| Nelamangala | |
| Native Name: | ನೆಲಮಂಗಲ |
| Native Name Lang: | kn |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India#Asia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Coordinates: | 13.102°N 77.374°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bangalore Rural |
| Governing Body: | City Municipal Council |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.50 |
| Area Rural Km2: | 507 |
| Elevation M: | 882 |
| Population Total: | 70393 |
| Population Rural: | 173657 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 562 123 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 08118 |
| Registration Plate: | KA-52 |
| Leader Party: | INC |
| Leader Title: | MLA |
| Leader Name: | Sri. Shreenivasaiah N |
Nelamangala is a city and a taluk headquarter in Bengaluru Rural district of Karnataka, India. Nelamangala is situated at the nexus point of two National Highways; NH-75 (Bengaluru - Mangaluru), NH-48 (Bengaluru - Poona) and also State Highway 74 (Karnataka), to north-west of Bangalore city.
Nelamangala Taluk is spread over 507 km2. It is located at 13.09°N 77.39°W.[2]
According to the 2011 census, Nelamangala has a population of 37,232, of whom 18,840 are males while 18,392 are females. The literacy rate in Nelamangala is 89.65%. In Nelamangala, male literacy is around 93.27% while female literacy rate is 85.97%.
Out of the total population, 14,600 are engaged in some sort of work or business activity. Of these, 11,118 are males while 3,482 are females. In the census survey, workers are defined as someone who does business, job, or service, and are engaged in labour activities. Out of the total 14,600 working population, 91.54% are engaged in main work while 8.46% are engaged in marginal work.
Nelamangala is located on NH-4, around 27 km away from Bangalore city towards Tumkur and Mumbai.[3] In 2020 the first Roll On Roll Off service of south western railway was started from the town of Nelamangala to Bale in Maharashtra.It was recognised as the only privately operated RORO service on Indian Railways then.[4]