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Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada (Kannada ????? ????? ) is a district in the southern India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
. It is sometimes called North Canara, or North Kanara. It is bounded on the northwest by the state of Goa

Goa

Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...
, on the north by Belgaum District

Belgaum district

Belgaum district is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The city of Belgaum is the district headquarters. By the 2001 Census of India, it had a population of 4,214,505 of which 24.03% were urban....
, on the northeast by Dharwad District

Dharwad District

Dharwad District is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.The administrative headquarters of the district is the town of Dharwad....
, on the east by Haveri District

Haveri District

Haveri is a district in the state of Karnataka, India....
, on the southeast by Shimoga District

Shimoga District

Shivamogga District is a district in the Karnataka state of India. Shivamogga is alternatively spelt as Shimoga. A major part of this district lies in the Malnad region of the Western Ghats; a region known for its green forests, plentiful rainfall, beautiful waterfalls and also of being the source of many rivers that flow in Karnataka....
, on the south by Udupi District

Udupi district

Udupi District in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada to form Udupi district....
, and on the west by the Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

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Uttara Kannada (Kannada ????? ????? ) is a district in the southern India

India

States and territories of India

Karnataka

Goa

Belgaum district

Dharwad District

Haveri District

Haveri is a district in the state of Karnataka, India....
, on the southeast by Shimoga District

Shimoga District

Udupi district

Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
. The district has an area of 10,291 km², and a population of 1,353,644 (of which 28.66% were urban as of 2001, a 10.90% increase since the 1991 census. The town of Karwar

Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Uttar Kannada District was initially under Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency , also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India....
and subsequently came under Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the British East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula....
. 90% of the population of this area speak Kannada, Konkani

Konkani language

Konkani is an Indo-Aryan languages belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India. It has approximately 7.6 million speakers of its two individual languages, Konkani and Goan Konkani....
and Marathi languages. Uttara Kannada is a tourism district.

History

Uttara Kannada was the home of the earliest Kannada kingdom, the Kadamba kingdom from the 350

350

Events...
- 525

525

Events* Dionysius Exiguus proposes a calendar based on the birth of Jesus Christ....
CE. They ruled from Banavasi. After the subjugation of the Kadambas by the Chalukyas, Uttara Kannada district came under successive rule of great Kannada empires like Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas and Vijayanagar empire.

Famous Arab traveler Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Berber, scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of nearly thirty years and covered almost the entirety of the known Muslim world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in t...
had stayed for a time in the district under the protection of Nawayath

Nawayath

The Nawayaths are a small Muslim community found living in and around the town of Bhatkal a prosperous little picturesque town with quaint old abodes and villas on the west coast of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India....
Sultan Jamal al-Din at a Hunnur. This place is presently known as Hosapattana and is located in the Honnavar taluka. Ruins of an old mosque and its minaret can still be seen in the village.

The district came under the rule of Maratha empire

Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state located in present-day India. It existed from 1674 to 1818. At its peak, the empire's territories covered much of South Asia....
from around 1700 CE. to 1800 CE. It was ceded to the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War

The Third Anglo-Maratha War was a final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India, which left the Company in control of most of India....
in 1818. The British established North Kanara district as initially as a part of Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency , also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India....
in 1859 CE. and later made it a part of Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the British East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula....
in 1862 CE. After India's independence in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reconstituted as Bombay state

Bombay State

The State of Bombay is a former state of India.During British raj, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency....
. In 1956 the southern, Kannada-speaking portion of Bombay state was added to Mysore state

Mysore State

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British British Raj. Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Mysore merged his realm with the Union of India....
, which was renamed Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
in 1972.

Geography

The main geographic feature of the district is the Western Ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
or Sahyadri range, which runs from north to south through the district. Between the Sahyadris and the sea is a narrow coastal strip, known as the Payanghat, which varies from 8 to 24 km in width. Behind the coastal plain are flat-topped hills from 60 to 100 meters in height, and behind the hills are the ridges and peaks of the Sahyadris. East of the Sahyadris is the Balaghat

Balaghat

Balaghat is a city and a municipality in Balaghat district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balaghat District....
upland, part of the vast Deccan plateau.

Moisture-bearing winds come from the west, and yearly rainfall averages 3000 mm on the coast, and as high as 5000 mm on the west-facing slopes of the Sahyadris. East of the crest is the rain shadow

Rain shadow

For the Australian television series see Rain Shadow .A rain shadow or rainshadow, or more accurately, precipitation shadow, is a dry region of land that is leeward of a mountain range or other geographic feature, with respect to prevailing wind direction....
of the Sahyadris, which receive as little as 1000 mm annually. Much of the rain falls in the June-September monsoon

Monsoon

A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind that lasts for several months. The term was first used in English in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the region....
.

Four principal rivers drain westwards from the crest of the Sahyadris to the sea; from north to south they are the Kali, Gungawali, Aghanashini and Sharavati. These rivers form numerous waterfalls, the most famous of which is Jog falls

Jog Falls

Jog Falls , created by the Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 meters is the highest Waterfall#Types of waterfalls in India Located in Shimoga District of Karnataka state, these segmented falls are a major Karnataka tourism#Water Falls and Caves....
, on upper reaches of the Sharavati in neighboring Shimoga district. Other famous waterfalls include Unchalli Falls, where the river Aghanashini drops 116 meters, Magod Falls

Magod Falls

Magod Falls is a one of the beautiful waterfalls of Karnataka, where the river Bedti falls from a height of nearly 200m in two steps forming a glorious waterfall....
, where the Bedti river plunges 180 meters in two leaps, Shivganga falls

Shivganga falls

The Shivaganga falls is a 74 m high waterfall on the river Sonda in Uttara Kannada, India. This is about 22 km away from the town of Sirsi. The waterfall is located in an area of thick forest....
, where the river Sonda(Shalmali) drops 74 meters, and Lalguli falls and Mailmane falls on the river Kali. In the lowlands, these rivers form wide estuaries

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
, extending several kilometers inland from the coast.

People and the culture

The languages of the district are Kannada, Konkani

Konkani language

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Marathi people of western India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million fluent speakers worldwide....
, Tulu

Tulu language

Tulu is a Dravidian languages language of India with fewer than two million speakers, known as Tuluvas. Most Tuluvas live in the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the west of the state of Karnataka....
and Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a Central_Indo-Aryan_languages#Central_Zone_.28Madhya_or_Hindi.29 Indo-Aryan languages of the Indo-Iranian languages, belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages....
. The population is predominantly Hindu comprising of many communities called as Bhandaris, Havyaka

Havyaka

Havyaka Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin subsect primarily from the Indian state of Karnataka and Northern Kerala. Havyakas mostly profess the Advaita Vedanta propounded by Adi Shankaracharya....
, Konkan Maratha Havyaka, Goud Saraswat Brahmins, Daivajna Brahmins, Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins, Vokkaligas, Sherugars, Namadhari naik

Namadhari naik

Namadhari Naik is a Hindu Vaishnava community predominantly found in Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka State in India and are numerically a majority community in the district....
, Nadavara and Vaishya (Vanis) etc.

Muslims in the district are mainly Urdu

Urdu

Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
, and Honnavar. The Konkani speaking people include Christians also.

Ecology

The district's high rainfall supports lush forests, which cover approximately 70% of the district. The North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests

North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests

The North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion of southwestern India. It lies between 250 and 1000 meters elevation in the northern portion of the Western Ghats range, from their northern end in Maharashtra state, through Karnataka to the transitional forests of Wayanad in Keral...
cover the Sahyadris below 1000 meters elevation. Many trees lose their leaves in the drier months. In pockets above 1000 meters elevation lie the evergreen

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
North Western Ghats montane rain forests

North Western Ghats montane rain forests

The North Western Ghats montane rain forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion of southwestern India. It covers an area of 30,900 square kilometers , extending down the spine of the Western Ghats range, from Maharashtra state in the north through Karnataka to Kerala state in the south....
. Anshi National Park

Anshi National Park

Anshi National Park is located in Uttara Kannada district, in the Indian state of Karnataka, bordering the state of Goa. The 340 square kilometre park adjoins the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary, and together with six other protected areas in the states of Goa and Maharashtra, forms a protected forest area of over 2200 square kilometres....
, near Dandeli

Dandeli

Dandeli is a city in Northern Karnataka, India in the Western Ghats, near to Goa. It is best known for its wildlife sanctuary, tourism, industry and as an educational hub....
, preserves approximately 250 km² of semi-evergreen forest, which is home to tiger

Tiger

The tiger is a member of the Felidae family; the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. Native to much of eastern and southern Asia, the tiger is an apex predator and an Carnivore#Obligate carnivores....
, elusive black panther

Black panther

A black panther is a black color variant of one of several species of larger Felidae which are known by the term panther in various parts of the world, and belong to the feline genus panthera which contains lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars....
, leopard cat

Leopard Cat

The Leopard Cat is a small Felidae of Southeast Asia....
, gaur

Gaur

The gaur is a large, dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The biggest populations are found today in India. The gaur is the largest species of wild cattle, bigger than the African Buffalo, Wild Asian Water Buffalo and bison....
, Asian Elephant

Asian Elephant

The Asian or Asiatic Elephant , sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies – the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas....
, sambar

Sambar Deer

Sambar , is the common name for several large dark brown and maned Asian deer, particularly for the Indian species , which attains a height of 102 to 160 cm at the shoulder and may weigh as much as 546 kg , though more typically 162-260 kg ....
and a range of birds and reptiles. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary protects 834 km² of semi-evergreen and bamboo

Bamboo

The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
forest in the watershed of the Kali river and its tributaries, the Kaneri and Nagajhari. The Wroughton free tailed bat is endemic to the forests of Bhimgad, a proposed wild life sanctuary. The district is also home to patches of savanna

Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
and degraded scrub jungles, which are often the result of over-use for logging or grazing. Much of the lowland has been cleared for agriculture. Mangrove

Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
forests can be found in the river estuaries, and the sandy beaches are home to groves of Calophyllum
Calophyllum

Calophyllum is a plant genus of around 180-200 species of tropical evergreen trees in the family Clusiaceae. Its members are native to Australasia, Madagascar, Eastern Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, the Pacific islands, the West Indies and Latin America....
inophyllum, coconut

Coconut

The Coconut Palm is a member of the Family Arecaceae . It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaf 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth....
and screw pine (Pandanus
Pandanus

Pandanus is a genus of monocots with about 600 known species. Plants vary in size from small shrubs less than 1 m tall, up to medium-sized trees 20 m tall, typically with a broad canopy and moderate growth rate....
spp.). The rocky beaches at Binaga, Arga, Belekeri, Tadadi, Ankola Keni, Kadle, Kumta, Dhareshwar, Kasarkod, Murdeshwar, Bhatkal and Belke of the district are rich with marine fauna diversity. The rocky beaches of Uttara Kannada District harbours the invertebrates belonging to the Phylum Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.

Agriculture

The chief crops of the district are rice

Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
and sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a genus of 6 to 37 species of tall perennial plant Poaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar and measure 2 to 6 meters tall....
, along with a great diversity of other crops. Tree crops include coconut

Coconut

Cocoa

Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao from which chocolate is made. "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate; Cocoa solids, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids; or it may refer to the combination of both cocoa p...
, cashew

Cashew

The cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil. Its English language name derives from the Portuguese language name for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi language name, acaj?....
, mango

Mango

Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae....
, banana

Banana

File:Banana and cross section.jpgBanana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit....
, pineapple

Pineapple

Pineapple is the common name for an edible tropical plant and also its fruit. It is native to the southern part of Brazil, and Paraguay. This herbaceous plant perennial plant grows to tall with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves long, surrounding a thick plant stem....
, Garcinia
Garcinia

Garcinia is a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is highly disputed, with various sources recognizing between 50 and about 300 taxa as specifically valid....
, and sapota; vegetables include onion

Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
, radish

Radish

The radish is an Eating root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman Empire times. They are grown and consumed throughout the world....
, cucumber

Cucumber

The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash , and in the same genus as the muskmelon....
, cauliflower

Cauliflower

Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed....
, sweet potato

Sweet potato

The 'sweet potato' is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I....
, brinjal, and amaranth

Amaranth

Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold....
; spices include pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper is a flowering plant vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning....
, cardamom

Cardamom

The name cardamom is used for herbs within two genera of the ginger family Zingiberaceae, namely Elettaria and Amomum. Both varieties take the form of a small seedpod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds....
, ginger

Ginger

Ginger is a spice which is used for cooking and is also consumed whole as a delicacy or medicine. It is the rhizome of the Zingiber, Zingiber officinale....
and nutmeg

Nutmeg

The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. They are important for two spices derived from the fruit, nutmeg and mace....
. Millet

Millet

The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal Crop or grains, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. They do not form a scientific classification group, but rather a functional or agronomic one....
and cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
are grown in the drier portion of the district east of the Ghats. In addition to agriculture, forestry and fisheries are also important.

Nature

Attiveri bird sanctuary is home to 79 species of birds including migratory birds from 22 countries. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for the elusive black panther among other animals like Gaur, Tiger and Leopards. The Kavala caves with their 5 ft. high natural Shiva linga, Synthery rocks is a 500 ft high rock flanked by natural caves and waterfalls, Vincholi rapids, Sykes point which offers a view of Kali river, and a suspension bridge are places worth visiting in this sanctuary. Yana is an enchanting place that can be reached by trekking about 10 km through lush forest. Yana is famous for its tall jagged rock formations and waterfalls. There is also a shrine of Bhairaveshvara here. Anshi National Park

Anshi National Park

Sirsi

Sirsi is a town in the Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is a mountain town with a population of around 65,000 people....
, Magod Falls and Sathodi Falls near Yellapura are some of the best natural falls in Uttara Kannada District. There are many dams in this district namely Supa Dam

Supa Dam

Supa Dam is built across Kalinadi or Kali river in state of Karnataka in India. The dam is situated in Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district. The power house at the foot of the dam has two electricity generators of fifty megawatt each....
,Kodasalli Dam

Kodasalli Dam

Kodasalli Dam is built across the Kali River in Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. This dam was built by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited....
and Kadra Dam

Kadra Dam

Kadra Dam is situated in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. The dam is constructed across river Kalinadi. The dam was primarily built as hydroelectric project for supply of water to turbines of electric power generating station....
. The famous Atomic energy station at Kaiga is on the beautiful banks of river Kali.

Temple towns

Utara Kannada district is famous for its Jain Basadi

Basadi

Basadi is a Jain shrine or temple.The word is generally used in South India, including Maharashtra. Its historical use in North is preserved in the names of the Dilwara Temples and Dilwara Temples temples of Mount Abu....
, Vijayanagar and Nayaka architecture. The Chaturmukha Basadi, Vardhamanaswamy Temple, Parshwanatheshwara Basadi at Gerusoppa, Chandranath Deva Basadi and 24 tirthankara's basadi at Hadavalli

Hadavalli

Hadavalli is a small village, situated about 20km from Bhatkala in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India....
or Sangitapura , erotic sculptures of temples of Bhatkal are well known. Some well known temples at Bhatkal are the Parshwanatheshwara Basadi, Santappanaik Tirumala Temple, Virupaksha Narayan Temple, Bala Kini Raghunath Temple, Khetapai Narayan Temple, Ventakaraman Temple, Padmavati Devi Temple at Hadavalli

Hadavalli

Hadavalli is a small village, situated about 20km from Bhatkala in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India....
. The Aryadurga Temple at Ankola

Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
, Partagaali Jivottam Mutt and Mahabaleshvara temple at Gokarna which is an important place of Vedic

Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
studies, Mahalasa Narayani Temple at Kumta

Kumta

Kumta is a town and a taluka place in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is a costal town and is about 60 km south of the city of Karwar and 20 km north of Honavar....
, Ventakaraman Temple Honavara and Chitrapur Mutt, Mahaganapati Mahamaya Temple at Shirali and the Madhukeshvara and Veerabhadra temples at Banavasi and beach temple at Murdeshwara. Other important religious places are the Maarikamba Temple at Sirsi, Sahasra Linga about 15 km from Sirsi

Sirsi

Sirsi is a town in the Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is a mountain town with a population of around 65,000 people....
, Swarnavalli Math

Swarnavalli Mutt

Adi Shankaracharya established 4 Maths in the four cardinal directions of Bharat Varsha. Those are Sri Dwaraka Peetham, Sri Sharada Peetham at Sringeri Karnataka, Sri Jyotirmatha Peetham at Badarikashram in North and Sri Govardhan Peetham in Jagannatha Puri at East....
belonging to the Havyaka

Havyaka

Havyaka Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin subsect primarily from the Indian state of Karnataka and Northern Kerala. Havyakas mostly profess the Advaita Vedanta propounded by Adi Shankaracharya....
and Rama Kshatriya community, Sonde or Vadiraj Math of the Madhva

Madhva

Madhva can refer to:* Madhvacharya, Vaishnavism and founder of the Dvaita school of thought, at Pajaka, Udupi in Karnataka, India.* A person belonging to the Dvaita ...
community, the Shankar Math and Bhuvangiri temple near Siddapur

Siddapur

Siddapur is a panchayat town in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is located near the town of Sirsi....
.

Dargahs

Utara Kannada district was home to many sufi saints. The popular 'Dargahs' or graves of sufi saints are as follows:

Hazrat Shansuddin awliya- Located in Sadashivgad
Hazrat Makhdoom Faqeeh Ismail Sukri - Located at Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
Hazrat Makhdoom Abu Mohammed- Located in Murudeshwara
Murudeshwara

Murudeshwara is a town in the Bhatkal Tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. "Murudeshwara" is another name of the Hinduism god Shiva....
Hazrat Shah Nanga - Located at Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....

Villages and towns

Yellapur
Kumta
Kumta

Kumta is a town and a taluka place in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is a costal town and is about 60 km south of the city of Karwar and 20 km north of Honavar....
Dandeli
Dandeli

Dandeli is a city in Northern Karnataka, India in the Western Ghats, near to Goa. It is best known for its wildlife sanctuary, tourism, industry and as an educational hub....
Sirsi
Sirsi

Sirsi is a town in the Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is a mountain town with a population of around 65,000 people....
Siddapur
Siddapur

Siddapur is a panchayat town in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is located near the town of Sirsi....
Ankola
Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
Karwar
Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
Bankikodla-Hanehalli
Bankikodla-Hanehalli

Hanehalli-Bankikodla , twin villages of Uttar Kannada district are neighbouring villages in a valley in the western south section of Karnataka, India....
Gokarna
Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
Murdeshwara
Honnavar
Dantkal
Dantkal

Dantkal is a village near Sirsi, Karnataka, Uttara Kannada, State of Karnataka, India. All people staying there are Havyaka, and the village is only connected with roads from Sirsi and Siddapur....

Industries

There are many Tiny/Small Scale Industries registered with the Directorate of Industries & Commerce. The major products of these units are Roofing Tiles, Coir products, Jewelry, Food products, Wood & Steel Furniture, Glass & Ceramics, Sea Foods etc. Some of these SSI & Tiny Industries are providing Job Works, Components & Spares required for Large & Medium Scale Industries both within and out side the District. Eight Large & Medium Scale Industries in the District are producing variety of products viz, Paper, Duplex Board, Caustic Soda, Ferro Alloys, Transmission Gears, Food Concentrate, Herbal Medicines & Pharmaceuticals. The Specialty of Large & Medium Industries in our District are not posing threat to the existing SSI Units of the District, on the other hand they are complementary. The future industrial growth of Uttara Kannada District is bright owing to the Sea Bird Project at Karwar & due to the Large Investment likely to take place on Tadadi

Tadadi

Tadadi is a port near to Gokarna, India....
Port and also the proposed Railway line between Ankola & Hubli.

Transportation

Highways

The following major highways pass through the district.

NH-17 Which connects Edappally near Ernakulam
Ernakulam

Ernakulam refers to the eastern part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Ernakulam is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to Ernakulam District....
in Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
and Panvel
Panvel

Panvel city and a municipal council lies in Raigad district in India in States and territories of India of Maharashtra. Panvel is also known as gateway of Konkan region....
near Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
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NH-206 Which connects Honnavar and Bengaluru
NH-63 Which connects Ankola
Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
and Hubli

Railways

The following Railways pass through the district:

Konkan Railway
Konkan Railway

The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along along the Konkan of India. It was constructed and is operated by a Konkan Railway Corporation....
Which connects Mangalore
Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the India state of Karnataka. Bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats mountain ranges, Mangalore is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in southwestern Karnataka....
and Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
via Kumta,
Londa to 'Vasco Railway line which passes through 'Castle Rock'
Casle Rock to Dandeli
Dandeli

Dandeli is a city in Northern Karnataka, India in the Western Ghats, near to Goa. It is best known for its wildlife sanctuary, tourism, industry and as an educational hub....
Railway line.
Hubli -Ankola
Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
railway line is proposed to link Karwar port and the northern Karnataka.

The nearby Airports

Goa
Goa

Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...
International airport
Belgaum
Belgaum

Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India.It is situated nearly 2,500 ft above sea-level and is the headquarters of Belgaum district, which borders the states of Maharashtra and Goa....
airport
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore International Airport

Mangalore International Airport is a domestic and international airport serving the coastal city of Mangalore, India. The airport was opened in 1951 as the Bajpe Aerodrome and the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru arrived on the maiden flight.....

High schools and Colleges

Anandashram High School, Bankikodla
Anandashram High School, Bankikodla

'Ananadasharm High School' one of the 2nd oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada was a private school located in Bankikodla-Hanehalli. The school was founded by M ....
Dr. A. V. Baliga college, Kumta
Dr. A. V. Baliga college, Kumta

Dr. A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science is one of the institutions in Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, India offering B.A and B.Sc degrees. This is the oldest college in Uttar Kannada and was called as Kanara College....
G. C. College, Ankola
Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
Arts and science college, Karwar
Arts and Science College, Karwar

Government Arts and Science College Karwar, a First Grade College, affiliated to Karnatak University Dharwad was started as Shri Keshav Gajanan Sabnis Arts and Science College by Academy of General Education Karwar in June 1961 and taken over by Government of Karnataka in June 1977....
Arts and Science college, Honnavar
Arts and Science college, Honnavar

Arts and Science College, Honnavar is one of the institutions in Uttar Kannada Karnataka, India offering B.A and B.Sc degrees....
Gibbs High School, Kumta
Gibbs High School, Kumta

Gibbs High School, Kumta, is one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada district. This was established on4 June 1908. This is the full-fledged first private high school of this District and was initially named as ?New English School?, Kumta to distinguish it from existing Kumta municipal A.V.School....
Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna
Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna

Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna is one of the oldest high schools in Kumta taluk, Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka, India, being established in 1946....
Hindu High School, Karwar
Hindu High School, Karwar

Hindu High School, situated in the heart of Karwar is the oldest school in town. It was founded by Waman Mangesh Dubhashi. Over the decades, this school has produced outstanding students who have reached distinguished positions in society....
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Jai Hind High school (Edwards), Ankola
Jai Hind High school (Edwards), Ankola

Jai Hind High school , Ankola is one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada district.The former headmastersNotable alumni...
Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola
Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola

Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola is one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada district. The school was founded by Dinakara Desai's Kanara Welfare Trust, Ankola....
MES's M. M. College of Arts and Science, Sirsi
MES's M. M. College of Arts and Science, Sirsi

MES's College of Commerce, Sirsi is one of the institutions in Karnataka, India offering B.A and B.Sc degrees....
Government High School, Karwar
Government High School, Karwar

Government High School, Karwar is one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada district.The former headmasters...
Janata Vidyalaya, Dandeli
Janata Vidyalaya, Dandeli

Janata Vidyalaya, Dandeli is a higher secondary school in Dandeli, Karnataka, India....
Shri Jagadamba High School, Sarkuli
Shri Mahaganapathi High School, Kibballi
Dhanvantari Ayurvedic Medical College, Siddapur
Anjuman Engineering College, Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
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V. R. Deshpande Rural Institute of Technology at Haliyal
Haliyal

Haliyal is a Panchayat town in Uttara Kannada in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It can be classified as Main road towns.The NH-63 passes through this town...
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Sri Somnath Highschool Binaga, Karwar
Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
Sri SitaRamachandra (SR) High School, Bilagi
Mahatma Gandhi College of Arts and Science, Siddapur
Siddapur

Siddapur is a panchayat town in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. It is located near the town of Sirsi....
Divekar College of Commerce, Karwar
Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
Anjuman Arts, science, and Commerce college, Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
Anjuman Institute of Management, Bhatkal
Bhatkal

Bhatkal is a port town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The Nawayath Muslim community comes from Bhatkal.The town lies on NH-17 running between Mumbai and Mangalore....
Nirmala Hridaya English medium school, Ankola
Ankola

Ankola which is a Taluk is in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. A small town by any standard surrounded by numerous temples. The main language spoken here is Kannada, and a dialect of Konkani that is unique to Uttara Kannada....
New High School, Karwar
Sadashivgad High School, Karwar
Unity High School, Karwar
Swami Vivekananda High School, Karwar
Unity High School, Karwar
Sri shivaji secondary school,Ulga Karwar
Sri Mahasatee Pre-University college Ulga Karwar
Sri Mahasatee Arts,commerce and Science Degree College Ulga Karwar
Ideal School , Kumta

Newspapers

English and Urdu Online newspaper www.sahilonline.org is published from Bhatkal town.
Karavali Munjavu from Karwar.
Nagarika from Honavar.
NudiJenu from Ankola by B.Honnappa
Kanada Vruththaa from Kumta

Notable People from the district

N. G. Chandavarkar
N. G. Chandavarkar

Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar was an early Indian National Congress politician and Hindu reformer. He was regarded by some as the "leading Hindu reformer of western India"...
Gangadhar V. Chittal
Gangadhar V. Chittal

Childhood Gangadhar the older brother of Yashwant Chittal was born in Bankikodla-Hanehalli. Gangadhar completed early education in his hometown Hanehalli....
Yashwant Chittal
Dinakara Desai
Dinakara Desai

Dinakara Desai was a well-known Kannada poet and a social activist. He is the inventor of a four-line limerick format in Kannada poetry known as chutuka and hence is known as Chutuka Brahma ....
SAPA. Gaonkar
SAPA. Gaonkar

Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar , also called Sa.Pa. Gaonkar, a Nadavara was an Indian politician, and author. Sapa. Gaonkar was often described as ?Sajjan?, or "good and gentle"....
Gopal H. Gaonkar
Gopal H. Gaonkar

Gopal H. Gaonkar is an Indian born Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University, Florida. He earned his Doctor of Science ., in Helicopter Engineering from Washington University, St....
Ramakrishna Hegde
Ramakrishna Hegde

Ramakrishna Hegde was born on August 291926 at Siddapur, Uttara Kannada district. He was an Indian politician, Chief Minister of the Karnataka State for three terms and later served as the Union Cabinet....
Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri , Minister of Primary and Secondary Education ]]
Narayan Hosmane
Narayan Hosmane

Narayan S. Hosmane is an India cancer research scientist who made the featured article in magazine and is currently distinguished research professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the inaugural board of trustees professor at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb....
Ramachandra S. Hosmane
Ramachandra S. Hosmane

Ramachandra S. Hosamane is a Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Hosmane has over 150 peer-reviewed research publications in reputed international journals....
Gourish Kaikini
Gourish Kaikini

Gourish Kaikini was a litterateur, teacher and columnist in Kannada language. He was conferred with many prestigious awards including Sahitya Academy award and Rajyotsava Award given by Government of Karnataka....
Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini

Jayant Kaikini is a poet, short stories author and movie songs scriptwriter in Kannada....
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad

Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and Film Director in Kannada language. He is the latest of seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada language, the highest literary honour conferred in India....
Arvind S. Nadkarni
Arvind S. Nadkarni

A. S. Nadkarni a Kannada poet was given the Karnataka state Sahitya Akademi Award award for his work "Atma Bharath". He was the President of the Kannada Savitya Sammelana held in Madikeri, Kodagu....
Mangesh V. Nadkarni
Mangesh V. Nadkarni

Mangesh V. Nadkarni was a Professor of literature, and a Philosopher. He lectured many times in India and abroad on Sri Aurobindo?s philosophy and vision....
Sundar Nadkarni
Anant Nag
Anant Nag

Anant Nag is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. He is considered to be one of the all time greatest actors in the Kannada film industry with a vast number of commercially successful movies....
Shankar Nag
Shankar Nag

Shankar Nag , originally known as Shankar Nagarakatte , along with his elder brother Anant Nag was a popular actor and director of Cinema of Karnataka....
Dayanand N. Naik
Dayanand N. Naik

Dayanand N. Naik is an India-born Statistician and a Professor of Statistics at Old Dominion University in Virginia. He is an author of many research papers in statistics....
N. K. Naik
N. K. Naik

Niranjan K. Naik is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , India. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from I....
R. B. Naik
R. B. Naik

R. B. Naik was the Honorable Chairmen of the Karnataka Legislative council Vidhan Parishad of the Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. He died of heart attack in office as chairmen....
S. R. Nayak
S. R. Nayak

The Honorable the Chief Justice S. R. Nayak was elevated as a Judge of High Court of Karnataka state, India on 25 February 1994 and subsequently he was sworn in as Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh state, India on 21 March 1994....
Venkanna H. Naik
Venkanna H. Naik

Venkanna Husbu Naik was a Commissioner of Bijapur District, India, and a Deputy commissioner of Dharwar District. He instigated several new plans to help economically and socially backward sects of Bijapur district....
Amrita Rao
Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao is an Indian model and Bollywood actress.Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras , which went unnoticed....
Rama Raghoba Rane
Rama Raghoba Rane

Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane, was born on 26 June 1918 at Chendia, Karnataka,India. He comes from Konkan Maratha Community karwar. His statue has been erected in Karwar....
Kannika Hegde
Ananth Hegde Ashisar
Dr. L. R. Hegde
Pandurang Hegde
Dr. S. N. Naik

Uttara Kannada

History

Geography

People and the culture

Ecology

Agriculture

Nature

Temple towns

Dargahs

Villages and towns

Industries

Transportation

Highways

Railways

The nearby Airports

High schools and Colleges

Newspapers

Notable People from the district

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