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.
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Coordinates: 15°06′N 76°55′E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Karnataka |
Region | Hyderabad-Karnataka, Deccan |
District | Bellary |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Bellary Urban Development Authority |
• Mayor | Ramana[1] |
• Deputy Mayor | Ms. Malan Bee S[1] |
• Commissioner | Sri.P.G.Ramesh[2] |
Area | |
• City Corporation | 92.78 km2 (35.82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
Population (2011 census)[3] | |
• City Corporation | 410,445 |
• Rank | 111 (India), 7th (Karnataka) |
• Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 770,929 |
Demonym(s) | Ballarinavaru,Ballarivallu, Ballarian |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
• Regional | Telugu, Urdu |
Time zone | Indian Standard Time |
PIN | 583 10x[4] |
Telephone code | (+91) 8392[5] |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
Vehicle registration | KA-34 |
Sex ratio | 1.04[3] ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 79%[3] |
Distance from Bangalore | 311 kilometres (193 mi) (land) |
Website | www |
The Ballari city municipal council was upgraded to a city corporation in 2004.[6]
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India approved a proposal[7] to rename the city in October 2014 and Bellary was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014.[8]
Bellari is located at 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.[9] 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.[9]
Kumbara Gudda looks like the profile of a human face from the south-east. It is also known as Face Hill.[9]
Climate data for Bellary (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 37.6 (99.7) |
40.5 (104.9) |
43.0 (109.4) |
45.4 (113.7) |
44.6 (112.3) |
44.7 (112.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.4 (101.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
44.7 (112.5) |
Average high °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.4 (104.7) |
39.6 (103.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) |
2.3 (0.09) |
6.0 (0.24) |
17.2 (0.68) |
54.3 (2.14) |
59.2 (2.33) |
42.6 (1.68) |
70.0 (2.76) |
111.0 (4.37) |
89.0 (3.50) |
39.5 (1.56) |
5.5 (0.22) |
499.5 (19.67) |
Average rainy days | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 32.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 43 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 56 | 50 | 47 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[10][11] |
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 7 years of age.[12] The population in 2001 was recorded as 316,766.[13]
Languages of Bellary City : Both Kannada (36.3%) and Telugu (27.2%) are predominant languages, Kannada is the official language, Urdu (26.5%) is also widely spoken, Whereas, Marwari (3%), Marathi (1.9%), Tamil (1.7%), Hindi (1.2%), Malayalam (1.1%), Others (1.14%) are also spoken in minority. [14]
See Category:People from Bellary
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