Kurkunta

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Kurkunta
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Kurkunta
Location in Karnataka, India
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Kurkunta
Kurkunta (India)
Coordinates: 17°12′N77°22′E / 17.20°N 77.36°E / 17.20; 77.36
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kurkunta is a village in Gulbarga district's Sedam taluk, Karnataka India. A government run cement factory is located here: Cement Corporation of India (CCI). [1]

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