Honnāli

Honnāli
—  city  —
Honnāli
Location of Honnāli
in Karnataka and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Karnataka
District(s) Davanagere
Population 15,574 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 540 metres (1,770 ft)

Honnāli is a panchayat town in Davanagere district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Shimoga is around 44 km to the south, Ranebennur is around 46 km to the north, Harihar is around 40 km to the north east & Shikaripur is around 37 km to west of Honnali.

Tungabhadra river flows through this taluk. Main occupation of the people in this taluk is agriculture.

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Geography

Honnali is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 540 metres (1771 feet).e

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Honnali had a population of 15,574. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Honnali has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 62%. In Honnali, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Nearest tourist places can be visited are Trirtha rameshwara which is famous for Lord Shiva temple.

Religious center

This place is holy place for Veerashaiva community(a mejority community of karnataka), because of HIREKAL MUTT or Channappaswamy mutt, which is a brach of ShriShaila Peetham. The present religious head of this institution is 'Sri Sri Sri Wodeyer Chandrashekara Shivacharya Swamiji'.

Because of Ragavendra swami mutt, it is also a holy place for Madhva Brahmins. So it also called as Second Mantralaya.

There is a famous religious gathering every year in the month of January called Durgamma Festival, where in hundreds of sheep and goats are given offering for the temple(these animals are killed brutally in the name SACRIFICE TO GODDESS).

Politics

The current Member of Legislative Aassembly from Honnali constituency is M.P. Renukacharya. He was elected for the second time as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from this constituency in 2008.

Education

Schools and Colleges: There are around 15 schools and 5 Colleges in Honnali.GJC IN TB CIRCLE IS MAIN COLLEGE OF HONNALI

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Honnali
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

there is famous school called kanaka vidya samsthe there is 10 teachers harish