Hubballi

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Coordinates: 15.3617° N 75.0849° E

Hubballi
Hubballi
State  - District(s)	Karnataka  - Dharwad
Coordinates	15.3617° N 75.0849° E
Area	? km²
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2005)  - Density	- ?/km²
Mayor
Codes  - Postal  - Telephone  - Vehicle	- 580001  - +0836  - KA25

Hubballi-Dharwad ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ-ಧಾರವಾಡ, formerly 'Hubli-Dharwad' is a twin city in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dharwad District. It is the second-largest conurbation in Karnataka, after Bangalore.

Contents 1 Hubli 2 Dharwad 3 Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation 4 Transportation 5 Headline text 6 Demographics 7 Climate 8 Notes 9 External links

[edit] Hubli

Hubli City, situated about 20 km east of Dharwad, is the commercial centre of the district. Cotton and peanuts (called groundnuts locally) are grown aplenty in the surrounding rural areas, and Hubli is a major trading center for both commodities. Fish from Karwar, a coastal town 165 km away, is packed and shipped from Hubli. It is also an important city for the Indian Railways, being the zonal headquarters of South Western Railway and the Hubli Division. It also has a wagon workshop.

Hubli is an important industrial centre, with more than 1000 allied small and medium industries already established. There are machine tools industries, electrical, steel furnitures, food products, rubber and leather industries and tanning industries. With the establishment of Bhoruka textile Mill, N.G.E.F and K.M.F. it has gathered momentum in industrial development. Kundgol, den for renowned Hindustani classical music singers, is a town situated about 20 km south-east of Hubli. Sawai Gandharva, Kumar Gandarva, Gangubai Hangal, Bhimsen Joshi, etc. have had their birth as singers from the very place. On the occasion of celebration of golden jubilee of formation of Karnataka state called Suvarna Karnataka, the Hubli city was named as Hubballi. Also 10 cities of Karnataka state were renamed from November first marking the Karnataka State Formation Day also called as Kannada Rajyotsava Day.

Those 10 cities are: Bengalooru (Bangalore), Mysooru (Mysore), Mangalooru (Mangalore), Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Belagaavi (Belgaum), Kalburgi (Gulbarga), Hubballi (Hubli), Hosapete (Hospet) and Tumakooru (Tumkur).

[edit] Dharwad

Dharwad is the cultural capital of Northern Karnataka. It is home of great maestros of Hindustani classical music such as

• Kumar Gandharva
• Basavaraj Rajguru
• Gangubai Hanagal
• Bhimsen Joshi
• Mallikarjun Mansur
• Alur Venkatrao etc.

It is a centre of learning with numerous famous high schools, colleges and universitites.

• Karnatak University
• Nehru Science College
• Anjuman Arts College
• Sana College of Nursing & Medical Sciences
• SDM College of Engineering and Technology
• SDM College of Dental Sciences
• SDM College of Medical sciences
• Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences
• BVB College of Engineering & Technology
• Karnatak College, Dharwad
• Kittel College
• Basel Mission
• St.Joseph's
• University of Agricultural Sciences
• S.K.Arts&H.S.Kotambri sc.Institute
• PC Jabin College
• Dakshina Bharata Hindi Prachar Sabha
• Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya

It is home of many poets such as

• Da Ra Bendre
• Chennaveer Kanavi
• V K Gokak
• NK etc.

Spiritual personalities associated with this city are

• Kumara Swamiji
• Hurakadli Ajja
• Mrityunjaya Appagalu
• Mahanta Appagalu
• Siddharudh Swami
• Shishunal Sharif Saheb

Dharwad is also known for Dharwad Pedha, a sweet made from milk; she-buffaloes for their milk and other delicacies. Due to extremely favourable climatic conditions and because of the aesthetic people, it is often called the 'paradise of pensioners'.

Dharwad is the seat of learning with Karnataka University and Agricultural University. There are large number of Arts, Science, Commerce and Law Colleges in the city. Karnataka Medical College, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences and Engineering and technical institutions are crowning additions to the educational facilities in the city. Due to these educational and industrial facilities, the city attracts considerable floating population.

The city has an advantageous location being surrounded by a number of important historical and mythological places within a radius of about 200 km. There are important tourist and historical places such as Ghataprabha, Gokak Falls, Soundati Yellamma Temple, Kittur, Badami, Pattadkal, Aihole, Kudalasangam, Bijapur, Bagewadi, Basavakallyan on northern side, on the western and southern sides there are Dandeli, Port-town of Karwar, Gokarn Magod falls, Ulavi, Banavasi, Jog-falls, Shimoga and Bhadravathi, Laxmeshwar and Tungabhadra Dam and on eastern side Hampi, Lakkundi and Mantralaya.

[edit] Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation

Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) was constituted in the year 1962 by combining two cities separated by a distance of 20 kilometers. This is a unique experiment in urban development history. The area of this Corporation is 181.66 km². spread over 45 revenue villages. The population of the city as per the 1991 Census was 7 lakhs. The present population is 8 lakhs.

• Hubli: Under the Government of India Act of 1850, the Hubli-Municipal council was established on August 15, 1855.
• Dharwad: The Dharwad Municipal Council first came into existence on 1st January 1856. The first non-official President of the Council was S.K. Rodda in 1907, and Shri S.V. Mensinkai, was nominated in the following year. But the credit of being the first elected President goes to Shri S.G. Karigudari, who took office in 1920.

Hubli is well known as a commercial as well as industrial centre, where as Dharwad is seat of learning. The city is well connected with important cities like Bombay, Bangalore, Hyderabad and port towns of Karwar and Goa and easterns and north eastern regions by an excellent network of roads and rail.

The twin-city Corporation occupies unique place in Karnataka State. After the capital city of Bangalore, this is the largest city Corporation in the State. It is a major railway center and in fact, the very heart of the Northern Karnataka Region. The airport at Hubli is expected to find a place on our national air map with regular flights to and from Bangalore and Mumbai already under operations.

The city is situated in the dividing line between Malenadu and planes. The Malenadu is well known for its forests and forest based industries and the other three side region are known for their agricultural products like cotton, groundnut, oilseeds manganese ore and granite stones. The value of agricultural products coming into Hubli market runs into multiple crores.

[edit] Transportation

Hubli is well connected by road, rail and air.Air Deccan connects Hubli to Bangalore

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[edit] Demographics

The population of the twin cities is 786,000, as per 2001 census and it is estimated more than 900,000 now. Hubli-Dharwad's population increased 22.99% between 1981 and 1991, from 527,108 to 648,298, and by 21.2% between 1991 and 2001. The municipality covers 191 km². Hubli-Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore, on the main highway between Bangalore and Pune in Maharashtra. The City is governed by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation , having an elected council.

[edit] Climate

The climate of the city is extremely good throughout the year and especially Dharwad is known for its salubrious climate.

The M.S.L. of Hubli is 626.97 meters and that of Dharwad is 696.97 meters. The average yearly rainfall is 838mm.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation

• Hubli on Wikimapia.org

• Hubballi at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)