Gundwad

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Gundwad
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Gundwad
Gundwad (India)
Coordinates: 16°38′42″N74°54′10″E / 16.645012°N 74.902912°E / 16.645012; 74.902912 Coordinates: 16°38′42″N74°54′10″E / 16.645012°N 74.902912°E / 16.645012; 74.902912
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Talukas Raybag
Government
  BodyGram Panchayat
Area
  Total2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
591311
Vehicle registration KA 23
Nearest cityBelgaum
Lok Sabha constituencyChikkodi
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKudachi
Civic agencytown Panchayat

Gundwad is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India. [1] situated on the bank of Krishna River. There is a Parshvanatha Basadi in the village which can be seen from few kilometres.

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Agriculture

Most of the people in this village are into agriculture. Mainly they grow sugarcane and some seasonal crops like sunflower, peanuts, soya, watermelon and vegetables like brinjal, onions, and tomato, green chillies.[ citation needed ] The Krishna river makes Gundwad a well-irrigated and fertile area.[ citation needed ]

Climate

Situated in the north of Belgaum district, which lies in the elevated terrain of north-western Karnataka. Gundwad receives rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons and the wettest months are June–September. June and August have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. The coldest month is December with an average low temperature of 23.3 °C and the hottest month is may with an average high temperature of 40 °C. Winter temperatures rarely drop below 20 °C (54 °F), and summer temperatures seldom exceed 30–40 °C.The driest month is January, with 10 mm of rainfall.

India is said to be gamble with monsoon , under extreme conditions Gundwad has faced flood in the past. During extreme floods, village has been evacuated in boat as its surrounded by Krishna river. Following are the list in descending order of years where extreme flood conditions recorded in Gudwad.

Location

Kudachi is the nearest railway station to Gundwad which is 7.5 km away. Krishna river separates Gundwad and Ainapur, Athni. Belgaum Airport is the nearest airport.

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References

  1. Village Directory, 2001 Census of India