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{{Other uses|Ramanagar (disambiguation){{!}}Ramanagar}}
{{About|the municipality in India|its namesake district|Ramanagara district}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ramanagara
| native_name = ರಾಮನಗರ
| native_name_lang = Kannada
| other_name = Silk valley
| nickname = Silk City
| settlement_type = City Municipal Council
| image_skyline = Ramanagara .jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.723|N|77.286|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Ramanagara
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Mayor]]
| governing_body = City Municipal Corporation
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 747
| population_total = 95167
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[India Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 562159
| registration_plate = KA-42
| website = {{URL|https://ramanagara.nic.in/en/}}
| footnotes =
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'''Ramanagara''' is a city and a city municipal council in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. It is also the headquarters of [[Ramanagara district]]. It is approximately 50 kilometers from Bangalore. There is bus and train public transportation which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.

Famous Bollywood movie ''Sholay'' was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills.

The town was known as Shamserabad at the ruling time of [[Tippu Sultan]]. It was called Closepet, after [[Sir Barry Close, 1st Baronet|Sir Barry Close]] (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in [[geology]]. Then Closepet was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the ''[[Ramayana]]''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Ramanagara had a population of 79,365.<ref name="census2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.<ref name="census2001" /> 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%.<ref name="census2001" /> In Ramanagara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="census2001" />

Figures for the district, which was carved out of [[Bangalore Rural]] in September 2007, are not available as yet.{{When|date=April 2018}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} Now it is changed to [[Ramanagara district]].{{clarify|date=April 2018}}

== Economy ==
[[File:Ramanagar, Karnataka.png|thumb|Street view of Ramanagara]]
Ramanagara is well known for its [[sericulture]], and is nicknamed Silk Town and Silk City . The silk produced in this region forms the input for the famous Mysore Silk. Ramanagara is the largest market for silk cocoons in Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=BIG-PICTURE-SILK-CITY-LOSES-LUSTRE-25052015004008}}</ref> 50 tonnes of cocoon a day arrive at the town.<ref>{{cite web|author=Archive |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/28/stories/2011052868680100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529112552/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/28/stories/2011052868680100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-29 |title=cocoon market |date=2017-06-20 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> Ramanagar has extensive granite sites.

== Closepet granites ==
[[File:Ramanagara Hills (10306067976).jpg|thumb|Ramanagara Hills]]
[[File:SouthIndiaGeology.svg|thumb|Distribution of the Closepet granites]]
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 gneisses of granitic and granodioritic composition with gold-bearing schist belts.<ref>[http://www.dae.gov.in/amd/regions/sr.htm Atomic minerals directorate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225165714/http://www.dae.gov.in/amd/regions/sr.htm |date=December 25, 2007 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Climbing locations in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [http://bangalorerural.nic.in/Ramanagara.htm Bangalore rural district - taluk page]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

[[Category:Climbing areas of India]]

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