Hombal is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the southern state of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

India

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. It is located in the Gadag taluk of Gadag district

Gadag District

Gadag District had a population of 971,952 of which 35.21% was urban as of 2001. Population increased 13.14% in the decade 1991-2001. The District is bounded on the north by Bagalkot District, on the east by Koppal District, on the southeast by Bellary District, on the southwest by Haveri...

 in Karnataka.It is not very well connected by the transport system and has only one bus stop which is visited by buses with very less frequency.

Schooling

Hombal has three schools which consists of a boys school, a girls school and a co.ed high school.The schools are all government schools.They have some good grounds as well.

Road system

The inner road system in Hombal is like any other rural city with kachha roads.The roads can certainly be improved to a good extent.

Sanitary system

The sanitary system can also be improved.Though dry latrines have been banned by the constitution some houses still have them.But one good change made is that there are no manual scavengers.

Occupation of people

The males are mostly involved in agriculture and heavily depend on rainfall for their yield.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census

Census

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, Hombal had a population of 7860 with 3964 males and 3896 females.

External links

• http://Gadag.nic.in/