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Belavanaki is a village in southern state of
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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Ron Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe A ...
Taluka of Gadag district in Karnataka. It belongs to Belagavi Division.


Location

It is located: * It is located 31 km towards North from district headquarters in Gadag * 19 km from Ron * 433 km from State capital
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* Mallapur (7 km), Yavagal (8 km), Hadli (10 km), Lingadal (11 km Balaganur (11 km) are the nearby villages to Belavanaki * Belavanaki is surrounded by Naragund Taluk towards west, Navalgund Taluk towards west, Gadag Taluk towards South,
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 ...
Taluk towards North * Ron, Nargund, Navalgund, Gadag are the nearby Cities to Belavanaki * As per
constitution of India The Constitution of India (IAST: ) is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental ri ...
and Panchyati Raj Act, Belavanaki village is administered by Adhyaksha (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.


Profile

* Gram Panchayat:Belavanaki * Village Panchayat Chairman:Hanamantappa Saidapur * Number of Wards:06 * Number of Home hold:1,002 (census 2001) * Assembly Constituency:Naragund Constituency * Lokasabha Constituency:Bagalkot Lokasabha * Member of Parliament: P C Gaddigoudar * Member of Legislative Assembly: B R Yavagal (Naragund)


History and origin of the village name

According to the Ron inscription introduces the Ganga subordinate Mahamandalik
Butayya
as the governor of Gangavadi-96,000
Belvola-300
Puligere-300 provinces in Saka 864 (A..D. 942) while his Kurtakoti inscription mentions the chief as holding charge of the same provinces in Saka 868 (A.D. 946) therefore scriptures of Rastrakuta and Chalukyas of Kalyana dynasties shows the existence of this village goes back to ninth and 10th century and it is also ruled by Maratha king Shivaji and Peshwas of 17th and 18th century. This village name may be derived from old name of
Belavala-nadu 300
( Deccan Plains) o
Belvola-300
which means region consisting of 300 villages and also means fertile land.


People and village features

Here people used to call Bolunki, Bolunaki in their own dialect while speaking. Belavanaki is considered to be one of the most important village where its development is considered. Educational institutions, small scale industries like cotton mills, and its history goes back to British colonial period these mills are started by the local feudal land lords. Nevertheless, these mills work in season time and moreover attraction of these mills is old charm where monumental structure and buildings are at the epicentre of the village. This village generally connected with five roads including state highway, it made village like semi urban area because it has school, colleges, bank, film talkies, primary health centre, these urban like features attract peoples from all the villages which are surrounded with Belavanaki.and It is also a birthplace of
S. R. Hiremath S.R.Hiremath (Sangaih Rachayya Hiremath), born 5 November 1944, Belavanaki, Ron, Karnataka, is an Indian environmental and anti-corruption activist based in the state of Karnataka. He has support of BJP and Congress president He is the founde ...
social activist and Founder President of ''Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya'', ''National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources'' and ''India Development Service.''


Culture and temples

In Belavanaki, the majority of the peoples are Hindu and Muslims therefore all festivals are here two religions centric but despite of their different religious faith both they celebrate almost all the festivals, this shows us the village cultural heritage and harmony among the two religion. Local attractions are: * Shree Veerabadreswara temple * Rayara temple * Basavanna Devara temple * Mustigeri Dyamamma temple * Gaali Durgamma temple * Maruti temple * Gurulingammmana Matt * Balaganur Math * Laxmi temple. * Shivananda temple * Gowri Gudi * Amareshwara temple * Mylaradevara Gudi * Kappatana Gudi * Doddeswara Gudi * Kallibasaveswara Temple * Katti Basavannana Gudi * Nagappana Katti * Akka Mahadevi Gudi * Nandhi Basavannana Gudi. * Mecca Masid Here the newly carved statue of Veerabhadra which is considered to be best kind of sculpture in recent time in Karnataka, therefore people from various part of state use to come here to visit this temple.


Youth and self help groups

Belavanaki is also not lacking behind for establishing organisations, co-operative societies, Self-help groups in the village. Here youth and peasant union are strong hold in raising issues of youths, farmers, women's, students in the Gram Sabha meeting. Names of the youth and self-help groups in Belavanaki * Bhumika Mahila swasahay sangha * Salumarada Timmakka Swasahay Sangha * Annapurneshwari Swasahay Sangha * Vidyashree Swasahay Sangha * Lakshmi Devi * Renuka Sthri Shakti Sangha * Sharada swasahay sangha * Akkamahadevi Swasahay Sangha * Dhaneshwari sthri Shakti Sangha * Dyamavva Swasahay Sangha * Gajanana Geleyara Balaga * Bhagath Singh Yuvakara sangha


Education institutions

* Shree Veerabadreswara arts and commerce composite pre-university College * Kannada boys’ model school * Kannada girl's model school * Government Urdu primary School * Navadarshan nursery English medium school


Demographics

As of 2001 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 ...
, Belavanaki had a population of 5118 with 2642 males and 2476 females.Village code= 620300 The population of children age 0–6 is 533 which makes up 11.01% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belavanaki village is 945 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Belavanaki as per census is 864, lower than Karnataka average of 948. village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Belavanaki village was 71.41% compared to 75.36% of Karnataka. In Belavanaki Male literacy stands at 81.74% while female literacy rate was 60.60%.


Transportation

Ron is the nearest town to Belavanaki. Ron is 19 km from Belavanaki. Road connectivity is there from Ron to Belavanaki. Nearby railway stations are:
Mallapur Railway station Mallapur is also known as Mallapuram before (2000's) is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It falls under Uppal mandal of Medchal-Malkajgiri district. It is administered as Ward No. 5 of Greater Hyderabad Municipal ...
- 5 km; Balganur- 10 km; Somankatti- 14 km and
Hombal Hombal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 627800 Hombal, Gadag, Karnataka It is located in the Gadag taluk of Gadag district. Education Hombal has several co-educational schools for both genders. Most are g ...
- 18 km.


Airports

* Hubli Airport- 69 km * Sambra Airport (Belagavi, Karnataka)- 116 km *
Kolhapur Airport Kolhapur Airport , also known as Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport is a regional airport in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. It is situated at Ujlaiwadi, 9 km South-East from Kolhapur. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI ...
(Maharashtra)- 193 km * Dabolim Airport (Panaji, Goa)- 210 km


Places to visit

*
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 ...
- 33 km * Pattadakkal- 45 km *
Aihole Aihole (pronounced "Eye-hoḷé"), also referred to as Aivalli, Ahivolal or Aryapura, is a historic site of ancient and medieval era Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments in Karnataka, India that dates from the sixth century through the twelfth cen ...
- 57 km *
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 ...
- 64 km * Hospet- 111 km


Nearby cities

*
Ron Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe A ...
- 19 km *
Naragund Naragunda is a town in Gadag district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Nargund is located at . It has an average elevation of 605 metres (1984 feet). Etymology The name "Nargund" comes from "Nari Gundu", which means "Hill ...
- 24 km *
Navalgund Navalgund or Navalagunda is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Navalagunda or Navilagunda means hill of peacocks. Navalgund is famous for Navalagunda durries. Navalagunda durries has been accorded Geographica ...
- 25 km * Gadag- 31 km


Taluks

* Ron- 19 km *
Naragund Naragunda is a town in Gadag district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Geography Nargund is located at . It has an average elevation of 605 metres (1984 feet). Etymology The name "Nargund" comes from "Nari Gundu", which means "Hill ...
- 24 km *
Navalgund Navalgund or Navalagunda is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Navalagunda or Navilagunda means hill of peacocks. Navalgund is famous for Navalagunda durries. Navalagunda durries has been accorded Geographica ...
- 25 km * Gadag- 31 km


District headquarters

* Gadag- 31 km *
Bagalkot Bagalakote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalakote district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha about 481 km (299 mi) northwest of state capital Bengaluru, 410 km (2 ...
- 65 km *
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 ...
- 74 km * Koppal- 81 km


See also

* Gadag *
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

*
James M. Campbell James M. Campbell was an American politician from Stevens Point, Wisconsin who was elected in the fall of 1847 to serve a single one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Portage County in the 1st Wiscon ...
(1884).
Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency Volume xxii Dharwar
'. Bombay: Government Central Press. p. 857.


External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090409224557/http://gadag.nic.in/ * http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_11/introduction1.html * http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/distGazetteer.html# * https://archive.org/stream/karnatakainscrip014940mbp#page/n7/mode/2up * https://books.google.com/books?id=pI9IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false {{Settlements in Gadag district Villages in Gadag district