Country India State Karnataka Taluka Haliyal Local time Sunday 8:19 PM | Region South India District Uttara Kannada Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | |
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Kerwad (H) is a village in Uttara Kannada in the southwestern India state of Karnataka. The village is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) by road north of the town of Haliyal. Tosur family is one of the major respected Maratha family at Kerwad
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Map of Kerwada, Karnataka 581329
History
Majority of families are from Maratha community and 90% of them do farming as major activities. Kerwad Mango is very famous across the district and majority mangos sold in nearby market like Haliyal, Dandeli, Dharwad & Hubli . There are a substantial amount of Chardo families in this area as they had migrated due to the persecution of the Portuguese in Goa.
There is one of the famous deity God Siddapoa around 3 KM from Kerwad towards East and the deity is situated below a big old tree
Language
90% families speak Marathi and Few speak Konkani are spoken in Kerwad (H). Konkani is spoken as it is in close proximity to Goa, and many Goans settled in Kerwad when they migrated from Goa. Marathi is spoken locally, as Kerwad is also in close proximity to Belgaum and dominated by Marathas