Its My District

Gadag, a unique district located in the western part of northern Karnataka, lies between 14.52 North latitudinal parallels and 75.17 and 76.02 East longitudinal parallels. The district is bounded by six districts namely Dharwad on West, Belgaum on the NorthWest, Bagalkot on the North,Koppal on the East, Bellary on the South East and Haveri on the SouthWest. MalaPrabha River in the North and Tungabhadra in the South form the natural boundaries. 

Kanaginahal village which is in Gadag District is the birth place of first Cooperative movement in Asia .

Gadag District is also known for Wind Power Generation. Many big companies have started generating power using the Wind Power in various places of Gadag.

A famous centre of Kalyani – Chalukya art. Veera Narayana Temple and Someshwara Temple .The large Trikuteshwara temple has a principal shrine that consists of three lingas mounted on the same stone. Inside the temple one can see beautiful stone screens and little fiburea carved exquisitely. The famous Sarswati shrine lies within the complex of the Trikuteshwara temple. It contains marvellous columns and an extremely beautiful idol of the goddess Saraswati.Someshwara is another notable Chalukyan temple.There is also a mosque of Mughal times in the town.

Origin of Gadag :

Gadag district carved out of the erstwhile Dharwad district derives its name from Krutuka,Kratupur,Kardugu and later become Galadugu,Gadugu and utimately GADAG. Gadag is one of twenty-seven of Karnataka state. With creation of new district in 1997 with gadag as its headquarters the district was given the name of the headquarters town called "Gadag-Betageri".

Location :

Gadag, aunique district located in the westernpart of northern Karnataka lies between 14.52 Norht latitudinal paralles and 75.17 and 76.02 East longitudinal parallels. The disistrict is boundded by six districts namely Dharwad on West,Belgaum on the NorthWest,Bagalkot on the Notrth,Koppal on the East,Bellary on the South East and Havari on the SouthWest. MalaPrabha River in the North and Tungabhadra in the South from the natural Boundaries.

Area And Population

The District Spans over a total geographical area of 4656 square kilometers.It measures 104 km from north to south and 84 Km from east to west.The District about 657.4 meters above MSL. 

Gadag ranks twenty-sixth place in term of population in the state.The provisional population of the district according to 2001 Census is 9,71,955 comprising 4,93,795 males and 4,78,160 females. according to the 1991 Census the total population of the District was 8,58,884 consisting 436535 males and 422049 females. During 1991-2001, 113071 people have been added to the total population constituting a decadal variation of 13.14 percent as per 2001 Census the Rural population of district is 6,29,994 and Urban population is 3,41,961. 

Gadag is relatively less densely populated because of the overall density of population in the district is 209 per sq.Km as compared to the state average of 275 per sq.Km as per 2001 Census. 

The population has increased in all the five talukas at considerably different rates. The Rural population is dispersed amongst 307 inhabited villages belonging to the rural population on the other hand is shared by 9 towns.