Bhadravati or Bhadravathi is an industrial city or Steel Town and taluk in the Shivamogga District of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is situated at a distance of about 255 kilometres from the state capital Bengaluru and at about 20 kilometres from the district headquarters, Shivamogga. The town is spread over an area of 67.0536 square kilometres and has a population of 151,102 as per the census held in 2011.