Kolar Gold Fields

Kolar Gold Fields " Little England "
City
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 / 12.962; 78.271
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.