Navalgund or Navalagunda is a
panchayat town
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in
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 the
India
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state
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Karnataka
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. Navalagunda or Navilagunda means hill of peacocks. Navalgund is famous for Navalagunda durries. Navalagunda durries has been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Its GI tag number is 51.
Geography
Navalgund is located at . It has an average elevation of 578 metres (1896 feet). It is situated 35 km from
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 ...
and is famous as the birth place of 'Jamkhanas', the floor covering woven using cotton ropes, a kind of flat & thin carpet. It is famous for the Holi festival. The world famous Ramling Kamanna and the famous Naglinga Swamy temple are in Navalgund, as well as the famous Nilamma Tank
Annigeri, Alagavadi, Morab and Shalavadi are the main villages.
Bennihalla is the main stream that flows through Navalgund.
A holy place near Navalagund is Yemanur.
Education
*Shri Shankar Arts, Commerce & Science College
* Shri Gurashantheshwar High School & P U College, Shalawadi
Demographics
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census
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Navalgund had a population of 22,200. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Navalgund has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Navalgund, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Navalgund Religion Data 2011
Population, 24,613
Hindu, 72.14%
Muslim, 26.51%
Christian, 0.16%
www.census2011.co.in
References
Cities and towns in Dharwad district
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