Pavagada or Pavgada is a taluk in the Tumkur district in Karnataka, India.[2] Historically it was part of the Mysore kingdom. Though it is geographically connected to Chitradurga district inside state of Karnataka, it comes under Tumkur district.[3] It is 157.8 km (98 miles) from state capital of Bangalore. Uttara Pinakini river flows into this Taluk. Pavagada Taluk falls on the border of Karnataka, hence majority of the population are bilingual speaks Kannada and Telugu.
Pavagada
pamukonda | |
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town | |
Nickname: Pavgad | |
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Coordinates: 14.10°N 77.28°E / 14.10; 77.28 | |
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District | Tumkur |
Government | |
• Type | Town Municipal Council |
• Body | Pavagada Town Municipal council |
Elevation | 846 m (2,776 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 28,486 |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 561202 |
Telephone code | 08136 |
Vehicle registration | KA-64 |
Website | www |
The town is famous for its fort located on the hill, Kote Anjaneya temple at the foothills and also the temple of Sri Shani Mahatma.
Pavagada Solar Park, Asia's largest Solar park, is on a 4,000-hectare (10,000-acre) land near Thirumani village with the capacity to generate 2,000 MW solar electricity. It's promoted by D.ksivakumar&GV Balaram. Kannada & Telugu is widely spoken and administrative language. Peanut was the main crop grown in various parts of the taluk but due to constant drought, people left their agricultural works and migrated to Bangalore and various other places for livelihood.[4]
Pavagada is located at 14.1°N 77.27°E / 14.1; 77.27.[5] It has an average elevation of 646 metres (2,119 feet).
As of 2011[update] India census,[6] Pavagada had a population of 28,486, of which 14,299 are males while 14,187 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 51.50%. Pavagada has an average literacy rate of 81.33%: male literacy is 88.33%, and female literacy is 75.36%. In Pavagada, 10.65% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Pavagada is well-connected to other places in India. It has KSRTC & APSRTC buses which connect to other places of Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. There is a railway station being built in Pavagada under the project of Rayadurga-Tumkur Railway Line. This railway will connect Pavgada to Bangalore to Bellary via Tumkur, Madhugiri and Rayadurga.
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