia.com/bengaluru/bengaluru-south-district-karnataka-renames-ramanagara-district-revenue-dept-to-begin-process-3889229.html |work=One India News |access-date=28 July 2024}} As of January 2025, the federal Home Ministry have yet to approve on district renaming.{{cite web | url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/final-call-on-bengaluru-south-renaming-rests-with-centre/articleshow/117276362.cms | first=Sridhar | last=Vivan | date=16 January 2025 | title=Final call on Bengaluru South renaming rests with Centre | publisher=Bangalore Mirror | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116022511/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/final-call-on-bengaluru-south-renaming-rests-with-centre/articleshow/117276362.cms | archive-date=16 January 2025 | url-status=live}}

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Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of Bangalore. The district shares borders with the districts of Bangalore Urban in the east, Bangalore Rural in the North-east, Tumakuru in the North-west, Mandya in the west and Chamarajanagara in the south-west and Krishnagiri district 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 31km away from Ramanagara, Ramadevarabetta located within the city, Sri Revana Siddeshwara (SRS) betta which is 15.1km away from Ramanagara, Thenginkaibetta near to SRS betta and Kabbaladurga which is 35km away from Ramanagara.File:SRS hills, Ramanagara.jpg, Avverahalli, Ramanagara|left]]

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 granite 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 Kannada).

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Another well-known hill is Ramadevarabetta. Along with Savandurga this was one of the shooting locations for David Lean's A Passage to India. Small door like grottoes was made in the rock to resemble caves.[http://www.mapability.com/travel/p2i/marabar_3.html A Passage to India - locations] Accessed December 2006 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.Subramanya, S. and Naveein, O. C. 2006. Breeding of Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus at Ramanagara hills, Karnataka, India. Indian Birds 2(2):32 [http://www.indianbirds.in/download/IB.2.2.VulturesRamnag.pdf Full text] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728054934/http://www.indianbirds.in/download/IB.2.2.VulturesRamnag.pdf|date=28 July 2007}} 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.{{cite web|title=Declare Handigundi forest area as sloth-bear sanctuary|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun182005/city2014532005617.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419103448/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun182005/city2014532005617.asp|archive-date=19 April 2007|access-date=26 November 2007}}

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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 gneiss of granitic and granodioritic composition with gold-bearing schist belts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dae.gov.in/amd/regions/sr.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225165714/http://www.dae.gov.in/amd/regions/sr.htm|url-status=dead|title=Atomic minerals directorate|archivedate=25 December 2007}}

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,62,843|13=1911|14=2,88,219|15=1921|16=3,11,945|17=1931|18=3,67,516|19=1941|20=4,15,233|21=1951|22=5,15,413|23=1961|24=5,98,301|25=1971|26=6,83,221|27=1981|28=8,43,509|29=1991|30=9,55,669|31=2001|32=10,30,546|33=2011|34=10,82,636|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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According to the 2011 census Ramanagara district has a population of 1,082,636,{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Ramanagara |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/630/download/2168/DH_2011_2930_PART_A_DCHB_RAMANAGARA.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.}} or the US state of Rhode Island.{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=30 September 2011| quote =Rhode Island 1,052,567}} This gives it a ranking of 421st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert| 303 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.06%. Ramanagaram has a sex ratio of 976 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate 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.

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At the time of the 2011 census, 83.49% of the population spoke Kannada, 10.51% Urdu, 2.21% Telugu, 1.32% Lambadi and 1.08% Tamil as their first language.{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10208/download/13320/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

• 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

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• [https://ramanagara.nic.in/ Official website]

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