Arkalgud

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| MLA = A.T RAMASWAMI
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'''Arkalgud''', also known as '''Arakalagudu''' is a [[panchayat town]] and is one among the eight taluks of [[Hassan district]] in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. It is situated 30 km from Hassan, 181 km from [[Mangalore]] and 195 km from [[Bangalore]]. The river Hemavati forms the entire northern boundary of the Taluk; river [[Kaveri]] runs through a portion of the south. It is well connected by road to many towns and cities of Karnataka. [[Holenarasipura]] is the nearest railway station to Arakalgud taluk and the nearest
airport is in [[Mangalore]].

==History==
It is said that Gautama rishi performed penance to [[Surya]](Sun God) and installed the idol of Arkeshwara, the presiding deity of the local Arkeshwara temple and the town was originally called Arkapuri (city of an image of Arkeshwara, the presiding deity). Hence the name Arkalgud came into existence. It was founded by Krishnappa Nayaka, one of the Aigur (Balam) chiefs in 1568 A.D. It was then captured by [[Kanthirava Narasaraja I]] of [[Mysore]] in 1647 A.D., it was retaken subsequently by Keladi Shivappa Nayaka of [[Ikkeri]] and finally in 1694 by [[Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar]] (1673–1704) of Mysore.

==Geography and salient features==
Arkalgud is located at {{Coord|12.77|N|76.06|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Arkalgud.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Arkalgud]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|918|m|abbr=on}}.
It lies partly in semi-malnad and partly in maidan tract. The total geographical area of the Taluk is {{cvt|675|km2}}. It occupies sixth place in the District in terms of geographical area. The soil is red sandy derived from granites, gneiss and schists. The soil is red to brownish in colour, shallow to fairly deep shallow, loamy to sandy loamy in texture intermixed with fairly large amounts of coarse gravel and pebbles. They are well drained but poor in bases and water holding capacity. It is favourable for growing crops like paddy, sugarcane, coconut, potato, vegetables and plantation crops under irrigated conditions. It is suitable for growing ragi, millets, pulses, groundnut, potato and maize under rain-fed conditions. The river [[Kaveri]] enters at Kodavinahosahalli, a village in the south of Arkalgud and flows only through a small portion of about 24 km and enters [[Mysore]] district. An Anicut called [[Krishnarajakatte]] has been constructed across the river in the Taluk from which two channels viz. [[Kattepura]] channel and [[Ramanathapura]] channel take off for a length of about 24 km and 30 km respectively. The [[Kattepura]] channel runs along the south bank, past Rudrapatna; and the Ramanathapura Channel along the north bank past [[Konnanur]] and [[Ramanathapura]] to Basavapatna. The river Hemavati divides Arakalgud and Hassan taluks. The river enters in Honnathapura in the western side and flows towards to east and enters [[Holenarasipura]] taluk. The taluk receives rainfall from south-west monsoon. It is located at around {{convert|3085|ft}} above sea level. This taluk enjoys dry and cold climate during the year as the central part of the Taluk borders the [[Malenadu]] region and south-eastern portions form the southern maidan region. One can find some low hilly regions in the taluk as well as high altitude region such as Hippi-betta (3486 ft. or 1063 meters) in the western portion of the taluk. Konanur is the largest village in the taluk Basavapatna is one of the other village of arakalgud taluk and Lakshmikanthaswamy temple is situated and Ramanathapura temples are famous in the same taluk every year one month jatra will be celebrated here.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Arkalgud had a population of 15,184. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Arkalgud has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Hassan district]]

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