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Karnataka · Updated 2026-10-20

WhatsApp Business API for Ramanagara's silk, toys and Bengaluru South trade

Shamsherabad, Closepet, Ramanagara, and now the headquarters of Bengaluru South: the names changed, and the silk and the toys stayed.

The town has answered to Shamsherabad, Closepet and Ramanagara, and since May 2025 its district is Bengaluru South. Its silk market and its toys have kept their buyers through every name, and those buyers now ask on WhatsApp.

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State
Karnataka
District
Bengaluru South (named Ramanagara until 23 May 2025)[1]
District ODOP
Channapatna toys; EV cluster[4]
Silk cocoon market
Called Asia's largest by the district[3]
Templates
Kannada, Hindi, English
Billing
₹ with GST to your Karnataka GSTIN

For Ramanagara's silk reelers and traders, the Channapatna toy makers of Bengaluru South district, suppliers to its EV cluster, and the homestays and guides around the Sholay hills: how an order note travels on the official WhatsApp Business API, which templates to keep in Kannada and Hindi, and what each message costs in rupees.

See it work

One Ramanagara dispatch note, layer by layer

Follow a toy unit's dispatch note from the packing sheet to a shop's phone. Each layer is a step the message passes, and a question it has to answer.

Most of a Ramanagara unit's messages never reach the third layer's question: they are replies to buyers who wrote first, sent inside the 24-hour service window without a template. The dispatch note is different because it goes out after the chat has gone quiet, and that is what templates are for.

From the packing table to a shop in Pune

5 / 5

PayloadDispatch note for 40 wooden toy sets

Enters at the top, travels down through 5 layers

An illustrative toy unit and order. The layers are the same for a silk reeler's note to a weaver; what changes is the template, the language and the country of the number.

Hop 5 of 5: the payload is in layer 5, Delivered to a +91 number. Meta charges by the recipient's country code, so this note is billed at the India utility rate; a toy shop abroad pays its own country's rate.

Four names for one silk town

Under Tipu Sultan the town was Shamsherabad. The British period named it Closepet, after Sir Barry Close, and the name survives in geology as the Closepet granite. Kengal Hanumanthaiah, a former Chief Minister, renamed it Ramanagara, and in 2007 it became the headquarters of a new district carved out of Bengaluru Rural. On 23 May 2025 that district became Bengaluru South, with Ramanagara still its headquarters.

For a business, the change is practical. If an approved template prints your address with the old district name in its fixed text, editing it sends it back to Meta for review; if the address goes in as a variable, you only change the value you send. Buyers still search for Ramanagara silk and Channapatna toys, so the names on your profile matter as much as the one on the map.

Market brief

Ramanagara and Bengaluru South, from the official pages

From the district administration's website, the Invest India ODOP list and IBEF's Karnataka profile, with the town's names and trades from the encyclopaedia.

  1. 01

    The district was carved out of Bengaluru Rural on 23 August 2007 and renamed Bengaluru South on 23 May 2025, with Ramanagara as its headquarters.[1],[2]

  2. 02

    It has five taluks, Ramanagara, Channapatna, Kanakapura, Magadi and Harohalli, the last separated from Kanakapura in 2024, with 823 villages and about 10.8 lakh people in 2011.[1],[2]

  3. 03

    The district's page calls the town's silk cocoon market Asia's largest; the Sericulture Department set it up on two acres on the bank of the Arkavathi, with electronic weighing scales and CCTV.[3]

  4. 04

    The ODOP list names Channapatna toys and an EV cluster for the district.[4]

  5. 05

    Ramanagara lies about 50 km from Bengaluru near the Bengaluru–Mysuru highway; its hills were where Sholay was filmed, and they are still called the Sholay hills.[2]

  6. 06

    Ramadevara Betta, Mekedatu, Chunchi Falls, Savanadurga, Wonderla, the Innovative Film City and Janapada Loka are among the district's listed attractions.[1]

  7. 07

    IBEF lists textiles and apparel, automotive and tourism among Karnataka's key industries.[5]

Who in Ramanagara sends what

Four kinds of business in the town and its district, each with buyers or guests who already write on WhatsApp.

Silk reelers and traders

Reelers buy cocoons at the town's market and sell raw silk on; the town is known as a silk town whose yarn feeds Mysore silk.[3],[6]

  • Dispatch notes to weavers
  • Payment reminders
  • Rate replies to buyers who ask

Channapatna toy makers

The district's first ODOP product: wooden toys sold to shops, gift buyers and online customers across India and abroad.[4]

  • Order confirmations
  • Dispatch notes with courier numbers
  • New-range notes to buyers who opted in

EV-cluster suppliers

The EV cluster is the district's second ODOP entry, with suppliers that send dealers and service partners their paperwork and codes.[4]

  • Login codes for dealer apps
  • Order and invoice notes
  • Service-visit confirmations

Stays, guides and trek operators

Ramadevara Betta, Mekedatu, Chunchi Falls and Savanadurga bring weekend visitors from Bengaluru, an hour away by road or rail.[1],[2]

  • Booking confirmations
  • Meeting-point and timing notes
  • Weather and closure notices

Kannada first, Hindi for buyers from the north

Meta approves each template once per language. A Ramanagara business writes to farmers, local shops and Bengaluru buyers in Kannada, to buyers from other states in Hindi, and to companies and guests in English.

Inside the 24-hour window after someone writes, staff reply in Tamil, Telugu or any language they write, without a template. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.

Meta template languages relevant to Ramanagara
LanguageMeta codeUse it for
KannadaknReelers, farmers, local shops and Bengaluru customers
HindihiToy and silk buyers from north India
English (India)en_INEV-cluster companies, online buyers and weekend guests

Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR

What a Ramanagara unit pays

Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a dispatch note or booking confirmation, ₹0.145 for a reply, ₹0.94 for a new-range note and ₹0.14 for a login code.

Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC

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₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD

₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD

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₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD

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Per message to Ramanagara · India

InfiQ per-message rates for Ramanagara in rupees and USD
Category₹ INRUSD
Marketing₹0.9435$0.0099
Utility₹0.1941$0.0020
Authentication₹0.1402$0.0015
Service₹0.1450$0.0015
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
Per-message rates by market, effective 1 October 2026
MarketMarketingUtilityAuthenticationService
Argentina$0.0572₹5.4352$0.0241₹2.2874$0.0241₹2.2874$0.0241₹2.2874
Bangladesh$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0034₹0.3254$0.0034₹0.3254$0.0034₹0.3254
Brazil$0.0578₹5.4970$0.0063₹0.5981$0.0063₹0.5981$0.0063₹0.5981
Chile$0.0822₹7.8162$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585$0.0185₹1.7585
Colombia$0.0116₹1.0993$0.0007₹0.0706$0.0007₹0.0706$0.0007₹0.0706
Egypt$0.0596₹5.6629$0.0033₹0.3167$0.0033₹0.3167$0.0033₹0.3167
France$0.0795₹7.5588$0.0278₹2.6393$0.0278₹2.6393$0.0278₹2.6393
Germany$0.126₹12.0088$0.0509₹4.8386$0.0509₹4.8386$0.0509₹4.8386
Hong Kong$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0241₹2.2867$0.0241₹2.2867$0.0241₹2.2867
Hungary$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0323₹3.0700$0.0323₹3.0700$0.0323₹3.0700
India$0.0099₹0.9435$0.0020₹0.1941$0.0015₹0.1402$0.0015₹0.1450
Indonesia$0.0380₹3.6133$0.0231₹2.1979$0.0231₹2.1979$0.0231₹2.1979
Iraq$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0073₹0.6943$0.0073₹0.6943$0.0073₹0.6943
Israel$0.0327₹3.1045$0.0049₹0.4662$0.0049₹0.4662$0.0049₹0.4662
Italy$0.0735₹6.9847$0.0277₹2.6369$0.0277₹2.6369$0.0277₹2.6369
Kazakhstan$0.0559₹5.3098$0.0166₹1.5824$0.0166₹1.5824$0.0166₹1.5824
Kuwait$0.0733₹6.9671$0.0407₹3.8671$0.0407₹3.8671$0.0407₹3.8671
Malaysia$0.0796₹7.5644$0.0130₹1.2314$0.0130₹1.2314$0.0130₹1.2314
Mexico$0.0367₹3.4877$0.0079₹0.7471$0.0079₹0.7471$0.0079₹0.7471
Morocco$0.0383₹3.6425$0.0213₹2.0218$0.0213₹2.0218$0.0213₹2.0218
Netherlands$0.148₹14.0494$0.0463₹4.3987$0.0463₹4.3987$0.0463₹4.3987
Nepal$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0031₹0.2990$0.0031₹0.2990$0.0031₹0.2990
Nigeria$0.0478₹4.5421$0.0062₹0.5898$0.0062₹0.5898$0.0062₹0.5898
Oman$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0228₹2.1709$0.0228₹2.1709$0.0228₹2.1709
Pakistan$0.0438₹4.1620$0.0139₹1.3200$0.0139₹1.3200$0.0139₹1.3200
Peru$0.0651₹6.1843$0.0278₹2.6392$0.0278₹2.6392$0.0278₹2.6392
Poland$0.0338₹3.2105$0.0113₹1.0702$0.0113₹1.0702$0.0113₹1.0702
Qatar$0.0316₹2.9992$0.0111₹1.0547$0.0111₹1.0547$0.0111₹1.0547
Romania$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0268₹2.5436$0.0268₹2.5436$0.0268₹2.5436
Russia$0.0742₹7.0520$0.0370₹3.5173$0.0370₹3.5173$0.0370₹3.5173
Saudi Arabia$0.0532₹5.0537$0.0099₹0.9401$0.0099₹0.9401$0.0099₹0.9401
Singapore$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0148₹1.4072$0.0148₹1.4072$0.0148₹1.4072
South Africa$0.0351₹3.3385$0.0088₹0.8369$0.0088₹0.8369$0.0088₹0.8369
Spain$0.0654₹6.2161$0.0185₹1.7578$0.0185₹1.7578$0.0185₹1.7578
Sri Lanka$0.0678₹6.4397$0.0019₹0.1759$0.0019₹0.1759$0.0019₹0.1759
Turkey$0.0101₹0.9587$0.0008₹0.0792$0.0008₹0.0792$0.0008₹0.0792
Ukraine$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0275₹2.6138$0.0275₹2.6138$0.0275₹2.6138
United Arab Emirates$0.0532₹5.0537$0.0145₹1.3811$0.0145₹1.3811$0.0145₹1.3811
United Kingdom$0.0587₹5.5795$0.0204₹1.9346$0.0204₹1.9346$0.0204₹1.9346
North America$0.0231₹2.1976$0.0031₹0.2989$0.0031₹0.2989$0.0031₹0.2989
Rest of Africa$0.0208₹1.9796$0.0037₹0.3516$0.0037₹0.3516$0.0037₹0.3516
Rest of Asia Pacific$0.0779₹7.4057$0.0105₹0.9938$0.0105₹0.9938$0.0105₹0.9938
Rest of Central & Eastern Europe$0.0795₹7.5596$0.0196₹1.8595$0.0196₹1.8595$0.0196₹1.8595
Rest of Latin America$0.0684₹6.5048$0.0105₹0.9934$0.0105₹0.9934$0.0105₹0.9934
Rest of Middle East$0.0363₹3.4490$0.0084₹0.7998$0.0084₹0.7998$0.0084₹0.7998
Rest of Western Europe$0.0548₹5.2054$0.0158₹1.5019$0.0158₹1.5019$0.0158₹1.5019
Other$0.0559₹5.3098$0.0071₹0.6769$0.0071₹0.6769$0.0071₹0.6769
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Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. The dispatch note in the layer stack is one utility template; the developer API that sends it from the packing sheet is included on Growth. A toy order shipped abroad is billed at that country's rate, shown in rupees. Invoices carry your Karnataka GSTIN.

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What a Ramanagara business runs on InfiQ

Matched to the layers above.

  • Developer API and webhooks

    A REST API with scoped keys, idempotency keys and per-key rate limits, plus HMAC-SHA256-signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. Included on Growth, an add-on on Lite.

    A toy unit's packing sheet or a reeler's order register triggers the dispatch note itself, with signed webhooks reporting each delivery.

  • Template manager and library

    Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.

    Keep Kannada, Hindi and English versions of each dispatch and booking template side by side, and track each through Meta's approval.

  • Integrations over the API

    Shopify, WooCommerce, Razorpay, Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Google Sheets and others connect through InfiQ's API and webhooks today; native one-click connectors are still in development.

    A toy maker selling on Shopify or WooCommerce connects its store through InfiQ's API and webhooks for order confirmations.

  • Published per-market rates

    InfiQ publishes its per-message rate for every Meta market in rupees, ex-GST, so the cost of messaging customers abroad is known before you send.

    A unit shipping toys or silk abroad sees the rupee rate for each country code before it sends.

Nearby

Around Ramanagara and Bengaluru South

City pages for neighbouring markets on the map, nearest first.

Ramanagara's silk and toys go first to Bengaluru, an hour away, and from there everywhere. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.

Guides for Ramanagara teams

Questions Ramanagara businesses ask

  1. Q1

    Our reeling unit buys cocoons at the Ramanagara market and sells raw silk to weavers. Can each weaver get a dispatch note on WhatsApp?

    Yes, for weavers who asked for order updates. A note with the weaver's own lot, weight, invoice and transport details is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the invoice as a document. If the weaver writes back about the lot, your replies cost ₹0.145 each for 24 hours.

  2. Q2

    We make Channapatna toys and ship to shops across India. Can our packing sheet send the dispatch notes by itself?

    Yes. InfiQ's developer API, included on Growth and an add-on on Lite, lets your sheet or store send the approved dispatch template when an order is packed, with signed webhooks reporting delivery. Each note is a utility template at ₹0.19 to an Indian number.

  3. Q3

    Our homestay below Ramadevara Betta hosts trekkers from Bengaluru at weekends. Which message confirms a booking?

    A confirmation of the stay the guest booked, with dates, the meeting point and a map link, is a utility template at ₹0.19. A note about next month's offer is marketing at ₹0.94 and goes only to guests who agreed to receive offers.

  4. Q4

    Our address in an approved template still says Ramanagara district. Do we have to change it now the district is Bengaluru South?

    Only if the district name is in the template's fixed text and you want it corrected: an edited template goes back to Meta for review before you can send it again. If the address is a variable, change the value you send and the template stays approved.

  5. Q5

    Bengaluru buyers write to our Ramanagara silk shop in Kannada and buyers from Varanasi in Hindi. Do we need two templates?

    For messages you send first, yes: keep a Kannada (kn) and a Hindi (hi) version of each template, each approved by Meta separately. Replies inside the 24-hour window need no template, so staff answer each buyer in the language they wrote, at ₹0.145 per reply.

  6. Q6

    Our firm supplies the EV cluster in Bengaluru South and sends dealers a login code for its parts app. What does each code cost?

    A one-time passcode is an authentication template at ₹0.14 per delivered message to an Indian number. Keep it to the code and its expiry; anything about parts on offer belongs in a separate marketing template for dealers who opted in.

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Sources

Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.

  1. [1]Bengaluru South (formerly Ramanagara) district: official website · District Administration, Bengaluru South · read 2026-10-21
  2. [2]History · District Administration, Bengaluru South · read 2026-10-21
  3. [3]Silk cocoon market, Ramanagara · District Administration, Bengaluru South · read 2026-10-21
  4. [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
  5. [5]Karnataka: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
  6. [6]Ramanagara (names, geology and trades only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21

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