Sindhanur
| Sindhanur Kannada ಸಿಂಧನೂರು |
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| State : | Karnataka | ||
| District : | Raichur | ||
| Sub-district : | Sindhanur | ||
| Location : | 15 ° 46 ′ N , 76 ° 45 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 375 m | ||
| Area : | 30.58 km² | ||
| Residents : | 75,837 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2480 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Sindhanur or Sindhnur ( Kannada ಸಿಂಧನೂರು ) is a city with approximately 90,000 inhabitants in the Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka .
Location and climate
Sindhanur is located on the Dekkan Plateau in the northern center of Karnataka on the southwest bank of the Sindhanur Nala , a tributary of the Tungabhadra , at an altitude of around 375 m . The next larger cities are Raichur (approx. 90 km northeast) or Gangavati (approx. 50 km southwest); the metropolis of Bangalore is around 400 km (driving distance) to the southeast. The climate is subtropical and warm; Rain (approx. 585 mm / year) almost only falls during the summer monsoon months .
population
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 44,375 | 61,262 | 75,837 |
Just under 64.5% of the city's residents are Hindus and around 32.5% are Muslims ; the rest is made up of Jains , Christians , Sikhs and Buddhists . The male and female proportions of the population are roughly the same. Approx. 26% of the population are illiterate . Most of the residents speak Kannada as their first language, but Hindi and English are also spoken.
economy
Sindhanur is the mercantile, artisanal and administrative center of a region that is highly agricultural. Sindhanur does not have a train station and so no industrial companies have settled here either.
history
In the 3rd century BC The area around Sindhanur belonged to the Maurya Empire. Later the place was in the hands of the Shatavahanas , then the Chalukya and Hoysala dynasties as well as the Vijayanagar empire, which was defeated in 1565 in the battle of Talikota against the combined forces of the Dekkan sultanates . Sindhanur later came to Hyderabad , which was a nominally independent princely state under British rule during colonial times . One year after Indian independence, Hyderabad was annexed by India in 1948. Through the States Reorganization Act , Sindhanur came in 1956 to the state of Mysore, which was created after the language borders of Kannada and renamed Karnataka in 1973 .
Attractions
There are no sights of cultural or historical importance in Sindhanur and its surroundings.
