Kerwad (H) | |
Other Name: | Kerwad h |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
Coordinates: | 15.3528°N 74.7722°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South India |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Uttara Kannada |
Subdivision Type4: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name4: | Haliyal |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Blank Name Sec1: | Lok Sab constituency |
Blank Info Sec1: | Uttara Kannada |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Blank Name Sec2: | Nearest town |
Blank Info Sec2: | Haliyal |
Kerwad (H) is a village in Uttara Kannada in the southwestern India state of Karnataka.[1] [2] The village is by road north of the town of Haliyal.
Kerwad Mango is very famous across the district and majority mangos sold in the near by 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 Siddappa around 3 KM from Kerwad towards East and the deity is situated below a big old tree.
Kannada is the most spoken language here along with Konkani. Konkani is spoken as it is close to Goa, and many Goans settled in Kerwad when they migrated from Goa.