Ramanagara

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Handi Gundi rock formation

Ramanagara is about 50 km south-west of Bangalore is a newly formed district (in 2007) of Karnataka. Ramanagara was carved out of the existing Bangalore Rural district by moving the taluks of Channapatna, Kanakapura, Ramanagara and Magadi taluks into the new district.

Ramanagara (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.It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district.

Ramanagar is situated in a valley surrounded by rocky hillocks on Bangalore - Mysore Highway. Ramanagar was earlier known as Closepet. But the present name, of Ramanagara finds its origin from the once existed village Ramagiri foothill of the Ramadevarabetta.

Ramanagara is famous for its silk market, giving it the other name of Silk town.

Economy of Ramanagara

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.

Geography of Ramanagara

Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of Bangalore. It has an average elevation of 747 metres (2450 feet).

Ramanagara is famous for the huge rocky outcroppings. Those that are popular for rock climbing are; Savandurga, Ramadevarabetta, SRS betta and Thenginkalbetta.

Closepet granites in Ramanagara

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.