Maladkal

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Maladkal
Maladakal, Mandkal
village
Maladkal
Anthem: Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jana Gana Mana
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Maladkal (India)
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Coordinates: 16°16′45.12″N77°6′13.62″E / 16.2792000°N 77.1037833°E / 16.2792000; 77.1037833
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Raichur
Taluk Devadurga
Seat Sarpanch
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Area
  Total2,777.802 ha (6,864.071 acres)
Highest elevation
(Paramananda hill)
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total2,819
Demonym Kannadigas
Language
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN
584113
Area code 08532
Geocode 16.27665113566765, 77.10435483175563
Vehicle registration KA 36
Maladkal boundary mapped by KGIS Maladakal boundary.png
Maladkal boundary mapped by KGIS

Maladkal is a village in Karnataka state. It comes under Raichur District, Devadurga Taluk and Gabbur hobli. Maladkal lies in northern part of Karnataka (Kalyana Karnataka Division). Maladkal shares its boundary with Gabbur, Ramadurga, Jagatakal, N Ganekal, Maseedpur and Atnur (Manvi taluk). [1] Maladakal is one of the Gram Panchayat [2] in Raichur District.

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The village majorly consists of hardworking farmers as most families are agriculture oriented [3] and others hold their personal businesses. Crops produced in this village are cotton, chilli and rice but, some people also grow vegetables for their livelihood. Maladkal is a self sustained village as most of villages in India, the villagers are mostly interdependent for their livelihood. [4]

After, the completion of Basava Sagara dam (Narayanpura dam) irrigation project the villagers also switched to irrigation farming from dryland farming. Before irrigation farmers used to grow jowar, wheat, millet, sunflower and other dryland crops. [5] [6]

History

As the village lies in part of Raichur Doab has diverse history and culture. The village is considered to be a neolithic site as some of rock arts were found on the hill. This indicates strong cultural influences to pre-modern era. [7]

Demographics

As of 2011 census Maladkal had a population of 2819 among which 1375 were male and 1444 female. [8] 2001 census indicates total population of 2330 among which 1160 were male and 1172 female. [9]

Transport

The village connects to state highway (SH15) from a well maintained road constructed under Gram Sadak Yojana. [10] There are two buses provided by Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (previously known as KSRTC) a government run road transport. The two buses connect to Raichur(District) and Devadurga(Tehsil). Nearby Railway station is Raichur railway station which can be reached by bus.

Bus Route

By road Raichur District is about 40km. There are total of four stops on the way (Maladkal-Gabbur-Sulthanpur-Murhanpur-Kalmala-Raichur). Tahsil Devadurga is about 30km. [11]

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