Country India District Belagavi Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area 1,998 km² | State Karnataka Regions of Karnataka Bayaluseeme PIN 591304 Elevation 554 m | |
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Athani taluk is largest taluk in a Belagavi district located of the Karnataka state in India. It has a total area of 1995.7 km2, 74% is cultivated. This includes 89 inhabited villages and hamlets with rural population of 761,400 souls as per 2011 census. The total population of taluk 2,30,00 The taluk is bounded by Sangli district of Maharashtra in north and Vijapur district in east,Bagalkot district in south east . Geologically the area is covered by Deccan Trap formation. The average annual rainfall is 582 mm. The two rivers that flow here are, Krishna and Agrani. Agrani is beside the pandegao, shirur, ajur, sambargi, nagnur(p.a.), tawanshi, and kalloti.
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Map of Athani, Karnataka
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Athani taluk had a population of ,2,30,00. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.Athani has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate.14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Culture
There are four town corporations in Athani Taluk namely (sorted in order of decreasing population) Athani, Ugar, Ainapur, and Shedbal. The river Krishna flows around the Athani taluk. Five sugar industries are in this taluk. They are located in Ugar , Athani, Kagwad, Kokatnur and Kempwad. There are 4 hobalis in this taluk; they are Athani, Kagwad, Telsang and Antapur.
Culture
Kokatnoor Yallama, Katageri Lakkavva, Avarkhod Hanumappa are other holy places that draw devotees from as far afield as Maharashtra. Agali husbandry Fair it is biggest husbundry fair in India and many fairs were takes place villages surrounding Athani Athani has produced many well known Kannada poets and writers. Its contribution to Kannada literature is considerable. Kannada is the main language, Marathi is also spoken here.
Agriculture
In Athani Taluk agriculture is the main occupation. The main crops are: jawar, wheat, sunflower, toordal, and kushbi. The commercial crops are grapes, cotton and the main commercial crop is sugarcane. Athani is one of largest sugarcane cultivation taluks in Karnataka. Irrigation facilities of Hipparagiberage of Upper krishna project is in athani taluk. It is very helpful for cultivation of sugarcane and grapes. The most part of taluk is fertile land. By Hipparagi project canals were constructed in Athani. They are useful to farmers.
In Athani taluk the first sugar industry was started by Ugar sugars in ugar and next by Krishna co-operative sugars in Athani and Renuka sugars pvt limited in Kokatnur the Ugar sugars produces a largest sugar in Karnataka about more than 12000 tones. In Athani taluk there are 5 sugar industries out of 20 sugar industries of Belagavi district. This means ¼ of sugar industries are in Athani taluk they are: