Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Karnataka
- Founded by
- Government of Karnataka
- Headquarters
- Bagalkot
- Talukas
- Bagalkot , Rabkavi Banhatti , Guledgudda , Badami , Hunagunda , Jamakhandi , Mudhol , Ilkal , Bilagi , Terdal
- Type
- Zilla Panchayat
- Deputy commissioner
- Sangappa ( IAS )
- Total
- 6,593 km (2,546 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 524 m (1,719 ft)
- Density
- 286.6/km (742.4/sq mi)
- Official
- Kannada
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 587101-587325
- Telephone code
- + 91 (0)8354
- Vehicle registration
- Bagalkot KA-29, Jamakhandi KA-48
- Website
- bagalkot .nic .in
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Encyclopedic overview
Bagalkot district (/ˈbɑːɡəlkoʊt/), is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalkot. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur and Bijapur. The new Bagalkot district was carved out of Vijayapura in 1997 via Government of Karnataka directive Notification RD 42 LRD 87 Part III. The bifurcated Bagalkot district consists of ten taluks — Badami, Bagalkot, Bilagi, Guledgudda, Rabkavi Banhatti, Hunagund, Ilkal, Jamakhandi and Mudhol, Teradal.
The Ghataprabha River, Malaprabha River and Krishna River flow through the district. Kudalasangama lies at the point of confluence of the rivers Krishna and Malaprabha and is famous for being the samadhi of Basavanna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bagalkot district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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