Challakere

Challakere is a City in Chitradurga district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is called Oil City with numerous edible oil mills around the city and also Science City as several science and research organizations such as IISc, DRDO, BARC and ISRO have set up their establishments here.GeographyChallakere is located at. It has an average elevation of 585 metres (1919 ft).DemographicsChallakere is the largest taluk of Chitradurga District. India census, Challakere had a population of 55,194. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Challakere has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 62%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.Science and Research OrganizationsChallakere is 200 km from Bangalore where an integrated township spread over 8000acre has been set up by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organization, Indian Institute of Science and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.Oil IndustryChallakere is also known as the 'oil city' or "second Mumbai" of India because it is the second largest producer/supplier of edible oil after Mumbai. There are as many as 60+ oil industries in Challakere. Not only oil, several other industries like dal, fried gram, rice, etc. are also present. The commercial activity in the town is comparable to that of a standard district and the district enjoys a huge business turnover out of town's business.