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Nyamathi is taluk place located in Davangere District of the Karnataka state, India. It is approximately 108 km south of Davangere and 26 km north of Shivamogga.

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Nyamathi
town
Nyamathi
Nyamathi Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Nyamathi Nyamathi (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 14.14°N 75.56°E / 14.14; 75.56
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Region	Malenadu
District	Davanagere
Government
• Body	taluk panchayat
Area
• Total	178 km2 (69 sq mi)
Population
• Total	26,546
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	577 223
Telephone code	08188
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-17
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Etymology

It is believed that the name Nyamati was derived from earlier Kannada word Nelavarti and which has later transformed to Nyamati.^{[citation needed]}

Population

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The village with total 6023 families residing.^{[citation needed]} The Nyamati village has population of 25675 of which 11382 are males while 14293 are females as per Population 2018.^{[citation needed]} The population of children with age 0-6 is 897 which makes up 9.66% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nyamati village is 986 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Nyamati as per census is 983, higher than Karnataka average of 948. Also, Nyamati village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Nyamati village was 84.42% compared to 75.36% of Karnataka. In Nyamati Male literacy stands at 89.23% while female literacy rate was 79.54%.

History

This rural town served as a taluk headquarters during the reign of Mysore Wodeyars.^{[citation needed]} A commercial hub of Honnali taluk, This city was part of Shimoga district, later it became part of Davanagere district when new districts were formed by the then Chief Minister JH Patel. In response to the protest from local people, it is declared as a new taluk in 2017.

Nyamati is famous in vegetable production (green chili)^{[citation needed]} and also for areca sales from Malnad areas.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Nyamthi taluk is semi malnad (Are Malenadu) region located at 14.14°N 75.56°E / 14.14; 75.56

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