Kolar Gold Fields
" Little England " | |
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 Champion Reef mine shaft at Kolar Gold Fields | |
  Kolar Gold Fields Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 12°57′43″N 78°16′16″E / 12.962°N 78.271°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kolar |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Municipal Council |
| • Body | Robertsonpet City Municipal Council, K.G.F. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 58.1234 km2 (22.4416 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 848 m (2,782 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 163,643 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 563115 -563122 |
| Telephone code | 08153 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 08 |
| Nearest city | Kolar, Bangalore, Chikkaballapur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolar Lok Sabha constituency |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kolar Gold Field Assembly constituency |
| Avg. summer temperature | 32 °C (90 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 12 °C (54 °F) |
| Website | http://www.robertsonpetcity.mrc.gov.in/ |
Kolar Gold Fields (K.G.F.) is a mining region in K.G.F. taluk (township), Kolar district, Karnataka, India. It is headquartered in Robertsonpet, where employees of Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) and BEML Limited (formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited) and their families live. K.G.F. is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Kolar, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka. Over a century, the town has been known for gold mining. The mine closed on 28 February 2001 due to a fall in gold prices, despite gold still being present there. One of India's first power-generation units was built in 1889 to support mining operations. The mine complex hosted some particle physics experiments between the 1960s and 1992.