Ramanagara(known as Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813), in pre-Independence times and retained in geology) is a town and a city municipal council in the Indian state of Karnataka.It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district. The Ramanagaram district was carved out of the Bangalore Rural district in 2007.

Ramanagara is approximately 50 km southwest of Bangalore. It has an average elevation of 747 metres (2450 feet).