Humnabadis a town in Bidar district

Bidar District

Bidar is a district of Karnataka state in southern India. The historic city of Bidar is the administrative centre of the district. The district is located in the northeastern corner of the state, near the borders with Andhra Pradesh to the east and Maharashtra to the north and west...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 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...

. The town is also the headquarters of Humnabad Taluk. Humnabad is connected by two national highways NH 9

National Highway 9 (India)

National Highway 9 is a major National Highway in central India passing through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh...

 and NH 218

National Highway 218 (India)

National Highway 218 is a national highway of India. This highway connects three main cities in northern part of Karnataka state, namely, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Hubli . It covers a distance of 399 km. The NH 218 was a state highway before nominated as national highway...

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Humnabad is known for Veerabhadreshwar Temple & Manik Nagar. Veteran politicians like M P Ramchandra Veerappa and Basavaraj Patil,m.r.gada are from this place.

Geography

Humnabad is located at 17.77°N 77.13°E. It has an average elevation of 638 metres (2093 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Humnabad had a population of 36,511. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Homnabad has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 55%. In Homnabad, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kannada is the most widely spoken languages of the region.Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 and Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

is also spoken here.

External links

• Official Website of Humnabad Town Municipal Council

Image showing manikprabhu devasthana gate
Image of veerabhadreshwara devasthana