Garag is a village in the northern part of Karnataka of India.

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.Village code= 649900 Garag, Dharwad, Karnataka It is located in the

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the north western part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merge ...

taluk 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 ...

Dharwad district Dharwad is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Dharwad, also known as Dharwar. Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore and 421&nbs ...

in Karnataka.

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

there were 2,152 households in Garag and a total population of 10,528 consisting of 5,388 males and 5,140 females. There were 1,281 children ages 0-6.

Geography

Garag is well known for its black soil farm lands. The famous stream Tupri Halla flows nearby. The stream flows only during rainy season. An artificial lake Bokyapur lake is also nearby. Water from Bokyapur lake was used for irrigating agricultural fields. Rare water fowls migrate to Bokyapur during winter months. Very close to the lake is an ancient

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temple which has a

Halegannada Old Kannada or Halegannada ( kn, ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, Haḷegannaḍa) is the Kannada language which transformed from ''Purvada halegannada'' or ''Pre-old Kannada'' during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of K ...

inscription dating back to 10th or 11th century.

National Flag of India

The hand-woven khadi for the National Flag was initially manufactured at Garag, a small village in

North Karnataka North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consists of 13 districts. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhi ...

. A center was established at Garag in 1954 by a few freedom fighters under the banner of Dharwad Taluk Kshetriya Seva Sangh and obtained the Centre’s licence to make flags and still it is the only place in India where hand woven Indian national flags are made.

Education

Schools * Government primary school for boys * Government primary Urdu School for Muslims * Government primary school for girls * Jayakeerthi Primary & High School * Garag Education Society School * Garag Vidya Mandir Colleges * Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar Pre-university Arts, Commerce & Science College * Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar Industrial Training Institute * Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar D.Ed Institute * Sri Guru Madiwaleshwara BA & Bcom College * Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar High school

Banks

*STATE BANK OF INDIA *INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

Industries

Since 1991 industries have started and they are focusing on automobile sector in Garag region. Most of these industries are located in

Belur Industrial Area Belur Industrial Area (Abbreviation : BIA) is an industrial area of the Dharwad city in India and it is one of the biggest industrial areas in Karnataka. lies on the Dharwad-Belgaum Highway. It houses small, medium, and large-scale industries. T ...

, few of them are Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Formerly Telcon. A Tata Motors-Hitachi JV), Tata Motors, Tata Marcopolo Motors, NRE Bharat Coke India, HLL, IAL India, SLN distilleries, MM industries, etc. There were also chances of getting Tata Nano project to Garag but because of stiff competition from Gujarat state Karnataka lost the fight. There were also chances of getting Hero Motocorp ltd project to Garag but because of stiff competition from Andhra Pradesh state & Politicians Carelessness Karnataka lost the fight. Although industries are coming up in Garag area but still the people of Garag are mostly dependent on agriculture. Near by Garag is Gungaragatti Forest Research Center and Forest Training Center is their and also a tata bus manufacturing plant is also their. .

Religion

Garag is well known for Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar Matta and Temple. Guru Madiwaleshwar was a contemporary of Shishunala Sharif,

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and other well-known saints of his era. Every year, during February or March, a fair is held which attracts thousands of people. During the fair, overnight prayers are held and visitors are provided free food.

References

External links

* http://Dharwad.nic.in/ {{Settlements in Dharwad district Villages in Dharwad district