Alnavar is a
panchayat town
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
in the
Dharwad district
Dharwad is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Dharwad, also known as Dharwar. Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore and 421&nbs ...
in
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 ...
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India
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. "Anilpur" was the ancient name of "Alnavar." C M Nimbannavar is the MLA of the town. It is known for its wood factory and wood industries. Being a small town it has a railway junction which comes under south western railway lines of India. Some of the places to visit are dandeli which has its own forest.the full famous of wood mills are any time available
Any type of woods ..
Geography
Alnavar is located at . It has an average elevation of 563 metres (1847 feet). Trains from
Bangalore
Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...
to
Vasco da Gama passes through this town.
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 in ...
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Alnavar had a population of 16,286. Males constitute 51% of the population and females constitute 49%. Alnavar has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kannada, Hindi & Marathi are the most widely spoken languages.
As per 2011, the census population is 17228.
References
Cities and towns in Dharwad district
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