Ramanagara (known as Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (17561813), in pre-Independence times and retained in geology) is a town and a city municipal council in the Indian state of Karnataka.It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district. Ramanagara is approximately 50km southwest of Bangalore. It has an average elevation of 747metres (2450feet). As of 2001 India census, Ramanagara had a population of 79,365. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ramanagara has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 58%. In Ramanagara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Figures for the district, which was carved out of Bangalore Rural in September 2007, are not available as yet.now its change to Ramanagram District Ramanagara has educational institutes like Ghousia College of Engineering and Govt Engineering College,B.S.V.P( Bharatiya Samskriti Vidyapith ),Government Women's Polytechnic...
