Dobbaspet | |
Other Name: | Dabaspete, Somapura |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bangalore Rural[1] |
Governing Body: | Grama Panchayath |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | _as_of_2011 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.85 |
Elevation M: | 960 |
Population Total: | 4336 [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 562111 |
Registration Plate: | KA-52 |
Dobbaspet (officially, Somapura) also known as Dabaspete, is a village located in Nelamangala Taluka of Bangalore Rural District in the Indias state of Karnataka. As per census survey of India 2011, location code number allotted to Sompura is 624774.
It is part of Bangalore Metropolitan Region. It is named after Major General Richard Stewart Dobbs[3] of British Indian Army and the first collector of Tumkur district. Dobbaspete is directly connected 51 km away from state capital Bangalore along NH 48 South-Eastbound, 22 km away from taluka headquarters Nelamangala along NH 48 South-Eastbound, 19 km away from Tumkur along NH 48 North-Westbound, 35 km away from Doddaballapura along NH 648 Eastbound, 38km away from Koratagere along SH 3 Northbound, 8 km away from popular Hindu pilgrimage site of Shivagange along NH 948A Southbound.[4]
Due to it being part of Bangalore Metropolitan Region and very close proximity to towns such as Tumkur and well connected by a Golden quadrilateral NH 48, it has a KIADB Industrial Area housing many major industries related to mechanical, automobile, electrical engineering, etc.