Haveri Zilla Panchayath Elections: an Analysis of the Factors of Women’S Participation
www.ijcrt.org © 2013 IJCRT | Volume 1, Issue 3 October 2013 | ISSN: 2320-2882 HAVERI ZILLA PANCHAYATH ELECTIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION B.H.PURNIMA Introduction Chapter five deals with the Haveri Zilla Panchayath Elections: An Analysis of the factors of women participation in panchayath raj institutions. The analysis starts with the brief profile of Haveri district. The Haveri district was formed in the year 2001 by dividing the earlier Dharwad district into Dharwad, Haveri and Gadag districts. The Haveri district is located between north latitudes 140 17’ 02” to 150 15’ 01” and east longitudes 7500’35” to 75049’23” falling in the survey of India Toposheet Nos-48M/4, 48 M/8, 48M/12, 48N/1, 48N/2, 48N/5, 48N/6, 48N/7, 48N/9, 48N/10, 48N/11, 48N/13, 48N/14, and 48N/15. Haveri is a district in the state of Karnataka, India with the potential to become a tourist hub. As of 2001, it had a population of 1,439,116 of which 20.78% were urban residents. Haveri District is exactly in the centre of Karnataka with equidistant from Bidar in the far north to Kollegal in the far south. The district consists of seven taluks namely Hanagal, Shiggaon, Savanur, Haveri, Byadagi, Hirekerur, and Ranebennur. It is bounded by Dharwad district on the north, by Gadag district in the northeast, by Bellary district on the east, by Davangere district on the south, by Shimoga district in the southwest and by Uttar Kannada on the west and northwest.
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