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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belagavi District
| other_name = Belgaum District
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Karnataka|District]] of [[Karnataka]]
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top-right:[[Gokak Falls]], [[Navilatirtha]], [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha]], [[Kamala Narayana Temple]], [[Kamal Basadi]] in Belagavi Fort
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| leader_name = M G Hiremath
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* [[Chikodi]] KA-23
* [[Bailhongal]] KA-24
* [[Gokak]] KA-49
* [[Ramdurg]] KA-69
* [[Athani, Belagavi|Athani]] KA-71
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'''Belagavi district''', formerly known as also '''Belgaum district''',<ref name=indianexpress>{{cite news|title=Belgaum becomes Belagavi, as Centre clears name change plan|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/centre-clears-name-change-plan-belgaum-is-now-belagavi/ |access-date=30 August 2020|work=The Indian Express|date=18 October 2014|language=en}}</ref> is a district in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. The district is known as ''Sugar Bowl of Karnataka'' with 1.5 lakh ({{lakh | 1.5}}) hectares being used for commercial production<ref name=kum.kar>{{cite web|title=Belagavi - foundry hub of North Karnataka|url=https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|website=karnataka.gov.in|accessdate=14 March 2021|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213192914/https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and it has displaced [[Mandya district]] in sugar cane production over the last decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-elections-the-jarkiholi-brothers-belagavi-s-sugar-baron-politicians/story-r0JyjzV62OEnCxqDBSKraO.html|title=Karnataka elections: Meet the five brothers from Belagavi who are contesting against each other|date=4 May 2018|work=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> The city of [[Belgaum|Belagavi]] is the district headquarters in [[North Karnataka]]. It houses the [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha|second legislative building]], where the Karnataka Legislature will meet once a year. A popular sweet is kunda. According to the 2011 Census of India, it has a population of 4,779,661, of which 24.03% live in urban areas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=11 January 2010 }}</ref> making it the second most populous district in Karnataka (out of [[List of districts in Karnataka|30]]), after [[Bangalore district|Bangalore]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> The district has an area of {{cvt|13,415|km2}} making it the largest district in Karnataka, and is bounded by [[Kolhapur district|Kolhapur District]] and [[Sangli district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state on the west and north, on the northeast by [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], on the east by [[Bagalkot district]], on the southeast by [[Gadag district]], on the south by [[Dharwad district|Dharwad]] and [[Uttara Kannada]] districts, and on the southwest by the state of [[Goa]].

==History==
[[File:Halasi 12.jpg|thumb|left|'''Bhuvaraha Narasimha temple''' Halasi, [[Karnataka]]]]
[[File:Panchalingeshwara temple.JPG|thumb|left| Panchalingeshwara temple Hooli]]
Belagavi is the Divisional Headquarters of [[North Karnataka]]. The original name of the town of Belgaum was Venugrama, meaning ''Bamboo Village''. It is also known as Malnad Pradesh. The most ancient place in the district is [[Halasi|Halsi]]; and this, according to inscriptions on [[Indian copper plate inscriptions|copper plates]] discovered in its neighborhood, was once the capital of a dynasty of nine [[Kadambas|Kadamba]] kings. It appears that from the middle of the 6th century to about 760 the area was held by the [[Chalukya]]s, who were succeeded by the [[Rashtrakuta]]s. After the break-up of the Rashtrakuta dynasty a portion of it survived in the [[Ratta dynasty|Rattas]] (875–1250), who from 1210 onward made Venugrama their capital. Inscriptions give evidence of a long struggle between the Rattas and the [[Halasi#Kadamba dynasty|Kadamba]]s of [[Goa]], who succeeded in the latter years of the 12th century in acquiring and holding part of the district. By 1208, however, the Kadambas had been overthrown by the Rattas, who in their turn succumbed to the [[Yadavas of Devagiri]] in 1250. After the overthrow of the Yadavas by the [[Delhi Sultanate]] (1320), Belgaum was for a short time under the rule of the latter; but only a few years later the part south of the [[Ghataprabha River]] was subject to the Hindu rajas of [[Vijayanagara]]. In 1347 the northern part was conquered by the [[Bahmani Sultanate]], which in 1473 took the town of Belgaum and conquered the southern part also. When [[Aurangzeb]] overthrew the [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapura]] sultans in 1686, Belgaum passed to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]. In 1776 the country was overrun by [[Hyder Ali]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], but was taken by the [[Madhavrao Peshwa]] with British assistance. In 1818 it was handed over to the [[British East India Company]], and was made part of the district of [[Dharwad district|Dharwar]]. In 1836 this was divided into two parts, the northern district becoming Belgaum.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Belgaum|volume=3|page=668}}</ref>

[[Yadur]] is situated beside the [[Krishna river]], and there is a famous Veerbhadra temple there. Many devotees visit the area from Karnataka and Maharashtra. [[Hooli]] is one of the oldest villages in Belgaum district. There are many [[Chalukya]] temples in the village, including the famous Panchaligeswara temple.

[[Kittur]] in Belgaum district is a place of historical importance. [[Rani Chennamma]] of Kittur (1778–1829) is known for her resistance to British rule.

The British had a sizable infantry post here, having realised the military importance of its geographic location. It is one of the reasons for Belgaum's sobriquet ''The Cradle of Infantry''. Development of a rail network for the movement of resources and later troops was one of the means employed by both the British East India Company and the British to exert control over India. Belgaum's railway station, the [[Mahatma Gandhi]] Railway Station was established by the British. A signboard declaring the sobriquet can be seen hung on Platform 1 at the station.

===Border dispute===
{{main|Belgaum border dispute}}
After India became independent in 1947, the Belgavi district (which was in the erstwhile [[Bombay Presidency]]) became a part of the [[Bombay State]]. In 1948, the Belgaum Municipality that was dominated by Marathi speaking politicians requested the Indian Dominion, Indian Constituent Assembly, and the Boundary Commission to include the Belgaum Municipal district in the proposed [[Samyukta Maharashtra]] state for the Marathi speakers.<ref name="Frontline_A_dispute">{{cite news|author = Ravi Sharma|title = A dispute revived|url = http://www.flonnet.com/fl2225/stories/20051216007912400.htm|publisher = Frontline|date = 16 December 2005|access-date = 24 October 2006|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20061016232259/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2225/stories/20051216007912400.htm|archive-date = 16 October 2006|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

In accordance with the established policy of bifurcation on a linguistic majority basis, in 1956, the [[Belgaum district]] was incorporated into the newly formed [[Mysore state]] (now [[Karnataka]]) with the passage of the [[States Reorganization Act]], adjoining areas that had a majority of Marathi speaking citizens were included in the newly formed [[Maharashtra]] state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.articlearchives.com/north-america/united-states-southeast-usa/1856354-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512003413/http://www.articlearchives.com/north-america/united-states-southeast-usa/1856354-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 May 2012|title=DomainMarket.com, The world's best brand new brands}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= Jaishankar Jayaramiah |title = Karnataka caught in 'language' web |url = http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109230 |publisher=The Financial express |date= 21 November 2005 |access-date = 1 November 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310192251/http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109230 |archive-date = 10 March 2007|url-status= dead |df = dmy-all}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
The administration of Belgaum district has been divided into 14 [[taluk]]s.

* [[Belgaum]]
* [[Bailhongal]]
* [[Chikkodi]]
* [[Gokak]]
* [[Hukkeri]]
* [[Raibag]]
* [[Ramdurg taluka|Ramdurg]]
* [[Athani, Belagavi|Athani]]
* [[Saundatti]]
* [[Khanapur]]
* [[Kittur]]
* [[Nippani]]
* [[Kagawad]]
* [[Mudalagi]]

[[Athani taluk]] is the largest with an area of 1,997.70 km<sup>2</sup> and Raybag taluk is the smallest with an area of 958.8 km<sup>2</sup>. The district comprises three revenue sub-divisions headquartered at [[Belgaum]], [[Bailhongal]] and [[Chikodi]] governed by an [[assistant commissioner (revenue)|assistant commissioner]] and taluks headed by [[Tehsildar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://belagavi.nic.in/en/tehsil/|title=Sub Divisions and Talukas {{!}} District Belagavi, Government of Karnataka {{!}} India|language=en-US|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> and has six police sub-divisions. Apart from the Belgaum City Corporation, there are 17 municipalities, 20 towns, 485 [[gram panchayat]]s, 1,138 inhabited villages and 26 non-inhabited villages. Belgaum is also the headquarters of the Belgaum Revenue

==Water Bodies==
List of Rivers flowing through Belgaum District
* [[Krishna]],
* [[Malaprabha]],
* [[Ghataprabha]],
* Vedhganga,
* Doodhganga,
* Mahadayi,
* Pandari,
* Hiranyakeshi

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=11,31,186|13=1911|14=10,83,804|15=1921|16=10,88,763|17=1931|18=12,37,223|19=1941|20=14,10,054|21=1951|22=16,45,620|23=1961|24=19,83,498|25=1971|26=24,22,994|27=1981|28=29,78,913|29=1991|30=35,83,606|31=2001|32=42,14,505|33=2011|34=47,79,661|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Belgaum district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 4,779,661,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Singapore]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Singapore 4,740,737 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Alabama 4,779,736
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 25th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 356 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.38%.<ref name=districtcensus/> There were 969 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.94%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.08% and 6.22% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Belagavi district (2011)<ref name="Religion"/>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Karnataka|Hinduism]]|darkorange|84.49}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|11.06}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Karnataka|Jainisim]]|brown|3.73}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.72}}
}}
Hindus are the biggest religion in the district with 84.49% of the population. Muslims are the second-largest with 11.06% and Jains are 3.73%.<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW29C-01%20MDDS.XLS|publisher=Census of India|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Belagavi district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Kannada]] |value1 = 68.40 |color1 = darkslateblue
|label2 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value2 = 18.71 |color2 = #FF8C00
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 9.79 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 3.10 |color4 = grey
}}
At the time of the 2011 census, 68.40% of the population spoke [[Kannada]], 18.70% [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and 9.79% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2900.XLSX |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

==Education==
Belgaum district is a home to three universities: [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]], [[Rani Channamma University, Belagavi]] and [[KLE University]]. Also, it has a nine engineering colleges, two medical colleges, two dental colleges, 15 polytechnics, 7 Indian system of medical colleges, and 180 degree colleges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belagavi District |url=https://www.investkarnataka.co.in/district-profiles-belagavi |website=www.investkarnataka.co.in |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213185818/https://www.investkarnataka.co.in/district-profiles-belagavi |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Industry==
The district has seven industrial areas, one [[special economic zone]] (SEZ) (India's first precision engineering SEZ with more than 200 acres) and 16 industrial estates.<ref name=kum.kar/> The city's industrial growth begin when Babu Rao Pusalkar set up a small unit in city over a century ago and that transformed Belgaum city into foundry and hydraulics base.<ref name=thehindubusinessline>{{cite news |last1=URS |first1=ANIL |title=Belagavi: A city on the frontlines reinvents itself |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/belagavi-a-city-on-the-frontlines-reinvents-itself/article8310110.ece |access-date=14 December 2019 |work=@businessline |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! Name of Industrial Area !! Extent (acres)
|-
| Kanbargi Auto Complex || 267.00
|-
| Kakati || 74.75
|-
| Honaga || 209.5
|-
| Kangrali || 58.59
|-
| Gokak || 109.05
|-
| Kittur || 433.19
|-
| Kanagala || 848.00
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! Name of Industrial Estate !! Extent (acres)
|-
| Udyambag || 55.15
|-
| Udyambag Tq. Karigarika Sangh || 0.32
|-
| Angol- 1 || 21
|-
| Angol- 2 || 4.6
|-
| Kanbargi || 6
|-
| Khanapur|| 9.57
|-
| Gokak || 9.62
|-
| Chikkodi || 6
|-
| Bailhongal || 3
|-
| Ramdurg|| 9.4
|-
| Nippani || 3.5
|-
| Kangrali || 2.5
|-
| Desur || 41.34
|-
| Athani|| 28
|-
| Borgaon || 75
|-
| Kagwad || 20
|-
| ||
|}

List of industrial clusters in Belgaum district that are identified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<ref>{{cite web |title=KARNATAKA STATE INDUSTRIAL PROFILE 2015-2016 |website=dcmsme.gov.in | url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/state_wise_dips/state_profile_karnatka_11316.pdf |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Cluster place !! Cluster activity
|-
| Belgaum || Foundry, Powerloom and artisan activities like Dolls & Toys, Horn & Bone, Metalware, Artistic Chappals by hand
|-
| Angol || Wooden Furniture Cluster
|-
| Udyambag || Machine Tool and Engineering Cluster
|-
| Kudachi || Kudachi Jaggery Cluster
|-
| Madhabavi || Foot Diamond Leather Cluster
|-
| Ramdurg || Readymade Garments Cluster, Birds Power loom Cluster
|-
| Chikkodi || Jaggery processing Cluster
|-
| Khanapur || Bricks Processing Cluster, Pottery & Clay, Terracotta, Textiles Hand Embroidered
|-
| Athani || Athani Raisins processing cluster
|-
| Gokak || Dolls & Toys
|}

==Notable people==


* [[S. Ballesh]] - [[Shehnai]] artist
* [[Hemant Birje]] - actor
* [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule]] - India's first Olympic marathon runner
* [[Kittur Chennamma|Kittur Rani Chennamma]] - Freedom fighter and queen of Kittur

* [[Gangadharrao Deshpande]] - activist
* [[Kumar Gandharva]] - classical singer
* [[Balappa Hukkeri]]- singer
* [[Shamba Joshi]] - writer
* [[Kaka Kalelkar]] (1885–1981) - independence activist
* [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]] - poet
* [[Basavaraj Kattimani]] - writer, novelist
* [[Laxmanrao Kirloskar]] - businessman
* [[Betageri Krishnasharma]] - writer
* [[Atul Kulkarni]] - actor
* [[Sudheendra Kulkarni]] - Indian politician, Columnist
* [[Shirasangi Lingaraj]] - provincial ruler
* [[Panth Maharaj]] - Hindu yogi
* [[Belawadi Mallamma]] - warrior queen
* [[Ronit More]] - cricketer
* [[Renukamma Murugodu]] - actress
* [[Pramod Muthalik]] - chief of [[Sri Ram Sena]], politician
* [[Bandu Patil]] - hockey player
* [[D. C. Pavate]] - Indian Mathematician
* [[Charan Raj]] - Indian actor
* [[Sangolli Rayanna]] - freedom fighter
* [[Raja Lakhamagouda Sardesai]] - ruler of Vantmuri princely state
* [[Shantisagar|Acharya Shantisagar]] - Jain Digambara monk
* [[Acharya Vidyasagar]] - Jain Digambara monk



==Publications==
* Belgaum district gazetteer (1905) by [[Reginald Edward Enthoven]]<ref name="Gazetteer Department, Karnataka">{{cite web |title=Gazetteer Department, Karnataka |url=http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/distGazetteer.html# |website=gazetteer.kar.nic.in |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
* Belgaum district gazetteer (1987) by [[Suryanath U. Kamath]].<ref name="Gazetteer Department, Karnataka"/>
* Belgaum by [[James Macnabb Campbell]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gazetteer Department, Karnataka |url=http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/specialPublications.html# |website=gazetteer.kar.nic.in |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://belgaum.nic.in Official Website of Belgaum district]

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