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Kanakapura is a town and the headquarters of Kanakapura Taluk in the Ramanagara district in the state of Karnataka, India. Situated near the city of Bengaluru, this town is famous for the production of silk and granite.Taluk

There are 43 village panchayats in the taluk. A major industry is mining of granite in quarries. Other activities include silk production, powerlooms, brick production, bamboo production pottery and other rural industries. Agriculture is the main source of income for people . The Bee keeping industry has covered 38 villages and there are 150 bee keepers who maintain 300 bee colonies. The State Government is providing training facilities to rural people to encourage bee keeping in rural area.

The taluk has geographical area of 1,59,426 hectares consisting of 6 hoblis, namely:

a) Kasaba b) Harohalli c) Maralawadi d) Kodihalli e) Sathanur f) Uyyamballi
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanakapura
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Coordinates:   12°32'59"N   77°25'1"E

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