: ''See Bilgi for disambiguation'' Bilagi 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 ...

and

taluka 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 ...

in the Bagalkot district 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 ...

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 ...

. It is located at a distance of 30 km from the district headquarters of

Bagalkote 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 ( ...

. The main occupation of people in this taluka is agriculture. Most of the farmers grow sugarcane.

History

To the north of Bilgi is a stone pond called Arettina Bavi ('six-bullock well'), an object of interest. The temple inside the well of Mahadeva, is not worshipped as the linga is broken. The stone inscriptions in Kannada and Persian built into the walls of the well register that it was constructed by Visajipanta in 1708. There is a dargah of Hasan Dongri, in the town. Moharam festival is celebrated in a big way here. One Km to the south of Bilgi is the temple of Shri Siddeshwara, encompassed by hillocks. On a footstep of the temple is an inscription of 1695–96 which records construction of the eastern doorway by Khanderao Timmaji, a subordinate of Vajir Haidar Khan. The famous historic Siddeshwar temple is worshiped by town people It is place of cultural and festival like moharam and Karad hunnime etc

Geography

The town of Bilgi is located at . It has an average elevation of 509 metres (1669 feet). The taluka covers and lies between 16°-03′ to 16°-32′ north latitude and 75°-73′ to 76°-49′ east longitude. The taluka is bordered by Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur District to the north, Mudhol Taluka to the west, Bagalkot Taluka to the south and southeast, and Jamakhandi Taluka to the north. The Krishna River and reservoir form its northern boundary. The

National Highway 52 (India) National Highway 52 (NH 52), Sangrur, Punjab to Ankola, Karnataka, is a National Highway in India. The national highway 52 was numbered after amalgamating many existing national highways of India. The old highway numbered NH-63 was from An ...

passes near this place.

Demographics

, the town of Bilagi had a population of 15,464. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Bilagi had an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 66% and female literacy of 49%. 16% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Divisions of taluka

In addition to the headquarters town of Bilgi, Bilagi Taluka has twenty

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s which administer from one to seven sub-villages; they are: * Anagwadi * Arakeri * Badagi (Badgi) * Chikkalagundi * Galgalli * Girisagar * Heggur * Herkal * Honnihal * Inam-Hanchinal * Kandagal * Kataraki (Katarki) * Kollur * Korthi * Kundargi * Siddapur * Sonna * Sunag * Teggi * Nagaral * Yadahalli

Culture

Just north of the town is Arettina Bavi ('six-bullock well'), a stone enclosed pond or well. Inside the well there is a temple to Mahadeva Shiva; however, the ''

lingam A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary '' murti'' or devotional ...

'' is broken. On the walls of the well are inscriptions in

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 ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

that record its construction in 1708. The Kannada inscription says Visaji Mahadeva Pandita of Gargya-gotra.

Noted people

Amirbai Karnataki Amirbai Karnataki (c. 1906 – 3 March 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as ''Kannada Kokila''. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song ''Vaishnav Jan To''. Early life Amirbai ...

- Famous actress and singer, was born in Bilagi

References

External links

* {{Clear Cities and towns in Bagalkot district