Ugar Budruk is a village in the southern state of
Karnataka
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,
India
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.
[Village code= 16900 ] It is located in the
Athni 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 ...
of
Belgaum district in Karnataka. It is around 38 km from the city of
Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks o ...
, Maharashtra. Ugar comes under the Kagwad constituency.
"
Budruk" is a place designation meaning 'big'. Ugar Budruk has been gradually outgrown by the nearby town
Ugar Khurd
Ugar Khurd is a town and municipal council in the district of Belagavi, in the state of Karnataka, India.
The town is famous for Ugar Sugar Works. It lies on the banks of mighty Krishna River. As per 2011 census the population of town is abou ...
('small Ugar'), which has a population of about 24,000.
Demographics
India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, Ugar Budruk had a population of 9770 with 5072 males and 4698 females.
Ugar Budruk is famous for Sri Padmavati Devi temple and Dasara festival called "Holi Pooja"(nadi pooja). About 75% of Jain population will be found in this village.
There are two convent schools viz. JLC school and JET school providing quality education to children from LKG to Matriculation, also two Government schools are there. The main source of income for the people in this village is agriculture and the basic crop is Sugar Cane, but with advancement in irrigation and other agri facilities people are moving towards more commercial crops like grape yard etc.
See also
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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 ...
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Districts of Karnataka
The Indian State of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions. The state geographically has 3 principal regions: the coastal region of Karavali, the hilly Malenadu region comprising the Western Ghats, and the ...
References
External links
* http://Belgaum.nic.in/
Villages in Belagavi district
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