Kellamballi

11°58′32″N 76°54′15″E / 11.975543°N 76.904253°E / 11.975543; 76.904253

Kellamballi (kallahalli) is a small village in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state, India.

Location

Kellamballi(kallahalli) is located between Chamarajanagar town on Chamarajanagar main road. Kellamballi(kallahalli) is at a distance of two kilometers from Chamarajanagar town.

Access

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

There is a post office (Zilla Adalitha Bhavan) at Kellamballi village and the postal code is 571313.

Demographics

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

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

Kellamballi School
Kallahalli School
Murukaraj First Grade College

Places of worship

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.

Image gallery

Murukaraj College
Village arch

References

^ Correspondent (23 June 2015). "CM to launch two projects in Chamarajanagar today" – via www.thehindu.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[1] Correspondent (23 June 2015). "CM to launch two projects in Chamarajanagar today" – via www.thehindu.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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