Kellamballi
11°58′32″N 76°54′15″E / 11.975543°N 76.904253°E
Kellamballi (kallahalli) is a small village in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state, India.
Location[edit]
Kellamballi(kallahalli) is located between Chamarajanagar town on Chamarajanagar main road. Kellamballi(kallahalli) is at a distance of two kilometers from Chamarajanagar town.
Access[edit]
Kellamballi(kallahalli) village is easily accessible from Mysore-Chamarajanagar main road. There is a railway station in the village which is called Mariyala Gangavadi railway station.
Post office[edit]
There is a post office (Zilla Adalitha Bhavan) at Kellamballi village and the postal code is 571313.
Demographics[edit]
The people of Kellamballi (kallahalli) are chiefly agrarian. A few work in government establishments in Chamarajanagar town. The population of the village is 2,342 living in 513 houses. The area of the village is 1060 hectares.
Economy[edit]
The provincial government has started a Rs.400 crore project on 1`,595 acres of land called Badanaguppe-Kellamballi(kallahalli) Industrial Estate which will include sectors like automobile, food processing, textiles, leather, granite and agriculture related industries.[1]
Many industries have set up base in the Badanaguppe-Kellamballi KIADB industrial estate. Notable ones are the KCM Appliances, Aditya Birla-Grasim Paint Plant, Kaynes Technology, Colortone Textiles among others.
Education[edit]
- Kellamballi School
- Kallahalli School
- Murukaraj First Grade College
Places of worship[edit]
There is a prominent Hindu ashram called Murukaraj Matt in this village. There is also a little church of the catholic sect in the middle of the village square.
See also[edit]
- Badanaguppe
- Mariyala
- Chamarajanagar
- Mariyala Gangavadi railway station
- Kasthuru
- Mysore Chamarajanagar branch line
Image gallery[edit]
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Murukaraj College -
Village arch
References[edit]
- ^ Correspondent (23 June 2015). "CM to launch two projects in Chamarajanagar today" – via www.thehindu.com.