Thirthahalli is a panchayat

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located in the

Shimoga district Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. Jog Falls view po ...

of the state of

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. It lies on the bank of the river Tunga and is also the headquarters of the Thirthahalli Taluk of Shimoga district.

Geography

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/ref> It has an average elevation of 591 metres (1938 feet). The Tirthahalli Town Panchayat has population of 14,528 of which 7,093 are males while 7,435 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Languages

The majority of people speak

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

. There are also a sizeable number of Tulu speakers in this region.

Notable people

* Kuvempu - Kannada author and poet, Jnanapeetha and Padma Vibhushan awardee *

Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Shantaveri Gopala Gowda (14 March 1923 – 9 June 1972) was a socialist politician who was thrice elected to Karnataka Vidhanasabha, the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, in 1952, 1962 and 1967. Gopala Gowda was born in Sagara, Karnataka to a ...

- Socialist Leader and Politician. *

U. R. Ananthamurthy Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was an Indian contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language. He was born in Thirtahalli Taluk and is considered one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. In 199 ...

- Contemporary writer, Novelist and critic, Jnanapeetha and Padma Bhushan awardee. *

Kadidal Manjappa Kadidal Manjappa (1908–1992) was the third Chief Minister of Karnataka (then, Mysore State) for a short period of time in 1956 (19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956). He hailed from the village of Kadidal in the nature rich Tirthahalli taluk o ...

- Politician and former Chief Minister of Karnataka * Justice. M Rama Jois - Advocate and Chief Justice, Former Governor of Jharkhand and Bihar * M. K. Indira, Kannada Novelist. *

Poornachandra Tejaswi Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. He made a great impress ...

- writer, environmentalist and son of kuvempu. *

Anupama Niranjana Anupama Niranjana ( kn, ಅನುಪಮಾ ನಿರಂಜನ) (1934–1991) was a doctor in India and writer of modern Kannada fiction and non-fiction. She advocated the woman's point of view and was one among such writers in Kannada, w ...

- Novelist *

Girish Kasaravalli Girish Kasaravalli (born 3 December 1950) is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. Known internationally for his works, Kasaravalli has garnered fourteen National Film Awards, including f ...

- Multiple award-winning Kannada Film Director, Padmashri awardee. * Kimmane Rathnakar- Politician and former minister of Legislative assembly * Araga Jnanendra- Home Minister of Karnataka and former chairman of Mysore Paper Mills. * Kaviraj (lyricist)- Poet, lyricist, director in Kannada film industry *

Diganth Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Awar ...

-Kannada film actor

Education institutions

* * Tunga Mahavidyalaya * Sahyadri Polytechnic * * Sevabharathi Higher Primary School * *

References

External links

Official Website of Thirtahalli Town Panchayath
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Shimoga district Populated places in the Western Ghats Tourism in Karnataka Taluks in Shimoga District