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Challakere is a village municipality and a taluk in Chitradurga district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is called The Oil village, with numerous edible oil mills around the village and also Science village as several science and research organizations such as IISc, DRDO, BARC and ISRO have set up their establishments here.
Challakere is located at 14°18′43″N76°39′04″E / 14.312°N 76.651°E . [1] It has an average elevation of 585 metres (1919 ft).
Challakere is the largest taluk of Chitradurga District. As of 2011 [update] India census, [2] Challakere has a population of 55,194.
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Challakere is 200 km from Bangalore where an integrated township spread over 8,000 acres (32 km2) has been set up by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). [3] [4] [5]
Challakere is also known as the 'oil city' or "second mumbai" of India because it is the second largest producer/supplier of edible oil after Mumbai. There are as many as 60+ oil industries in Challakere. Not only oil, several other industries like dal, fried gram, rice, etc. are also present. The commercial activity in the town is comparable to that of a standard district and the district enjoys a huge business turnover out of town's business.
Challakere is well connected to Bangalore/Bengaluru, Ballari and Chitradurga by road. The National Highway 150A (India) that connects Chamarajanagara to Jevargi passes through the city. Challakere is 30 km from its district headquarter, Chitradurga and 200 km from state capital Bangalore.
Challakere also has a railway station (Station Code:CHKE) under South Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It lies on Chikjajur - Ballari Line.
The nearest international airport, Kempegowda International Airport is 229 km from Challakere.
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