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Country
  
India

District
  
Dharwad

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:02 PM

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
Karnataka

Talukas
  
Dharwad

Vehicle registration
  
KA

Population
  
3,500 (2001)

Weather
  
30°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 22% Humidity

Lokur is a village in Dharwad district, Belgaum division, Karnataka. It is located on the border of Maharashtra and Karnataka states of India.

Contents

Map of Lokur, Karnataka 580206

Religion

The Yellamma (Renuka) Devi temple and Gramadevi temples are situated there.

Notables

Lokur is home to one of the largest undivided families in the world, the Narasinganavar family, a patriarchal Jain family with about 180 family members.

Demographics

Kannada and Marathi are prominent local languages.

The population numbers 3,268 as per 2011 Census of India. The village has a higher than average Sex ratio of 977, compared with Karnataka State’s average of 973. The village has a literacy rate of 71.74% compared to Karnataka’s literacy rate of 75.36%. The village's female literacy rate of 81.07% compared to the male literacy rate of 62.20%.

Governance

Lokur village falls under the administration of a Sarpanch, an elected representative of the village, as per the Constitution of India and the Panchayati Raj Act.

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic activity. Grapes, sugarcane and jowar are the main crops. Vegetables such as brinjal, beans, onion and others are also grown.

References

Lokur Wikipedia