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{{Short description|City in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, India}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jamkhandi
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = [[File:Ramatirtha_Palace_-_Front_view.jpg|200x200px]]
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| image_caption = Ramatirtha Palace
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|16|30|16|N|75|17|29|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bagalkot district|Bagalkot]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type =
| governing_body = City Municipal Council
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 9.39
| area_rural_km2 = 1134
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 543
| population_total = 68,938
| population_rural = 298146 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/583/download/1980/DH_2011_2902_PART_B_DCHB_BAGALKOT.pdf|access-date=27 September 2023|title=Census Data Handbook 2011}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Jamkhandians
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 587301
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 08353
| registration_plate = KA-48 (Jamakhandi)
| website = {{URL|www.jamkhandicity.mrc.gov.in}}
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| official_name = Jamkhandi
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'''Jamakhandi''' is a city in [[Bagalkot district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. It was the capital of the former princely state of [[Jamkhandi State|Jamkhandi]]. It is located 90 km towards west from district headquarters. It is the first princely state to merge in constituent [[India]] based on demand to make [[Jamkhandi]] as a district. It is a subdivision of the district. Mudhol, Bilagi, Rabakavi-Banahatti, Teradal and Jamakhandi taluks come under Jamakhandi subdivision.

The city is located near to the Krishna river. It is education hub of the district. It was a princely state, the territory included Kundagol taluk of present day Dharwar district.it is the education hub of the district.

== Demographics ==
[[File:Jamkhandi Taluk.jpg|thumb|left|Jamkhandi Taluk Map before creation of Terdal and Rabkavi-Banhatti Taluk]]
[[File:Jamkhandi Taluk ZP Constituency Map.jpg|thumb|left|Jamkhandi Taluk ZP Constituency Map before creation of Terdal and Rabkavi-Banhatti Taluk]]
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011082701/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?state5=999&stad=A |archive-date=11 October 2007 |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |access-date=2008-11-01 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jamakhandi had a population of 68,398. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jamkhandi has an average literacy rate of 60%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 52%. In Jamakhandi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. As for 2023, there are 470,176 people and 90,067 households.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamkhandi Population 2023, Taluka Village List in Bagalkot, Karnataka |url=https://www.indiagrowing.com/Karnataka/Bagalkot/Jamkhandi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121032916/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Karnataka/Bagalkot/Jamkhandi |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 January 2014 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.indiagrowing.com}}</ref> The population of Jamakhandi is quite diverse one in terms of religion, language and culture. [[Kannada]] is the main language.

==Attractions==
The Royal Palace of Patwardhans, the Ramatirtha Palace is the main attraction of Jamkhandi town.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-21|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
Katti kere :a lake with a garden and beautiful statues representing village life of India

==Notable people==
* [[B. G. Kher]] First Chief Minister of [[Bombay State]]
* [[Vitthal Ramji Shinde]] was a prominent campaigner on behalf of the [[Dalit]] movement in [[India]] who established the ''Depressed Classes Mission of India'' to provide education to the Dalits.
* [[B. D. Jatti]] former Vice president of India
* [[M. C. Modi]] is great Indian eye surgeon. He pursued his early education in P B Highschool. He is believed to have performed a record half-a-million (five-lakh) eye surgeries. He travelled to remote villages and towns of India to hold mass eye camps

==History==

[[Jamkhandi State]] was one of the [[Maratha]] princely states of [[British India]]. It was founded in 1811 and its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency and was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country.

[[Jamkhandi State]] was founded in 1811 by Shrimant Gopalrao Patwardhan. He was a descendant of Bramhibhoot Harbhat Buva Patwardhan of Kurandvad Senior State.

The name of the state was derived from Jambukeshwar temple. The temple itself got the name because it was deep inside a Jambul blueberry (Jambul in Marathi, Nerale Hannu in Kannada, Jamun in Hindi) forest. Today, a primary school functions from the temple precinct.

The town of Kundgol, which is in the neighboring Dharwar district, was a non-contiguous part of [[Jamkhandi]] State until it merged into the Indian Union on 19 February 1948.

=== Rulers ===
The rulers of the state bore the title 'Raja'. The Rajas of Jamkhandi belonged to the Patwardhan dynasty.

The rulers of [[Jamkhandi State]] were of the [[Chitpavan Brahmin]] caste, originally from the Kotawada in Ratnagiri. Haribhat, who was the family priest of another Chitpavan Brahmin, the chief of Ichalkaranji. Three of Haribhat's sons served Peshwa and distinguished themselves during various conquests. The [[Peshwa]] awarded them Jagirs of [[Jamkhandi]], [[Tasgaon]], [[Miraj]], [[Sangli]] and [[Kurundwad]], to honor their bravery and courage.

==Kings==

*(1799 – 1811) Shrimat Gopala Rao Patwardhan
*(1811 – 1840) Gopal Rao Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan
*(18 Nov 1840 – 1897) Ramchandra Rao Gopal Rao a.k.a. Appa Sahib Patwardhan
*(1897 – 25 Feb 1924) Parashuram Rao Ramchandra Rao a.k.a. Bhav Sahib Patwardhan
*(25 Feb 1924 – 15 Aug 1947) Shankar Rao Parashuram Rao a.k.a. Appa Sahib Patwardhan (b. 1906)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzhsoszy/ips/j/jamkhandi.html Genealogy of the ruling princes of Jamkhandi state]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bagalkot district]]

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