Chikkaballapur
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Chikkaballapur or Chikkaballāpura is the district headquarters of the newly created Chikkaballapur district in the state of Karnataka, India, which was carved out from Kolar district. It is located within 3 km of Muddenahalli (the birthplace of eminent engineer and statesman Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya). A $400 million Pharmaceutical SEZ is being constructed in Chikkaballapur on , the first of its kind in India. Furthermore, the noted Traveler Bunglow is being converted into a state-of-the-art bus terminus. A new district government headquarters and police headquarters is being constru
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chikkaballapur
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- City
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- yes
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- 6
- Settlement.map_caption
- Chikkaballapur in Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.governing_body
- City Municipal Council
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 18.25
- Settlement.area_rural_km2
- 635
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 915
- Settlement.population_total
- 63652
- Settlement.population_rural
- 148884
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Demographics
- Geography
- Transportation
- Road
- Railways
- Air
- Taluks in Chikkaballapur District
- See also
- References
- External links
Chikkaballapur or Chikkaballāpura is the district headquarters of the newly created Chikkaballapur district in the state of Karnataka, India, which was carved out from Kolar district. It is located within 3 km of Muddenahalli (the birthplace of eminent engineer and statesman Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya). A $400 million Pharmaceutical SEZ is being constructed in Chikkaballapur on , the first of its kind in India. Furthermore, the noted Traveler Bunglow is being converted into a state-of-the-art bus terminus. A new district government headquarters and police headquarters is being constructed at a cost of $5 million. In addition, the state government is releasing over $10 million to develop the city and expand underground sanitary systems. It is a regional transport and educational hub, and is a major site for grape, grain, and silk cultivation.
==Etymology== In the regional language, Kannada, the city is pronounced Chikkaballapura. "Chikka" in Kannada means "small", while "balla" means the measure to quantify food grains, and "pura" means "town". Thus, it is a place where people used to use small measures to quantify the food grains in ancient times. The place has always been known as an agricultural center for the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chikkaballapur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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