Bailhongal

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Bailhongal is a town, a taluk in Indian political terms, in the district of Belgaum in Karnataka, India. It is famous for growing cotton. It has great weather throughout the year with the summer temperatures in the 1980's and winters in the 1970's. It's the place where Great Warrior Kittur Rani Chennamma expired.

Bailhongal Taluka is located towards the northeast part of Belgaum. Taluka Head Quarter is about 45 km from the District Headquarters. The total geographical area of the taluka is 1122.40 km². There are 126 revenue villages and 14 hamlets with a total population of 356,400 souls, according to the 2001 census.

There are important pilgrim places in the Taluka namely Bhartinand Swamiji Math Inchal, sogal Someshwar Devastan and historical places like Kittur where freedom fighters like Rani Chennamma and Sangolli Rayanna lived and devoted their lives to country for freedom purpose. Major portion of the agriculture land is covered under the command area of Malaprabha irrigation project. Agriculture is the main occupation of the Taluka. The crops grown mainly are groundnut, jowar, wheat, cotton, maize, sugarcane etc. There is a sugar factory setup at M.K.Hubli at a distance 23 km from Bailhongal. Another factory is under construction near Budrakatti about 20 km away from Bailhongal. The adjacent Talukas are Saundatti, Gokak, Belgaum.