Doddaballapura is a city and the district headquarters of Bangalore Rural district in the state of Karnataka, India. Dodda means "big" in the native Kannada. it is an industrial city which houses several multiple national companies it lies 40 km away from Banglore .

The place is mentioned as Ballalapura thanda in a record dated 1598 AD from the local Adinarayana temple. It might have originated from Hoysala name Ballala, and later corrupted as Ballapura. It is also believed that the village has derived its name from the circumstance that a cow used to drop one 'balla' of milk over a certain anthill and this omen led to the foundation of the town. From 'balla' the name Ballapura was thus derived.

Doddaballapur is about 40 km from Bangalore towards North on Bangalore-Hindupur state highway (SH-9). This town is known for weaving silk Sarees. Majority of Taluk's population are still agriculture as main source of income. In town area people are dependent on weaving related business (mainly power looms). Thousands of town working group travel daily to Bangalore for work.

Bashettihalli is a nearby town with numerous industries.

The industrial area including a huge apparel park and it has multiple national and international garments factories established - employs thousands of people in and around Doddaballapur including people from Gauribidanur travelling daily to the industrial area.

Upcoming Projects:

The site of the upcoming $22 billion, 12,000-acre (49 km) BIAL IT Investment Region, the largest IT region in India and one of the largest infrastructure projects in Karnataka's history.

Doddaballapur is connected to the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area through Karnataka State Highway 9 and is situated about 20 km away from the suburb of Yelahanka. The road is a paved 4 lane highway. National Highway 648, a stub of NH - 48 passes through Doddaballapur. This highway connects Dobbaspet to Hosur. State highway 74 also passes through the city. This highway connects Nelamangala town to Chikkaballapur.

Doddaballapur railway station (Station code: DBU) is a 4 platform railway station situated on the Bangalore - Guntakal electrified double line. No trains originate here, however multiple important trains originating from Bangalore travelling northwards to cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Jaipur etc.. halt here. These trains provide rail connectivity to nearby cities like Bangalore, Hindupur, Anantapur and Dharmavaram. The railway station is maintained by Southwestern Railway zone of Indian railways.

The Kempegowda International Airport is the nearest airport.