Doddaballapura

Doddaballapura Dod ballapura
City
Coat of arms
Nickname:  DB Pura
Doddaballapura Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°17′31″N 77°32′35″E / 13.292°N 77.543°E / 13.292; 77.543
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Government
• Body	City Municipal Council
Area
• City	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
• Rural	776 km2 (300 sq mi)
Elevation	880 m (2,890 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• City	93,105
• Density	6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
• Rural	214,952
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	561 203
Telephone code	080
Vehicle registration	KA-43
Website	http://www.doddaballapurcity.mrc.gov.in

Doddaballapura is a city and the district headquarters of Bangalore Rural district in the state of Karnataka, India. Dodda means "big" in the native Kannada. it is an industrial city which houses several multiple national companies it lies 40 km away from Banglore .^[2]

The place is mentioned as Ballalapura thanda in a record dated 1598 AD from the local Adinarayana temple. It might have originated from Hoysala name Ballala, and later corrupted as Ballapura. It is also believed that the village has derived its name from the circumstance that 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.