Halkarni is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, TK:

Gadhinglaj Taluka Gadhinglaj is a taluka in Maharashtra. The city of Gadhinglaj is the taluka headquarters and Gadhinglaj subdivision headquarters as well. As of 2011, the taluka had a population of 874,015, of which 35% were urban. Languages spoken in this area ...

Kolhapur district Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: olʱaːpuɾ is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river. It is bordered by the Sangli district to the Nor ...

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. The population of Halkarni is around 9,000. It is surrounded by hills. The distance between Gadhinglaj and Halkarni is about 20 km. Buggdikatti and Terani are villages surrounding it . A police station is situated in the village for the security of people. There are number of private hospitals and medicals are available in the village. A government hospital was built. Water is supplied to the whole village through a well in NAREWADI village through a pipeline. Farming is the main occupation of the villagers. They have a side business of selling milk cow or buffalo to the milk dairies. A Maharashtra state electricity board (MSEB) substation is installed outside the village. Halkarni is connected to Gadahinglaj via state transport buses (ST buses). Halkarni is also connected to Karnataka via Khanapur through Karnataka state transport buses . The route of entering in Karnataka from Maharashra is HALKARNI TO SANKESHWAR. Private traveller companies came to exist which gives services to reach Mumbai and Pune.

Language

Marathi being the state language is also spoken as a local language in Halkarni. Marathi is widely understood in Halkarni. English is also used in social communication. Halkarni is popular for its market area. It is famous for tobacco powder (in Marathi called as Tapkir). It is surrounded by Basarge,

Khanapur Khanapur officially known as Khanapura is a panchayat town in Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belagavi. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. ...

, and there are many temples like Ramling, Virbhadra, laxmi, Hanuman, the

Jain temple A Jain temple, Derasar (Gujarati: દેરાસર) or Basadi (Kannada: ಬಸದಿ) is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism. Jain architecture is essentially restricted to temples and monasteries, and Jain buildings gen ...

, etc. The schools are in Halalkarni : Halkarni Bhag High School, Halkarni. Now junior college is also started... Urdu Vidya Mandir Halkarni, Now started Urdh High School....

References

Cities and towns in Kolhapur district {{Kolhapur-geo-stub