| Voice of Gadag : S.B.Soppino
Following are the social and developmental challenges of Gadag
district:
Lack of income generating opportunities.
High level of fluoride content has polluted the water. This polluted
water affects the health of pregnant women and children.
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4656.0 Km2
Population in GADAG (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 10,65,235
Male : 5,38,477
Female : 5,26,758
Under 6 population
Total : 1,27,259
Male : 65,464
Female : 61,795
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 18355
In seeing : 7332
In speech : 1606
In hearing : 1185
In movement : 6490
Mental : 1742
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 293
Sex Ratio Rank : 415
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
( HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 435 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 266 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Gadag District
Gadag is a city in Karnataka state in India. It
is the administrative headquarters of Gadag District. Gadag and
its sister city Betageri (or Betgeri) have a combined city administration,
and the municipality of Gadag-Betageri has a population of 154,849,
and an area of 54.56 km². Gadag immediately brings to mind the name
of Naranappa, popularly known as Kumara Vyasa, the author of Karnata
Bharata Kathamanjari. It is the classic Mahabharata in Kannada.
Naranappa was born in the nearby village of Koliwada. He composed
his work sitting before Lord Veera Narayana, his chosen deity. The
temples of Veera Narayana and Trikuteshwara [1] are places of religious
and historic importance. The blind singer Ganayogi Panchakshari
Gawayi belonged to Gadag. His music school (Veereshwara Punyashrama)
[[2]] is famous. The Tontadarya Matha of the Veerashaiva sect of
Hinduism is engaged in many educational and literary activities
in and around Gadag. There is a legend about Gadag that if you throw
a stone in town it would either land at a printing press or on a
handloom. Gadag has a lot of printing presses including the "Honbali
Brothers and the Shabadi Math Printing Press. Betgeri, which is
an adjacent town to Gadag, is famous for handlooms. Gadag has been
a important seat of Hindustani music in north Karnataka, and is
home to the Hindustani singer Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Cricketer Sunil
Joshi was born in Gadag.
Gadag District
Gadag District has a population of 971,955 (2001 Census of India),
which increased 13.14% in the decade 1991-2001. The District is
bounded on the north by Gadag District, on the east by Koppal District,
on the southeast by Bellary District, on the southwest by Haveri
District, on the west by Dharwad District, and on the northwest
by Belgaum District. Gadag District was formed in 1997, when it
was split from Dharwad District.
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