Bellary

Bellary, officially Ballari, is a city in the Ballari district of the state of Karnataka, India. It has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh), mainly because of the rain shadow effect of the Western Ghats, with light rain through the year and a slight increase during the summer and autumn. The 2011 census of India recorded an urban population of 410,445, of whom 206,149 were male and 204,296 female, and 280,610 residents were literate. The earliest steam cotton-spinning mill in the city was established in 1894, and by 1901 it had 17,800 spindles and employed 520 hands.