Ballari

History

Ballari was a part of Rayalaseema (Ceded Districts) which was part of Madras Presidency till 1 November 1956. The Ballari city municipal council was upgraded to a city corporation in 2004. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India approved a proposal to rename the city in October 2014 and Bellary was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014.

Geography

Ballari is located at . The city stands in the midst of a wide, level plain of black cotton soil.Granite rocks and hills form a prominent feature of Ballari. The city is spread mainly around two hills of granite composition, the Ballari Hill and the Kumbara Gudda. Ballari Hill has a circumference of nearly and a height of . The length of this rock from north-east to south-west is about . To the east and south lies an irregular heap of boulders, to the west there is an unbroken monolith, and the north is walled by bare, rugged ridges. }}

Most-observed species

• House Crow

  Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  23
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  20
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  20
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  20
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  18
• Asian Koel

  Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  17
• Green Bee-eater

  Merops orientalis Latham, 1801 · Aves
  13