Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Region
- Kalyana-Karnataka
- Headquarters
- Ballari
- Talukas
- Ballari , Kampli , Sanduru , Siruguppa , Kurugodu
- Type
- District administration
- Body
- Zilla Panchayat
- District commissioner district magistrat
- Nagendra Prasad K. ( IAS )
- Ceo
- MD Haris Sumair, IAS
- District in charge minister
- B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan
- Total
- 8,461 km (3,267 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 449 m (1,473 ft)
- Density
- 290/km (750/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Ballarian
- Official
- Kannada
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Telephone code
- Bellary:08392
- Vehicle registration
- KA 34
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Madras Presidency
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Ballary
- Official language
- Kannada
- Population
- 2452595
- Area
- 8447
- Elevation
- 449
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Haveri district
- Official website
- bellary.nic.in
- Image
- Hampi virupaksha temple.jpg
- Households
- 489118
- Dialing code
- 08392
Show 11 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Bellary district
- short name
- BLL
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ballari district
- male population
- 1236954
- female population
- 1215641
- urban population
- 920239
- rural population
- 1532356
- postal code
- 5831
- literate population
- 1421621
- illiterate population
- 1030974
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ballari district, formerly Bellary district ( Kannada: [bɐɭːaːri]), is one of the 31 districts in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in the northeastern part of the state, and belongs to Kalyana-Karnataka region. This district was one of the biggest districts in Karnataka until the Vijayanagara district was carved out of Ballari district in 2021 officially.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballari district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.