Kaladgi is a

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in the Bagalkot Taluk,

Bagalkot District Bagalakote district(), is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalakote. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur an ...

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 ...

State2011 Census Village code = 598773, and is located about 25 km by road west of the town of Bagalkot. Kaladgi is well known for its fruit gardens.

History

In the initial stages of the British regime, cavalry was stationed here by the Southern Maharashtra Jahgirdars. It was found to be a very suitable place for the movement of troops. After the war, in 1864 it was made the district headquarters. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (Vol.7 p. 314), Kaladgi had a population of 7,024 in 1881, including 4,420 Hindus, 2,521 Muslims, 19 Jains and 58 Christians. In 1884 the district headquarters was shifted to Bijapur. Several old buildings and tombs of the British days, still remain at this place. The town has a town Panchayat and a Khadi production Unit.

Geography

Kaladgi

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

area is bounded on the north by the banks of the

Ghataprabha River The Ghataprabha river is an important right-bank tributary of the Krishna River and flows eastward for a distance of 283 kilometers before its confluence with the Krishna River at Chikksangam. The river basin is 8,829 square kilometers wide and ...

, to the east is the Chikka-Shellikeri gram panchayat area, to the south is the Yandageri village area of Badami Taluka, and to the west is the Khajidoni gram panchayat area.

Transport

Kaladgi is well connected by road. Karnataka State highway 20 passes through Kaladgi. The

National Highway 52 (India) National Highway 52 (NH 52), Sangrur, Punjab to Ankola, Karnataka, is a National Highway in India. The national highway 52 was numbered after amalgamating many existing national highways of India. The old highway numbered NH-63 was from Ank ...

passing through Bagalkot (Gaddangiri Cross) connects at about 12 km and another

National Highway 50 (India) National Highway 50 (NH 50) is a primary national highway in India. It traverses the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. The total length of the highway is . Route NH 50 * Nanded * Loha * Kandhar * Jamb bk Jalkot * Udgir * Bidar * Humnabad * ...

passing through Bagalkot (Ilkal, Hunagund) connect at 50 km. The nearest Railway station is Bagalkot. All these modes of transports connects Kaladgi to

Hubli Hubli, officially known as Hubballi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad distr ...

Bijapur Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluk. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural ...

Raichur Raichur (formerly Raichore) is a city and municipality in the district of Raichur in the Indian state of Karnataka. Raichur, located between Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, is the headquarters of Raichur district. It is located 409 km fr ...

and

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

by road and connects Kaladgi to

Gadag Gadag-Betageri is a city municipal council in Gadag district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Gadag District. The original city of Gadag and its sister city Betageri (or ''Betgeri'') have a combined cit ...

and Bijapur by train.

Other

Kaladgi is famous for fruits like

Pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...

Sapota ''Manilkara zapota'', commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, naseberry, nispero or chicle, is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán in the ...

, Grapes etc. These fruits are exported all over India as well abroad, Shri Bapurao L Chavhan his One of the famous fruits grower. Kaladgi has a very well known temple called Sri Gurulingeswara Matha. Late shri shri shri Chandrashekhara Swamiji was Guru/Swamiji of this temple. Also in this place is a fine temple of Basavanna, built out of famous Shellikeri Blackstone. It also has some British Officers Tombs, it also has few foreign visitors searching for ancestral leftovers. This village will be submerged in the Almatti Dam Project. The new location is yet to be developed. The Father of Indian Revolutionary freedom fighter

Vasudev Balavant Phadke Vasudev may refer to * Vasudeva, father of Krishna in Indian epics * Vasudev (name) *''Vakkeel Vasudev ''Vakkeel Vasudev'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Vishwambharan, starring Jagadish, Jayaram and Sunitha in the lead rol ...

was captured in a temple here after a fierce fight with the British.

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* {{Authority control Villages in Bagalkot district Districts of British India