Tungal
| Tungal | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Tungal Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°41′48″N 75°17′53″E / 16.6968°N 75.2981°ECoordinates: 16°41′48″N 75°17′53″E / 16.6968°N 75.2981°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bagalkot |
| Talukas | Jamkhandi |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 6,689 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Tungal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It is located in the Jamkhandi taluk of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Tungal had a population of 6689 with 3442 males and 3247 females.[1] Savalagi is the nearest place to Tungal. Major crops are Jowar, Maize, Sugarcane, Wheat, Cotton and grapes are also grown here. Educational system is good and for further education students used to go to nearby cities which have good colleges but Arts and Science colleges have come up. Major Temples are Venkatraman, Mallikarjuna, old Krishna temple at the center place and Dharga. Krishna temple has history of more than 1000 years. Every year Krishna Janmashtami, Darga modinsabha urs, Okli and other festivals are celebrated well. Lots of bus facilities are available to and for Jamkhandi and Athani. Tungal comes under Savalagi police station.
Gram Panchat is not effective in this village to take care of the public problems. Majority of graduates leave the village for the better opportunity. Main problems are drinking water, bad street light arrangements, no effective financial institutes like cooperative banks etc. All needy people do not get benefits from village panchayat. Caste based politics need to go out from this village.
Gram panchat is not providing all information about its activities on website so its difficult to know the administration.
Bus Facility:
Tungal-Bijapur: 6 AM, each day Bijapur-Tungal: 5.45 PM, each day
See also
References
- 1 2 Village code= 131900 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-18.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help) - ↑ "Yahoomaps India : Tungal, Bagalkot, Karnataka". Retrieved 2008-12-18.
3. http://stg2.kar.nic.in/gpportal/rpt_SabhaDetails.aspx
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