Mudigere

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Mudigere
town
Mudigere
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°08′03″N 75°38′30″E / 13.13417°N 75.64167°E / 13.13417; 75.64167Coordinates: 13°08′03″N 75°38′30″E / 13.13417°N 75.64167°E / 13.13417; 75.64167
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Chikkamagaluru
Elevation 915 m (3,002 ft)
Population (2001)
  Total 8,962
Languages
  Official Kannada
  Spoken Languages kannada, Tulu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Mudigere is a panchayat town and taluka in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] It is 35 km from the district headquarters. Several pilgrimage sites are in the taluka including Hornadu (64 km) and Kalasa (52 km). Poorna Chandra Tejaswi, the Kannada writer, photographer, ornithologist, publisher and progressive thinker lived his last years in Mudigere.

Geography and climate

Mudigere is located at 13°08′N 75°38′E / 13.13°N 75.63°E / 13.13; 75.63. It has an average elevation of 915 metres (3001 feet). The annual rainfall is typically very high ranging from 3000 mm to 3500 mm per year.[citation needed]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Mudigere had a population of 8,962. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Mudigere had an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 85%, and female literacy was 79%. In Mudigere in 2001, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.[citation needed]

Taluka

There are twenty-nine panchayat villages in Mudigere Taluka:[3]

  • B. Hosahalli (Bharatibylu)
  • Balur
  • Banakal
  • Bettagere
  • Bidarahalli
  • Chinniga
  • Coove
  • Daradahalli
  • Gonibeedu
  • Halemudigere
  • Hanthuru
  • Hesagal (Belagola)
  • Hornadu
  • Idkani
  • Javali
  • Kalasa (Mavinakere)
  • Kirugunda
  • Kundur
  • Makonahalli
  • Marasanige
  • Nandipura
  • Niduvale
  • Phalguni
  • Samse
  • Sunkasale
  • Taruve
  • Thotadur
  • Tripura
  • Urubage

Culture and education

The temples Bettada Byraweshwara near Mekanagadde and Nanyada Byraweshwara near Byrapura (Hosakere), which is 25 km from Mudigere, are popular tourist destinations in Chickmagaluru, and the College of Horticulture, which offers professional degree in Horticulture and Master's degree in Horticultural sciences (a sub-campus of the ) is also situated in Mudigere. Apart from this Zonal Horticultural Research Station, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Krishi Vigyan Kendra are involved in conducting research and extension activities in the Hill zone of Karnataka.

Schools and colleges

  • College of Horticulture(under University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga)
  • St Martha's High School/College
  • Vokkaligara Sangha
  • Malnad Education Society (MES)
  • DSBG Degree Dollege
  • Govt Junior College (Higher/PU)
  • Govt Girts High School
  • Nalanda School
  • EMRS colleag kotigehara
  • Ashraya PU College Mudigere
  • Malnad ITI College Mudigere
  • Govt Urdu Higher Primary School, Mudigere
  • J S English School, Mudigere

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