Brief Information of Davangere City

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Davanagere is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Davanagere District. The city of Davangere is located on NH4 (National Highway 4) at a distance of about 260 km from the state capital of Bangalore. Davangere became separate district in 1997, it was separated from the district of Chitradurga.

Previously known for its cotton mills, it is a fast developing city of Karnataka. There was a time when the city was aptly called 'Manchester of Karnataka' due to its excellent quality of cotton produced in its cotton mills and hand looms.

City Code of Davanagere is + 91 8192

Area : 68.63 Sq Kms

Population : 397,233

Education and business

Davanagere was famous for textiles, with the DCM [Davanagere Cotton Mills] brand being famous in India. Davanagere was a major cotton textile exporter during the 1960s till the 80s. But most of the mills were shut down during the 90s and currently the major agro-industrial activity around Davanagere revolves around rice and sugarcane, with a number of sugar mills in and around this area.

Davanagere is also known for its higher educational institutes, most of which are run by the Bapuji Educational Association & other institutions. Davangere has two Dental colleges, three engineering colleges,two medical colleges, one ayurvedic medical college, a fashion design college and a number of other colleges offering courses in arts, commerce and science. The student population is made up of people from different cities and states in India. There are a few foreign students studying at Davanagere.

Davangere has a big shopping mall well famed all over karnataka i.e B.S.Channa Basappa and Sons. This is a big garment shop of the city with its branches spread all over the city. Davangere was once called the Manchester of Karnataka and was famous for textile industries like Davangere Cotton Mills. The city still carries the legacy of the past glory in textile business with few Amberker group of textile shops. Davangere houses major Cricket and Football Clubs which provides bulk of opportunities to youngsters of this locality. R Vinay Kumar from Davangere is a famous cricketer who plays for Karnataka's Ranji Trophy Cricket Team as leading pace-bowler, who also played for Royal Challengers in the first edition of IPL. And BEA HIGH School,STJ HIGH school,VINAYAKA TRAST HIGH School(GUNDDI School) are famous schools in Davangere.

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