Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of
Bangalore. The district shares borders with the districts of
Bangalore Urban in the east,
Bangalore Rural in the North-east,
Tumakuru in the North-west,
Mandya in the west and
Chamarajanagara in the south-west and
Krishnagiri district of
Tamilnadu state in the south. It has an average elevation of 747 metres (2450 feet). Channapatna Taluk and parts of Kanakapura Taluk are similar to demographics of Neighbouring
Mandya district whereas parts of Magadi taluk are much closer to
Tumakuru District. Also Kanakapura and Harohalli Taluks share border with
Anchetty and
Denkakote Talukas of Tamilnadu so few parts here we can find different slang of kannada being used. Ramanagara is famous for the huge rocky outcroppings. The popular places for rock climbing are;
Savandurga which is 31 km away from
Ramanagara, Ramadevarabetta located within the city,
Sri Revana Siddeshwara (SRS) betta which is 15.1 km away from
Ramanagara, Thenginkaibetta near to SRS betta and Kabbaladurga which is 35 km away from
Ramanagara. This region has several tall granitic hills which are famous for many short
rock climbs, typically 1 to 2 pitches in length. Grades vary from 5.8 American to 5.11 American. It is home to some of the world's oldest
granite outcrops. Some of the interesting climbs are on the
Wanakkal wall ("Gabbar ki asli pasand", "Labor pain"), on the
Rainbow wall ("UIAA", "Kalia"), on
Anna-Thamma ("Darkness at dawn", "Black Diamond", the name
Anna-Thama means 'elder-brother-younger-brother' in
Kannada). |left Another well-known hill is
Ramadevarabetta. Along with
Savandurga this was one of the shooting locations for
David Lean's
A Passage to India. Small door like grottoes was made in the rock to resemble caves. It was also in this region that the path-breaking Hindi movie,
Sholay, was shot. Other famous hills in the region include the Revanasideshwara hill and Handigundi.
Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta is a popular tourist spot in the district. These hills have been threatened by quarrying and also plans to carve these hills into statues. The region is covered in scrub forest and is home to threatened bird species such as the
yellow-throated bulbul and
long-billed vultures. The hill is today one of the few locations in south India where long-billed vultures nest. The region is also home to numerous
sloth bears.
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 gneiss of granitic and granodioritic composition with gold-bearing schist belts. ==Demographics==