Navalgund
Sign in to saveNavalgund or Navalagunda is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Navalagunda or Navilagunda means hill of peacocks. Navalgund is famous for Navalagunda durries. Navalagunda durries has been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Its GI tag number is 51.
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Place details
- Locality
- Navalgund
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 24,613
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Navalgunda
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Kannada
- Settlement.other_name
- Navilagunda
- Settlement.nickname
- NVL
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Karnataka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karnataka, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Dharwad district
- Elevation
- +578
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Education
- Demographics
- Navalgund Religion Data 2011
- References
Navalgund or Navalagunda is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Navalagunda or Navilagunda means hill of peacocks. Navalgund is famous for Navalagunda durries. Navalagunda durries has been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Its GI tag number is 51.
==Geography== Navalgund is located at . It has an average elevation of 578 metres (1896 feet). It is situated 35 km from Hubli and is famous as the birth place of 'Jamkhanas', the floor covering woven using cotton ropes, a kind of flat & thin carpet. Locally known as a twin town with Naragund and together they are known as Bhandayad Nadu (Land of Rebels). It is famous for the Holi festival, and Ramling Kamanna, to which people visit from various places during Holi Purnima. The Ajath Naglinga Swamy temple is in Navalgundas and well as the Nilamma Tank .