Bagalkot
| Bagalkot ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ |
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| State : | Karnataka | ||
| District : | Bagalkot | ||
| Sub-district : | Bagalkot | ||
| Location : | 16 ° 11 ′ N , 75 ° 42 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 538 m | ||
| Area : | 49.06 km² | ||
| Residents : | 111,933 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2282 inhabitants / km² | ||
Bagalkot ( Kannada : ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ Bāgalakōṭe even Bagalkote ) is a 120,000 inhabitants city in the Indian state of Karnataka . The city is a City Municipal Council with 31 wards and is the administrative seat of the Bagalkot District .
location
Bagalkot is located in the north of Karnataka approx. 475 km northwest of Bangalore and approx. 435 km southeast of Pune on the bank of the dammed Ghataprabha , a tributary of the Krishna , at an altitude of 538 m above sea level. d. M. on the highlands of Dekkan . Bagalkot is connected to the railway network via the railway line from Gadag via Bijapur to Solapur . The climate in Bagalkot is warm and rather dry; Rain falls mainly in the monsoon months May to October.
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991. Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 76.903 | 90,988 | 111,933 |
Just under 73% of the majority of the Kannada , Marathi and Urdu- speaking population are Hindus and around 25.5% are Muslims ; the other religious communities form numerically small minorities. The male population is only slightly higher than the female.
history
Nothing is known about the medieval history of the place. In the 16th century, Bagalkot belonged to the Vijayanagar Empire. From 1664 to 1755 it was under the rule of the Nawab of Savanur . Thereafter ownership of the city changed several times between the Marathon Empire and Hyder Ali of Mysore . In the Third Marath War , it was finally conquered by the British in 1818 . The British incorporated Bagalkot as part of the Bijapur district of the Bombay presidency in British India . After Indian independence, the city came under the States Reorganization Act in 1956 to the state of Mysore created after the language borders of Kannada (renamed Karnataka in 1973 ). Bagalkot has been the district capital since 1997.
Attractions
The city itself has no sights of historical or cultural importance.
- Surroundings
The temple sites of Aihole , Pattadakal , Siddhanakolla , Badami and Mahakuta are in the immediate vicinity .
