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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gurmatkal
| other_name = Gurumathakal
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| subdivision_name = SH 16 HYD ROAD GKL{{flag|India}}
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Gulbarga division|Gulbarga]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Yadgir district|Yadgir]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Yadgir]]
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| elevation_m = 608
| population_total = 20614
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Gurmatkal-census-2011">{{Cite web|title=Gurmatkal Population Census 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803218-gurmatkal-karnataka.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212212557/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803218-gurmatkal-karnataka.html |archivedate=12 December 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
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'''Gurmatkal''', or ''Gurumathakal'', is a [[panchayat town]] in the northeast of [[Yadgir district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. Administratively, it is under [[Yadgir|Yadgir Taluka]].

== About Gurumatkal ==

Gurumatkal was established as a Town Municipal Council (TMC) in the year 1957.and later was downgraded to a town panchayat in the year 1984. Gurumatkal town is situated forty-one kilometres from Yagir District Headquarters along the Bijapur-Hyderabad Highway. Gurumatkal is at a distance of about 650 km from state capital city of [[Bangalore]] and 110 km from the town of [[Gulbarga]]. The nearest airport is at Hyderabad which is 150 km from the town. The nearest railway station is Yadgir. The main source of transportation is by road. Gurumatkal is a tourist town, but the inhabitants mainly depend on agriculture. The water supply mainly depends on borewells.

== Demographics ==
The area of the town is {{Convert|3.50|sqkm|sqmi|1}}.<ref name="Gurmitkal-stats">{{Cite web|title=City Town Statistics|date=12 July 2012|publisher=Gurumatkal Town Panchayath|url=http://www.gurumitkaltown.gov.in/statistics|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720124032/http://www.gurumitkaltown.gov.in/statistics|archivedate=20 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> As of the 2001 census there were four wards,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Village wise statistics of Yadgir Taluka|publisher=Yadgir district|url=http://yadgir.nic.in/Census/yadgir.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206185559/http://yadgir.nic.in/Census/yadgir.htm |archivedate=6 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy}}</ref> but by the 2011 census there were 17 wards.<ref name="Gurmatkal-census-2011" /> As of 2001, the town panchayat had 46 km of roads of which 25 km were surfaced.<ref name="Gurmitkal-stats" /> {{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Gurmitkal has a population of 20,631,<ref name="Gurmitkal-stats" /><ref>Census 2011: Gurmitkal TP town code: 803218, Gurmitkal rural code: 621264</ref> up from 16,927 in the 2001 census.<ref name="census2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gurmatkal has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 40%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Visitor draws==
Gurmitkal has an [[ayurvedic]] hospital, Sri Vaidya Bhujangrao Memorial Hospital, which specializes in curing paralysis patients and has been run by the same family for two generations.

There are several spiritual places near Gurmitkal such as Yanagundi of 'Sri Sri Sri Mahayogini Manikeshwari Matha' and Mothakpalli which has a famous [[Hanuman]] temple. There is also a waterfall called as 'Dhab dabi', located 5 km away from the town on the way to Nazrapur Village. And there is also a spiritual place and water fall called 'Gvisiddalingeshwar', located at the village Chinthanahalli.
and there is also a hill station temple called sri laxmi timmappa temple located at the village borabanda tanda
Here also have a good studies for children,s in C.B.S.E syllabus at SLT public school chandriki road gurmitkal, Aradhana public school kakalwar road Gurumatkal.

== References ==
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==External links==
* http://www.gurumitkaltown.mrc.gov.in
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