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Belagavi District Belgaum District | |
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Clockwise from top-right: Kamal Basadi in Belagavi Fort, Gokak Falls, Navilatirtha, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Kamala Narayana Temple | |
![]() Location in Karnataka | |
Coordinates: 15°51′N74°33′E / 15.85°N 74.55°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
Division | Belagavi division |
Headquarters | Belgaum |
Government | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Nitesh Patil |
• Police Commissioner | Iada Martin Marbaniang [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 13,415 km2 (5,180 sq mi) |
• Rank | 1st (31 districts) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 4,779,661 |
• Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Belgaumites, [3] Belagavians [4] |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
Vehicle registration | |
Sex ratio | 1.04 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 64.2% |
Precipitation | 823 millimetres (32.4 in) |
Website | belagavi |
Belagavi district, formerly also known as Belgaum district, [5] is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with 150,000 hectares being used for commercial production. [6] It has overtaken Mandya district in sugarcane production over the last decade. [7] The city of Belgaum (Belagavi) is the district headquarters in Belagavi district. It houses the Second legislative building, where the Karnataka Legislature hold session once a year. The district is famous for its native sweet, Kunda. According to the 2011 Census of India, it has a population of 4,779,661, of which 24.03% live in urban areas, [8] making it the second most populous district in Karnataka (out of 31), after Bangalore Urban. [9] The district has an area of 13,415 km2 (5,180 sq mi) making it the largest district in Karnataka, and is bounded by Kolhapur District and Sangli district of Maharashtra state on the west and north, on the northeast by Bijapur district, on the east by Bagalkot district, on the southeast by Gadag district, on the south by Dharwad and Uttara Kannada districts, and on the southwest by the state of Goa.
Belgaum is the Divisional Headquarters of North Karnataka. The original name of the town of Belgaum was Venugrama, meaning Bamboo Village. It is also known as Malnad Pradesh. The most ancient place in the district is Halsi; and this, according to inscriptions on copper plates discovered in its neighbourhood, was once the capital of a dynasty of nine Kadamba kings. It appears that from the middle of the 6th century to about 760 the area was held by the Chalukyas, who were succeeded by the Rashtrakutas. After the break-up of the Rashtrakuta dynasty a portion of it survived in the Rattas (875–1250), who from 1210 onward made Venugrama their capital. Inscriptions give evidence of a long struggle between the Rattas and the Kadambas of Goa, who succeeded in the latter years of the 12th century in acquiring and holding part of the district. By 1208, however, the Kadambas had been overthrown by the Rattas, who in their turn succumbed to the Yadavas of Devagiri in 1250. After the overthrow of the Yadavas by the Delhi Sultanate (1320), Belgaum was for a short time under the rule of the latter; but only a few years later the part south of the Ghataprabha River was subject to the Hindu rajas of Vijayanagara. In 1347 the northern part was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate, which in 1473 took the town of Belgaum and conquered the southern part also. When Aurangzeb overthrew the Bijapura sultans in 1686, Belgaum passed to the Mughals. In 1776 the country was overrun by Hyder Ali of Mysore, but was taken by the Madhavrao Peshwa . In 1818 it was handed over to the British East India Company, and was made part of the district of Dharwar. In 1836 this was divided into two parts, the northern district becoming Belgaum. [10]
Yadur is situated beside the Krishna River, and there is a famous Veerbhadra temple there. Many devotees visit the area from Karnataka and Maharashtra. Hooli is one of the oldest villages in Belgaum district. There are many Chalukya temples in the village, including the famous Panchaligeswara temple.
Kittur in Belgaum district is a place of historical importance. Rani Chennamma of Kittur (1778–1829) is known for her resistance to British rule.
The British had a sizeable infantry post here, having realised the military importance of its geographic location. It is one of the reasons for Belgaum's sobriquet The Cradle of Infantry. Development of a rail network for the movement of resources and later troops was one of the means employed by both the British East India Company and the British to exert control over India. Belgaum's railway station, the Mahatma Gandhi Railway Station was established by the British. A signboard declaring the sobriquet can be seen hung on Platform 1 at the station.
After India became independent in 1947, the Belagavi district (which was in the erstwhile Bombay Presidency) became a part of the Bombay State. In 1948, the Belgaum Municipality that was dominated by Marathi speaking politicians requested the Indian Dominion, Indian Constituent Assembly, and the Boundary Commission to include the Belgaum Municipal district in the proposed Samyukta Maharashtra state for the Marathi speakers. [11]
In accordance with the established policy of bifurcation on a linguistic majority basis, in 1956, the Belgaum district was incorporated into the newly formed Mysore state (now Karnataka) with the passage of the States Reorganization Act, adjoining areas that had a majority of Marathi speaking citizens were included in the newly formed Maharashtra state. [12] [13]
List of rivers flowing through Belgaum District
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 1,131,186 | — |
1911 | 1,083,804 | −0.43% |
1921 | 1,088,763 | +0.05% |
1931 | 1,237,223 | +1.29% |
1941 | 1,410,054 | +1.32% |
1951 | 1,645,620 | +1.56% |
1961 | 1,983,498 | +1.88% |
1971 | 2,422,994 | +2.02% |
1981 | 2,978,913 | +2.09% |
1991 | 3,583,606 | +1.87% |
2001 | 4,214,505 | +1.63% |
2011 | 4,779,661 | +1.27% |
source: [14] |
According to the 2011 census Belagavi district has a population of 4,779,661, [9] roughly equal to the nation of Singapore [15] or the US state of Alabama. [16] This gives it a ranking of 25th in India (out of a total of 640). [9] The district has a population density of 356 inhabitants per square kilometre (920/sq mi). [9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.38%. [9] There were 969 females for every 1000 males, [9] and a literacy rate of 73.94%. 25.34% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.08% and 6.22% of the population respectively. [9]
Hindus are the biggest religion in the district with 84.49% of the population. Muslims are the second-largest with 11.06% and Jains are 3.73%. [17]
At the time of the 2011 census, 68.40% of the population spoke Kannada, 18.70% Marathi and 9.79% Urdu as their first language. [18]
The administration of Belgaum district has been divided into 15 taluks.
Athani taluk is the largest with an area of 1,997.70 km2 and Raybag taluk is the smallest with an area of 958.8 km2. The district comprises three revenue sub-divisions headquartered at Belgaum, Bailhongal and Chikodi governed by an assistant commissioner and taluks headed by Tehsildar [19] and has six police sub-divisions. Apart from the Belgaum City Corporation, there are 17 municipalities, 20 towns, 485 gram panchayats, 1,138 inhabited villages and 26 non-inhabited villages.
The district has seven industrial areas, one special economic zone (SEZ) (India's first precision engineering SEZ with more than 200 acres) and 16 industrial estates. [6] The city's industrial growth begin when Babu Rao Pusalkar set up a small unit in city over a century ago and that transformed Belgaum city into foundry and hydraulics base. [20]
Name of Industrial Area | Extent (acres) |
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Kanbargi Auto Complex | 267.00 |
Kakati | 74.75 |
Honaga | 209.5 |
Kangrali | 58.59 |
Gokak | 109.05 |
Kittur | 433.19 |
Kanagala | 848.00 |
Name of Industrial Estate | Extent (acres) |
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Udyambag | 55.15 |
Udyambag Tq. Karigarika Sangh | 0.32 |
Angol- 1 | 21 |
Angol- 2 | 4.6 |
Kanbargi | 6 |
Khanapur | 9.57 |
Gokak | 9.62 |
Chikkodi | 6 |
Bailhongal | 3 |
Ramdurg | 9.4 |
Nippani | 3.5 |
Kangrali | 2.5 |
Desur | 41.34 |
Athani | 28 |
Borgaon | 75 |
Kagwad | 20 |
List of industrial clusters in Belgaum district that are identified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [21]
Cluster place | Cluster activity |
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Belgaum | Foundry, Powerloom and artisan activities like Dolls & Toys, Horn & Bone, Metalware, Artistic Chappals by hand |
Angol | Wooden Furniture Cluster |
Udyambag | Machine Tool and Engineering Cluster |
Kudachi | Kudachi Jaggery Cluster |
Madhabavi | Foot Diamond Leather Cluster |
Ramdurg | Readymade Garments Cluster, Birds Power loom Cluster |
Chikkodi | Jaggery processing Cluster |
Khanapur | Bricks Processing Cluster, Pottery & Clay, Terracotta, Textiles Hand Embroidered |
Athani | Athani Raisins processing cluster |
Gokak | Dolls & Toys |
Belgaum district is a home to three universities: Visvesvaraya Technological University, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi and KLE University. Also, it has a nine engineering colleges, two medical colleges, two dental colleges, 15 polytechnics, 7 Indian system of medical colleges, and 180 degree colleges. [22]
Belgaum is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belgaum the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012.
Bagalkot district, officially Bagalakote, is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalakote. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur and Bijapur. The new Bagalakote district was carved out of Vijayapura in 1997 via Government of Karnataka directive Notification RD 42 LRD 87 Part III. The bifurcated Bagalkot district consists of ten taluks — Badami, Bagalakote, Bilagi, Guledgudda, Rabkavi Banhatti, Hunagund, Ilkal, Jamakhandi and Mudhol, Teradal.
Gokak is a taluka headquarters in the Belagavi district of Karnataka state, India. It is located around 70 km from Belagavi at the confluence of two rivers, the Ghataprabha and the Markandeya. The population of the city is according to 2011 census is 79,121. Gokak city has second highest GDP in the district of Belagavi after Belagavi city. The common language is Kannada.
Bailhongal is a Taluk in Belagavi district of Karnataka state in southern India. Bailhongal Taluk is located towards the north-east part of Belagavi. The taluk headquarters is about 44 km from the district headquarters. The total geographical area of the taluk is 1122.40 km2. There are 126 revenue villages and 14 hamlets with a total population of 356,400 people, according to the 2001 census.
Kittur, historically as Kittoor, is a town in the Belagavi district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It was part of Bailhongal taluka but was declared as an independent taluka on 23 October 2012 by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on the inauguration of Kittur Utsav. It is 177th Taluk of Karnataka State. It is a place of historical importance because of the armed rebellion of Kittur Chennamma (1778–1829), Rani of the State of Kittur against the British East India Company, during which a British Commissioner, St John Thackeray was killed.
North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from 300 to 730 metres elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consists of 14 districts. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra. North Karnataka lies within the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion, which extends north into eastern Maharashtra.
Chikkodi is a taluka and Town Municipal Council in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is a Subdivision of the district. Chikodi, Athani, Hukkeri, Raybag, Nipani and Kagwad are the taluks that come under Chikodi Subdivision. It is 75 kilometers from the city of Belgaum, 65 kilometers from Kolhapur, 51 kilometers from Miraj, 160 kilometers from Hubballi, and 570 kilometers from the capital of Karnataka state, Bengaluru. Chikodi has many district level offices but it is not designated as a district by the Government of Karnataka. It is one of the major cities that lies in the border between Karnataka and Maharashtra states.official language is Kannada.
Hukkeri is a Town Municipal Council and taluka in Belgavi district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Khanapur known as Khanapura is a panchayat town in Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belagavi. The Khanapur Municipal Council governs the town. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. The town is on the Belgaum-Panaji National Highway, NH 4A. Khanapur is well connected by train and road to important cities in Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. Kannada is the official language.
The Belagavi border dispute or Belgaon border dispute is a dispute between the Indian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra over the administration of Belagavi. Belagavi is now a district in Karnataka, but in British India, was part of the Bombay Presidency, together with present-day Gujarat, Maharashtra, and certain areas of Karnataka.
Athani is a town in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi, 70 kilometers from Vijayapura, 55 kilometers from Miraj, 100 kilometers from Kolhapur, and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru.
Ainapur is a town in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Athani taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka. Ainapur village is famous for Peda, the village situated near river Krishna. Sugarcane is the chief cultivated crop and Kannada is the primary spoken language.
Chinchali is a village in Raybag Taluk, Belagavi District, Karnataka, India. It is located near the state boundary with Maharashtra, approximately 84 kilometres north of the district seat Belgaum, and 10 kilometres northeast of the taluk seat Raibag. In the year 2011, the village has a population of 18,986.
Kankanawadi is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Raybag taluk of Belagavi district in Karnataka.
Raibag is a large village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in Raybag taluk of Belagavi district of Karnataka.
Belagavi Fort is in the city of Belgaum, in the Belgaum district, in Karnataka state, India. It was begun by Jaya Raya, also called Bichi Raja, an ally of the Ratta Dynasty, in the year 1204 AD. It has undergone several renovations over the centuries under dynastic rulers of the region.
Krishna-kittur is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Athani taluka of Belgaum district in Karnataka.
Mohare is a village in Bailhongal Taluk, Belagavi District of Karnataka, India. It is located near the state border with Maharashtra, about 26 kilometres east of the district seat Belgaum, and 16 kilometres northwest of the taluk seat Bailhongal. As of 2011, it has a total population of 2,365.
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