Chimmalagi

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Chimmalagi
village
Chimmalagi
Coordinates: 16°23′N75°51′E / 16.38°N 75.85°E / 16.38; 75.85
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Bijapur District
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Population
  Total
3,907
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Code
586201
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration KA
Website karnataka.gov.in

Chimmalagi is a village in Vijayapura district, Karnataka state, India. [1] When Almatti dam was built across the Krishna River became fully functional, the village submerged in its backwaters. Government has rehabilitated the original residents of the village to a new place in the same district (Vijayapura). Now the place is called New Chimmalagi.

Most of the inhabitants of this village are found to be devotees of Lord Anjaneya, due to its geographical closeness to Yalgur. Yalgur houses one of the very famous Hanuman temples in the region.

Most of the original residents of the village carry their last name as Chimmalagi. The educated among them have migrated to places like Hubli, Dharwad, Pune, Bombay, Gulbarga and to Bangalore for better prospects.

Chimmalagi Village was known for its age old Ram Temple (Vanavasi Ram Mandir) which was built by Kolhapur King, now it is shifted with in New Chimmalagi Village worshipped and managed by the Chimmalagi (Gudi) family, head of the family is Vasantacharya Chimmalagi.

References

  1. "Chimmalgi R.C Population - Bijapur, Karnataka". census2011.co.in. Census Organization of India. 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.