CENSUS OF INDIA 1981• Series-9 KARNATAKA DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BIJAPUR DISTRICT PARTS XIII-A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT B.K. DAS of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Karnataka UPPER KRISHNA PROJECT The picture on the cover represents the civil works hectares (roughly 57 per cent of the total area of the connected with the multi-purpose Upper Krishna Pro­ State) while the other 6 river basins sQare the rest of the ject. This project, being executed in two phases with area amongst themselves. World Bank aid, envisages the construction of two com­ posite dams across the river Krishna near Almatti and In terms of geographical area, Bijapur is the largest Narayanpur and would, after completion provide district in the State. Situated in an arid zone, it has the assured irrigation facilities to 8' 43 lakh hectares of land. dubious distinction of having the lowest average rain­ Both the dam sites are located in Bijapur district. The fall. The black cotton soils found in several tracts of Almatti dam, which is designed to hold 5295 M.cum the district are endowed with a higher degree of fertility of water, would be 1578 metres in length and 47·8 and with a high moisture- retention capacity. However, metres in height above the lowest foundation levels. The due to the vagaries of monsoon, the district is quite dam at Narayanpur being 10,637 metres long and 29·7 often subjected to scarcity and famine conditions. metres high above the lowest foundation level would Though as many as 5 important rivers, including the have a capacity of 1066 M.cum. Krishna, flow through the district it is a paradox that Bijapur ranks amongst the water starved districts of the The river Krishna rises in the western ghats about State. In the recent decades however things have begun 64 Km east of the Arabian sea and flows across the to change for the better and already the waters from entire Peninsula from west to east. The total length the Ghataprabha Left Bank Canal are providing assured traversed by this river being 1400 Km, it cuts across three canal irrigation facilities to certain tracts in the three States, namely, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra taluks of Bilgi, Mudhol and Jamkhandi. With the com­ Pradesh. The traditional fountain-head of the sacred pleti!)n of the Upper Krishna Project irrigation facilities river, believed to have been created from out of his own body by Lord Vishnu and invested with marvellous would be extended to thousands of hectares of parched powers thereupon, is a spout fashioned into an image lands belonging to as many as seven taluks of the of a cow's mouth situated in an ancient temple of district, namely Bagalkot, Hungund, Bijapur, Basavana Mahadev at the foot of the Mahabaleshwar hills. About Bagevadi. Muddebihal, Sindgi and Indi. It may be 44 percent of the Krishna basin lies in the limits of mentioned in passing that Badami, the only other taluk Karnataka, about 29 percent is situated in the limits of of the district would ~lso enjoy assured irrigation Andhra Pradesh and the remaining 27 percent lies in facilities in the near future, that is, once the Malaprabha Maharashtra. In Karnataka itself the importance of the Project is completed. Thus the Upper Krishna Project river can be visualised when it is known that the Krishna may be viewed as a harbinger of economic development qasin has the largest catchment area of about 113,271 of Bijapur district and as a symbol of prosperity. 1982 Bangalore) .. p,,- 1: \ ii KARNATAKA ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 1981 o 17 o o 16 itA o 15 o 14 14° o 13 \ KILOMETRES 40 o 40 eo Eoa+- 0 f G r.enwieh 8asI!d upon Survey of In&o mop with the pqrrnission of the Surveyor General 01 India © Gowzrnment of IndiO Copyright, 198~ The tnfltoriol waters of India C)(lct'nd into the seo to. a distance of twelve nautical milts mllosuff;!d from lht appropriate base [toe. CONTENTS Page No. (ix) FOREWORD .................................................... (xi) PREFACE ...................................................... (xv) IMPORTANT STATISTICS ............................... " ..... 1-40 ANALYTICAL NOTE ........................................... 42-51 TABLES ........................................................ PART-A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section I-Village Directory Explanatory Notes ............................................... 55- 61 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Badami Taluk ................. 65- 66 Village Directory Statement ......... Badami Taluk ................. 68- 85 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bagalkot Taluk ................ 89 Village Directory Statement ......... Bagalkot Taluk ................ 90- 99 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Basavana Bagevadi Taluk ....... 103-104 Village Directory Statement ......... Basavana Bagevadi Taluk ....... 106-1 i 7 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bijapur Taluk ................. 121-122 Village Directory Statement ......... Bijapur Taluk ................. 124-137 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bilgi Taluk .................... 141 Village Directory Statement ......... Bilgi Taluk .................... 142-151 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Hungund Taluk ................ 155-156 Village Directory Statement ......... Hungund Taluk ................ 158-175 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Indi Taluk .................... 179-180 Village Directory Statement ......... Indi Taluk .................... 182-199 Alphabetical list of villages ......... lamkhandi Taluk .............. 203 ':'illage Directory Statement ......... 1amkhandi Taluk .............. 204-215 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Muddebihal Taluk ............. 219-220 Village Directory Statement ......... Muddebihal Taluk ............. 222-237 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Mudhol Taluk ................. 241 Village Directory Statement ......... Mudhol Taluk ................. 242-251 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Sindgi Taluk .................. 255-256 Village Directory Statement ......... Sindgi Taluk .................. 258-275 Appendix I-III I. Talukwise abstract of educational, 'medical and other amenities ............................................ 278-281 II. Land utilisation data in respect of non-municipal towns (Census Towns) ..................................... 280-281 III. List of villages where no amenities except drinking- water are available ........................................ 282 v Section II - Town Directory Explanatory Notes ............................................... 285-293 Statement I - Status and Growth History ............... 296-297 Statement II - Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 1979 ............................. 298-299 Statement III - Municipal Finance 1979 .................. 300-301 Statement IV - Civic and other Amenities 1979 ........... 302-303 Statement IV-A - Civic and other Amenities in Notified Slums 1979 ............................. 304-305 Statement V - Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities 1979 ................... 306-309 Statement VI - Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 1979 ........................... 310-311 PART-B : PRIMARY CENSUS ABST CT Explanatory Notes ............................................... 315-316 District Primary Census Abstract .................................. 318-321 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Badami Taluk ................. 325-326 Primary Census Abstract ........... Badami Taluk .•................ 328-335 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bagalkot Taluk ................ 339 Primary Census Abstract ........... Bagalkot Taluk ................ 340-345 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Basavana Bagevadi Taluk ....... 349-350 Primary Census Abstract ........... Basavana Bagevadi Taluk ....... 352-357 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bijapur Taluk ................. 361-362 Primary Census Abstract ........... Bijapur Taluk ................. 364-369 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Bilgi Taluk .................... 373 Primary Census Abstract ........... Bilgi Taluk .................... 374-377 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Hungund Taluk ................ 381-382 Primary Census Abstract ........... Hungund Taluk ................ 384-393 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Indi Taluk .................... 397-398 Primary Census Abstract ........... Indi Taluk .................... 400-405 Alphabetical list of villages ......... lamkhandi Taluk .............. 409 Primary Census Abstract ........... lamkhandi Taluk ............... 410-415 Alphabetical list of villages ......... fv1uddebihal Taluk ............. 419-420 Primary Census Abstract ........... Muddebihal Taluk ............. 422-429 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Mudhol Taluk ................. 433 Primary Census Abstract ........... Mudhol Taluk ................. 434-439 Alphabetical list of villages ......... Sindgi Taluk .................. 443-444 Primary Census Abstract ........... Sindgi Taluk .................. 446-453 vi SUPPLEMENT Page No. INTRODUCTORY NOTE' ........................................ 456-457 Statement I - Total, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in the Taluks and Towns of the Oistrict ........................... 458-459 Statement II - District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes ........................ 460-463 Statement III - District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes ....................... ;. 464-467 Statement IV - Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population