Meundi

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Mewundi
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Mewundi
Coordinates: 15°16′10″N75°49′57″E / 15.26944°N 75.83250°E / 15.26944; 75.83250 Coordinates: 15°16′10″N75°49′57″E / 15.26944°N 75.83250°E / 15.26944; 75.83250
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Gadag district
Languages
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Mewundi is a village in the Mundaragi tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka state, India. It is a situated few kilometres from NH-63 on the state highway from Gadag to Mundaragi.

A tehsil is an administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is an area of land with a city or town that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana, pergunnah and thannah, used under Delhi Sultanate and the British Raj.

Gadag district District in India

Gadag District is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad District. As of 2011, it had a population of 171612. The overall population increased by 13.14 percent from 1991 to 2001. Gadag District borders Bagalkot District on the north, Koppal District on the east, Bellary District on the southeast, Haveri District on the southwest, Dharwad District on the west and Belgaum District on the northwest. It features monuments from the Western Chalukya Empire. It has seven talukas/ tehsils: Gadag, Gajendragad, Ron, Shirhatti, Nargund, Lakshmeshwar and Mundargi. The word Gadag is a palindrome in both the Kannada and the English languages.

Karnataka State in southern India

Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore (Bengaluru).

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Demographics

It has a population of around 3,000 with 500 houses.

A gas-based power plant of 2,000 MW is proposed at this place. [1]

Economy

The economy of the town depends on the growth of cotton crops.

Cotton plant fiber from the genus Gossypium

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.

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