Athani Taluk
| Athani Taluk ಅಥಣಿ ತಾಲೂಕು | |
|---|---|
| Taluk | |
  Athani Taluk Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°44′N 75°04′E / 16.73°N 75.07°ECoordinates: 16°44′N 75°04′E / 16.73°N 75.07°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Belagavi |
| Regions of Karnataka | Bayaluseeme |
| Government | |
| • Type | Taluk administration |
| Area | |
| • Total | 207.54 km2 (80.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,25,832 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 591xxx |
| Vehicle registration | KA-23 |
Athani taluk is the largest taluk in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It has a total area of 2070.54 km2,[1] 70% is cultivated. This includes 5 towns, 115 inhabited villages, and hamlets with rural population of 4,07,485 as per 2011 census. The total population of the taluk is 5,25,832. The taluk is bounded by Sangli district of Maharashtra in north, Vijayapur district in east, and Bagalkot District in the south east. Geologically the area is covered by Deccan Trap formation. The average annual rainfall is 582 mm. The Krishna flows 110 km in the taluk and Agrani. Agrani is beside the pandegao, shirur, ajur, sambargi, nagnur (p.a.), tawanshi, and kalloti.
The five largest towns of Athani Taluk (sorted in order of decreasing population) are Athani, Ugar, Ainapur, Kagwad, Shedbal. The river Krishna flows around the Athani taluk. Five sugar industries are in this taluk. They are located in Athani, Kagwad, Kokatnur, Ugar and Kempwad. There are four hobalis in this taluk: Athani, Kagwad, Telsang and Antapur.
Educational institutions
Athani has government primary schools for boys and girls in Kannada, Urdu and Marathi Medium.
- Sanghamitra high school Sambargi.
- Satvasheeladevi Girl's High School (managed by J.E. Society, which also manages J.A. High School) is a premier school exclusively catering to the girl students.
- Shree Marul Shankar Devaru School is located in Uppinamal.
- S.P. Mandal Raibfas S.G.S COPM. PU College Madabahvi
- S.G.S. Arts College MadabahviI
- bvs Telasang
- Shivand education Kagwad
Agriculture
In Athani agriculture is the main occupation. The main crops are jawar, wheat, sunflower, toordal, and kushbi. The commercial crops are grapes and cotton, and the main commercial crop is sugarcane. Athani is one of the largest sugarcane cultivation taluks in Karnataka.
Irrigation facilities of Hipparagi barrage of Upper Krishna Project is in Athani taluk. It is very helpful for cultivation of sugarcane and grapes. 70% of the land of taluk is fertile land. By the Hipparagi project canals were constructed in Athani. They are useful to farmers. The Krishna River flow 85 km around the southern part of the taluk. The river helps for sugar cultivation.
Industries
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, more than 12,000 tonnes. The all the industries in taluk produce more than 35,000 tonnes.
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:
- Krishna co-operative sugar industry Athani
- Ugar sugars pvt limited Ugar
- Renuka sugars pvt limited Kokatnur
- Shiraguppi sugars industry Kagwad
- Farmers co-operative sugar industry Kempwad
References
- ↑ Karnataka Information Centre's profile on Athani Taluk Archived April 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
