Talikatte is a village in the
Holalkere
Holalkere is a town and taluk headquarters located near Chitradurga in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Places of worship
The town has a temple to the deity Ganesha and was established in 1475 CE by Guthyappa Nayaka. The temple contains Ganes ...
Taluk of
Chitradurga District
Chitradurga district is an administrative district of Karnataka state in southern India. The city of Chitradurga is the district headquarters. Chitradurga gets its name from Chitrakaldurga, an umbrella-shaped lofty hill found there. Tradition ...
in Karnataka. About 1400 families live in this village. Majority of people living in this village belong to the
Kuruba Gowda caste.
It's a remote village with no buses plying to it.
It has become famous all over India as the village home to about 800 teachers. No other village in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
has produced so many teachers. Each family in the village has at least one person in the teaching profession. The teachers of Talikatte have settled all over
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 ...
.
References
Villages in Chitradurga district
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