Chincholi is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

and a

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Kalaburagi district Kalaburagi district, formerly known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Kalaburagi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is the headquarters of Kalaburagi divi ...

in the state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, India.

Geography

Chincholi is located at . It has an average elevation of 462 metres (1515 feet). The town is spread over an area of 6 km².The area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpag
Population of Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP
belonging to the Municipal Administration Department of the Government of

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Chincholi had a population of 20,897 with males numbering 10,852 and females 10,045. Chincholi Taluka borders the following talukas of

Gulbarga Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 6 ...

Taluka to the west,

Chitapur Chitapur or Chittapur is a Town and Taluk in Kalaburagi district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is also the headquarters of the Chittapur taluk. It is known for polished stones and toor dal. Geography Chitapur is located at . It is situa ...

taluka to the south-west and

Sedam Sedam or Seram is a town in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Sedam Taluka. Geography The town is spread over an area of .The population and area of major towns in Karnataka has been mention ...

Taluka to the south. It also borders

Humnabad Humnabad is a town and municipal council in the Bidar District of the Indian state of Karnataka. Humnabad is the headquarters of Humnabad taluk. Geography Humnabad is located at . It has an average elevation of 638 metres (2093 feet). ...

Taluk of

Bidar district Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Kamared ...

to the north and

Tandur Tandur is a town in ''Vikarabad District'' in the Indian State of Telangana. It is a municipality and first Municipality in India consisting of 36 wards, as well as the headquarters of Tandur Mandal in the Tandur Revenue Division. It is known ...

Mandal of

Vikarabad district Vikarabad district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Vikarabad is the headquarters of the district..The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Rangareddy districts and the state boundary of Karnataka ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

to the east and Mogudampally mandal of Sangareddy district of

to northeast.

Politics

Chincholi is part of Chincholi Assembly constituency and

Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency) Bidar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in India. This constituency came into existence in 1962. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008. I ...

. Two time chief minister of Karnataka

Veerendra Patil Veerendra Basappa Patil (Kannada: ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಪಾಟೀಲ್; 28 February 1924 – 14 March 1997) was a senior Indian politician and was twice, the List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Chief Minister of Karnataka. He becam ...

was from this taluka. Villages in Chincholi Taluk

Tourist places

*Sukshetra Buggi *Chandrapalli reservoir *Etti Potta Falls *Nagaral reservoir and Gottamgotta *Chincholi Wildlife Sanctuary

Transport

KSRTC KSRTC may refer to: * Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation * Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one o ...

provides bus travel within Karnataka and the nearby states of Maharastra and Telangana. The nearest railway stations are

Sedam railway station Sedam railway station, (also known as Seram railway station), (station code: SEM) is an Indian Railway station in Sedam the town of Kalaburagi District in Indian state of Karnataka. It is located on the –Wadi line of Secunderabad railway d ...

() and

Tandur railway station Tandur railway station (station code: TDU) is an Indian Railways station in Tandur, Vikarabad district in Indian state of Telangana. It is located on the –Wadi line of Secunderabad railway division in South Central Railway zone. History Th ...

(). The nearest international airport is

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

(), whilst the nearest domestic airport is

Gulbarga Airport Kalaburagi Airport is a public airport located east of Kalaburagi in Karnataka, India. The airport was built by the Karnataka State Public Works Department (PWD) with technical assistance from RITES Limited and is operated by the Airports Aut ...

(). And nearest domestic airport is

Bidar Airport Bidar Airport ಬೀದರ್ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ is an airport in Bidar, India. It operates as a civil enclave on the Indian Air Force's Bidar Air Force Station.

(60 KM)

References

{{Gulbarga topics Cities and towns in Kalaburagi district