Muddebihal

Muddebihal is located at ^[1]. It has an average elevation of 563 metres (1847 feet).Muddebihal is 80 km distance from district city Bijapur and 500 km distance from state capital Bangalore.

Adavi Somanal,Alur,B.Salawadagi,Basarakod,Bavur,Bhantanur are the villages in the Muddebihal Taluk.The near by villages are Bidarakundi(3.5 k.m),Kuntoji(3.7 k.m),Kavadimatti(4 k.m),Hadalageri(4 k.m),Kolur(7.7 k.m) and Mural(10k.m.).The near by towns are Basavana Bagewadi(27.7 k.m),Sindagi(66.6 k.m),Bijapur(80 k.m), Bagalkot (64 k.m).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Muddebihal had a population of 28219. This small town is categorized as Class- III town.It has total Area 8.25 sq kms. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Muddebihal has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 58%. In Muddebihal, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.Most of the people depends on agreeculture.Ground nut,Sunflower,Bajra,wheat are main crops. The maximum Summer Temp is 42 degree and Winter Temp is 28 degrees.

Muddebihal Town Municipal Council

Muddebihal Muncipality established in 1973.This includes 23 wards,23 elected members and 5 nominated members.

Education

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Schools in Muddebihal are either government run or private (both aided and un-aided by the government).There were only two schools-Sarkari Kannada Boys Primary school and Sarkari Kannada Girls Primary School till 1990.After 1990, many new Kannada and English medium schools are established. Pinjara School is started in 1999.

HIGH SCHOOLS

V B C Highschool is the premier highschool founded by Gangamma Chinivar. This was only highschool till Mutayna High school established in 1986. The alumnis of V B C highschool are holding very high position in govt and private sectors.There are other schools like Anjuman High School and MGMK English Medium School.

COLLEGES

The “Shrimati Gangamma Veerappa Chiniwar Vidya Prasarak Trust” in 1967 started the degree college M G V C College.This college is affiliated to Karnataka University,Dharwad. This college offers following degree courses -

    *B.A. History, Economics, Political Science
    *B.A. History, Economics, Sociology 
    *B.Sc. Chemistry, Botany, Zoology
    *B.Sc. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
    *B.Com. (Regular)

The "Shrimati Gangamma Veerappa Chiniwar Vidya Prasarak Trust" is bearing the luminous name of matoshri Gangamma Veerappa Chiniwar. Who donated all her property generously to trust for the better cause of Education. Her sacrifice made her an ever memorable great mother “Matoshri” to all the students/children of the the Institutes established by the Trust. Muddebihal, though a good old Taluka head quarter in Bijapur District didn't had education institute above the High School level. The establishment of “Shrimati Gangamma Veerappa Chiniwar Vidya Prasarak Trust” in 1967 fullfilled need of the town & its surrounding rural area. The Trust since then has established the following institutions.

 *M.G.V.C. Arts, Commerce & Science College-Muddebihal
 *M.G.V.C. Arts, Commerce & Science P U College-Muddebihal
 *M.G.V.C. JOC Courses in Library Science, Sericulture and NTC -Muddebihal
 *Gangamata Balamandir – Muddebihal
 *Gangamata I.T.I- Muddebihal
 *M.G.V.C.T.T.I (D.Ed.) College – Muddebihal

Teacher Education Institute offering D.Ed started from year 2004-05. These Institutions of the Trust are imparting high quality Education& Training to thousands of children belong to poor family.

Tourism

The closest tourism destinations to Muddebihal are Yalaguru,Almatti dam, Narayanpur dam,KudalaSangam,Badami, Shivyogi Mandir,Pattadakal and Aihole. The nearest major railway station to Muddebihal is Almatti(23 KMs).The nearest airport is Belgaum (170 KMs).

Almatti Dam: The height of Almatti dam was been restricted to 519.66 meters by the supreme court. Any increase in the height of Alamatti will be owned and will be held responsible by Karnataka Government. According to latest dicision of Brijesh kumar commity new hight of dam can be 524 metar,now it will store more water.The krishna river conflict between andhra,karnataka,and maharastra is been resolved by the supreme court and almati dam is authorised to rise the height of the dam to 524 meters

Kudalasangama(also written as Kudala Sangama) (Kannada: ಕೂಡಲ ಸಂಗಮ) is an important pilgrimage for people of the Lingayat community. It is located about 15 km from the Almatti Dam in Bagalkot district of Karnataka state on the banks of Krishna river and Ghataprabha. The Aikya Mantapa or the holy Samādhi of Basavanna, the founder of the Lingayat communityalong with Linga, which is believed to be self-born (Swayambhu), is situated here. The Kudala Sangama Development Board takes care of the maintenance and development of this place. The Krishna and Ghatprabha rivers merge here and flow east towards Srisaila (another pilgrim center) in state of Andhra Pradesh.The main attractions in and around Kudala Sangama are

•Sangamanatha Temple,Built in Chalukya style. •Aikya linga of Basaveshwara •Basava Dharma Peetha's Mahamane Campus •Poojavana. The Poojavana with neat paths amidst trees, a mini forest. •The colossal Sabha Bhavana

References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Muddebihal
^ "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.