Shigli is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

located in the

Shirhatti Shirahatti is a panchayat town in Gadag district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Shirahatti is located at . It has an average elevation of 659 metres (2162 feet). Demographics India census A census is the procedure o ...

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 ...

Gadag district Gadag is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad district. As of 2011, it had a population of 1064570 (of which 35.21 percent was urban). The overall population increased by 13.14 perce ...

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 ...

. It is situated to the south of district headquarters Gadag, from

, and from state capital

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. Shigli's pin code is 582210, and the postal head office is Shigli. The villages near Shigli include: *Adarakatti (8 km), *Ramagiri (10 km), *Suranagii (12 km), *Batturu (14 km), *Adharahalli (16 km). Shigli is surrounded by

Taluk towards the north,

Shiggaon Shiggaavi is a municipal town in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Shiggaon is about 365 km from Bengaluru and 465 km from Pune on the NH-48 (National Highway 4). Shiggaon taluk was earlier in Dharwad distric ...

Taluk towards the west, Haveri Taluk towards the south, and

Kundgol Kundgol also spelled as Kundagola is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Introduction Kundgol is Located in Dharwad District of Karnataka is about 14 km south-west of Hubli and 32 km south-west of D ...

Taluk towards the west.

Lakshmeshwar Lakshmeshwara is a town, and newly created Taluk place along with Gajendragad in Gadag district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is about 40 km from Gadag and 55 km from Hubli. It is an agricultural trading town. Lakshmeshwara Te ...

Savanur Savanuru is a locality and taluk headquarters of Savanuru Taluk in Haveri District of Karnataka state, India. History Savanuru was one of the princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. ...

, Gadag are the nearby cities to Shigli.

Transport

By rail, the Yalvigi Railway Station, Kalas Halt Railway Station are the very nearby railway stations to Shigli. However

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 ...

Jn Railway Station is a major railway station from Shigli.

Demographics

Total area of Shigli is . Elevation is above sea level. Kannada is the local language here. As of 2001 India

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, Shigli had a population of 10,111, with 5,054 males and 5,057 females and 1,866 households.

Schools and Colleges in Shigli

Government middle primary schoolGss Kgm School Shigli
*SS Koodalmath School Shigli *SPMB science arts and commerce college shigli

Nearby tourist places

* Laxmeshwar 7 km near *

55 km near * Dandeli 98 km near *

Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Uttara Kannada District is a major coastal district of Karnataka, and currently holding the title of the largest district in Karnataka. It is bordered by the state of Goa and Bela ...

108 km near *

Badami Badami, formerly known as Vatapi, is a town and headquarters of a taluk by the same name, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It was the regal capital of the Badami Chalukyas from CE 540 to 757. It is famous for its rock cut monumen ...

109 km near * Hospet 114 km near

Nearby districts

* Haveri 34 km near * Gadag 50 km near *

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 ...

73 km near * Koppal 89 km near

Nearby railway stations

* Yalvigi Railway Station 7 km near * Kalas Halt Railway Station 10 km near *

Railway Station 14 km near *

Gudgeri Gudgeri is a village in the Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Village code= 685300 Gudgeri, Dharwad, Karnataka It is located in the Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district in Karnataka. Village information Gudge ...

Railway Station 15 km near

Nearby airports

Airport 59 km near

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Airport 142 km near

Dabolim Dabolim is a village, with a total population of around 6700, in Mormugão, Goa, India. It is located about 30 km from the state capital Panjim, 23 km from the South Goa district headquarters Margão and 5 kilometres from Vas ...

Airport 200 km near

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

Airport 242 km near

References

External links

*http://Gadag.nic.in/ *http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/india/projects/computeraidedlearningsurvey/gadag.htm {{Gadag Cities and towns in Gadag district