Challakere is a city municipality and largest taluk in Chitradurga district in the state of Karnataka, India.

Challakere is 200 km from Bangalore where an integrated township spread over 8,000 acres (32 km2) has been set up by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

Not only oil, several other industries like dal, fried gram, rice, etc.

Challakere is well connected to Bangalore, Ballari and Chitradurga by road.

The National Highway 150A (India) that connects Chamarajanagara to Jevargi passes through the town.