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Budikote
Sign in to saveBudikote or Budhikote is a village situated in Bangarapet taluk of Kolar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about from the district headquarters Kolar Gold Fields, the nearest city; Bangarpet the nearest town is away and Bangalore is . It is a gram panchayat and covers an area of . According to the 2011 census data, Budikote village has a population of 3,347—of which 1,743 are male and 1,604 are female—and a household count of 600.
Key facts
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- Budikote
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- Vibhutipura
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- village
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- Budikote.jpg
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- Birth place of Hyder Ali at Budikote fort
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- India Karnataka#India
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- left
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- Location in Karnataka, India
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- Country
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- State
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- Karnataka
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- District
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- Kolar
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- Panchayati raj
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- Gram panchayat
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- Metric
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- 3347
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- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village in India
- Country
- India
- Population
- 3347
- Households
- 757
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- postal code
- 563114
- Commons category
- Marathi Hosahalli
- male population
- 1743
- illiterate population
- 1173
- literate population
- 2174
- female population
- 1604
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Budikote or Budhikote is a village situated in Bangarapet taluk of Kolar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about from the district headquarters Kolar Gold Fields, the nearest city; Bangarpet the nearest town is away and Bangalore is . It is a gram panchayat and covers an area of . According to the 2011 census data, Budikote village has a population of 3,347—of which 1,743 are male and 1,604 are female—and a household count of 600.
An inscription found in the village dates to the 8th-century Bana kingdom. The village was the birthplace of Hyder Ali, a ruler of the kingdom of Mysore and military commander of Karnataka who fought against the British in their struggle for supremacy in South India. A memorial stone at the fort here honours him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Budikote” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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