Doddaballapura is a city and the district headquarters of Bengaluru North district in the state of Karnataka, India. Dodda means "big" in the native language Kannada. It is an industrial city which houses several national companies, and lies 40 km away from Bengaluru.[[1]]
The place is mentioned as Ballalapura thanda in a record dated 1598 from the local Adinarayana temple. It might have originated from the Hoysala name Ballala, and later become corrupted as Ballapura. It is also believed that the village derived its name from a cow used to drop one 'balla' of milk over a certain anthill and this omen led to the foundation of the town. From 'balla' the name Ballapura was thus derived.
Economy
Doddaballapur is about 40 km from Bangalore towards North on Bangalore-Hindupur state highway (SH-9). This town is known for weaving silk Sarees. Majority of Taluk's population are still agriculture as main source of income. In town area people are dependent on weaving related business (mainly
). Thousands of town working group travel daily to Bangalore for work.
Bashettihalli is a nearby town with numerous industries.
The industrial area including a huge apparel park and it has multiple national and international garments factories established - employs thousands of people in and around Doddaballapur including people from Gauribidanur travelling daily to the industrial area.
Upcoming Projects:
The site of the upcoming $22 billion, BIAL IT Investment Region, the largest IT region in India and one of the largest infrastructure projects in Karnataka's history.
Transport
Air
The Kempegowda International Airport is the nearest airport.
Rail
Doddaballapur railway station (Station code: DBU) is a 4 platform railway station situated on the Bangalore - Guntakal electrified double line. No trains originate here, however multiple important trains originating from Bangalore travelling northwards to cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Jaipur etc.. halt here. These trains provide rail connectivity to nearby cities like
Bangalore,
Hindupur,
Anantapur and Dharmavaram. The railway station is maintained by Southwestern Railway zone of Indian railways.
Roadways
Doddaballapur is connected to the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area through Karnataka State Highway 9 and is situated about 20 km away from the suburb of
Yelahanka. The road is a paved 4 lane highway. National Highway 648, a stub of NH - 48 passes through Doddaballapur. This highway connects
Dobbaspet to
Hosur. State highway 74 also passes through the city. This highway connects
Nelamangala town to
Chikkaballapur.
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