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Bellary | |
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Ballari | |
Coordinates: 15°06′N76°55′E / 15.100°N 76.917°E Coordinates: 15°06′N76°55′E / 15.100°N 76.917°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
Region | Hyderabad-Karnataka, Deccan |
District | Bellary |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Ballari City Corporation |
• Mayor | Rajeshwari Subbarayudu [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 | 477,537 |
Demonym | Ballarians |
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] |
Website | ballaricity |
Ballari, officially Bellary, in the eponymous Ballari district, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India.
Ballari was a part of Rayalaseema (Ceded Districts) which was part of Madras Presidency till 1 November 1956.
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 Ballari was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014. [8]
Ballari is located at 15°09′N76°56′E / 15.15°N 76.93°E . 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 Ballari. The city is spread mainly around two hills of granite composition, the Ballari Hill and the Kumbara Gudda.
Ballari 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 Ballari 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]
Both Kannada (36.25%) and Telugu (28.06%) are the predominant languages, Kannada is the official language, Urdu (25.78%) is also widely spoken, Whereas, Marwari (3.01%), Marathi (1.82%), Tamil (1.74%), Hindi (1.23%), Malayalam (1.08%) and Others (1.03%) are also spoken in minority. [15]
See Category:People from Bellary
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