Asandi is a village in

Kadur Kaduru, also known as Kadur, is a town and a Taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, in Karnataka. It is located at . located in the rain shadow region of western ghats, most of the taluk is dry unlike much of the district. Kadur is known for Areca ...

taluk,

Chikkamagaluru Chikmagalur, known officially as Chikkamagaluru, is a city and the headquarters of Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the foothills of the Mullayanagiri peak of the Western Ghats, the city attracts tourists from ...

district,

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. It is situated from

Ajjampura Ajjampura is a town and taluk headquarters in the Districts of India, district of Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Ajjampura has a police sub-inspector's office, one movie theatre, a Veterinary medicine, veterinary hospi ...

railway station.

History

In ancient times it was a place of considerable importance. Under the

Gangas The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

(350–1000 CE) and the

Hoysalas The Hoysala Empire was a Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent that ruled most of what is now Karnataka between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at Belur, but was later move ...

(1026–1343 CE) it was a chief city of a principality, which was governed by Vijayaditya, son of king

Sripurusha Sripurusha was a Western Ganga Dynasty king who ruled from 726 - 788 CE. According to the Javali inscription Sripurusha ruled for 62 years. He had marital relations with the Badami Chalukyas and used titles such as ''Muttarasa'', ''Rajakesari'' ...

, and in the 12th century and 13th century by a line of Ganga chiefs. Asandi was an importand

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center as there was a Mulasthana-basadi at Asandi.

Demographics

Asandi is a village

panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...

containing the villages of Asandi, K.Chomanahalli, M.Chomanahalli, and Aadigere, with postal indication number code of 577550. The population of Asandi in 1901 was 1006. The 2001 Indian

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recorded the population of Asandi as 2,938. Males constituted 49.9% of the population and females 50.9%. Kadur had an average literacy rate of 77.79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 86.48%, and female literacy was 69.2%.

References

{{Chikkamagaluru topics Villages in Chikkamagaluru district