HuvinaHadagali | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
Coordinates: | 15.0172°N 75.9361°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Vijayanagara |
Governing Body: | Town Municipal Council |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 19.84 |
Area Rural Km2: | 928.12 |
Elevation M: | 532 |
Population Total: | 27,967 |
Population Rural: | 167252 [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 583 219 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 08399 |
Registration Plate: | KA 35 |
Subdivision Name4: | Huvina Hadagali |
Subdivision Type4: | Subdivision |
Hoovina Hadagali or Huvina Hadagali is a town and a taluk in the Vijayanagara district of Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the HuvinaHadagali Taluk.
An inscription found on a slab set up at the western entrance into the Keshavaswami temple at Huvina Hadagali, records that "Rebbaladevi, wife of the brave Brahman general Ravideva or Raviga caused the construction of the temple of Kesavadeva in Puvina-Posavadangile, which was her birthplace and having set up the god in the temple, made grants of many plots of land for the service of the god and for maintaining a feeding house for Brahmans, a flower garden and a house for the satra, in the presence of the Brahman Mahajanas of the place".
An inscription found on a slab set in the front of the Anjaneya temple at Yenigi, Hadagali Taluk, records that "while the king (the Sevuna Yadava king Kandharadeva or Kannara (1247-1261)) was camping at the nelevidu of Devagiri, the 120 Brahman Mahajanas of Puvina-Padangile, who are described as very learned in the Vedas and the Shastras, performing Aupasana and Agnihotra and as ripukula-kadali-vana-kunjarar (as destructive to enemies as elephants to a forest of plantain-trees) and saranagata-vajra-panjarar (mail-armour to those who seek shelter under them), made a gift of various plots of land of specified boundary, for the service of the god Kusmanatha at the village." Puvina-Padangile is stated to have been "situated in the Kogali-nadu, which was the eye of the Nolambavadi-nadu which again was, as it were, the nose of Kuntala-desa".
India census,[4] Huvina Hadagali had a population of 23,404. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Huvina Hadagali has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Huvina Hadagali, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Hadagali Mallige(ಹಡಗಲಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ) (Jasminum auriculatum) is one of the top three cultivars of Jasmine endemic to Karnataka, grown mainly in Huvina Hadagali and surrounding in Bellary district of Karnataka. The other two varieties being Mysooru Mallige (Jasminum sambac) and Udupi Mallige (Jasminum grandiflorum). And Paddy is also become the 2nd major commercial crop.