Doddaballapura
Doddaballapura is a city and the district headquarters of Bengaluru North district in the state of Karnataka, India. Dodda means "big" in the native language Kannada. It is an industrial city which houses several national companies, and lies 40 km away from Bangalore.
The place is mentioned as Ballalapura thanda in a record dated 1598 from the local Adinarayana temple. It might have originated from the Hoysala name Ballala, and later become corrupted as Ballapura. It is also believed that the village derived its name from 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.
Economy
Doddaballapur is about 40 km from Bangalore towards North on Bangalore-Hindupur state highway. This town is known for weaving silk Sarees. Majority of Taluk's population are still agriculture as main source of income. In town area people are dependent on weaving related business. Thousands of town working group travel daily to Bangalore for work.Bashettihalli is a nearby town with numerous industries.
The industrial area including a huge apparel park and it has multiple national and international garments factories established - employs thousands of people in and around Doddaballapur including people from Gauribidanur travelling daily to the industrial area.
Upcoming Projects:
The site of the upcoming $22 billion, BIAL IT Investment Region, the largest IT region in India and one of the largest infrastructure projects in Karnataka's history.