Khanapur | |
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Town | |
| Khanapura | |
  Khanapur Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Khanapur Khanapur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:15°38′22″N74°30′30″E / 15.63944°N 74.50833°E /15.63944; 74.50833 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Belagavi |
| Government | |
| • Body | Town Panchayat |
| Elevation | 649 m (2,129 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 345,839 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 591302 |
| Telephone code | 08336 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
| Vehicle registration | KA-22 |
| Website | khanapurtown |
Khanapur known asKhanapura (IPA:[kʰaːnaːpuɾɐ]) is apanchayat town inBelagavi district,Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km fromBelagavi, the administrative capital of the district. The Khanapur Municipal Council governs the town. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. The town is on the Belgaum-Panaji National Highway, NH 4A. Khanapur is well connected by train and road to important cities inKarnataka,Goa, andMaharashtra.Kannada is the official language. Khanapur is the birthplace ofAbdul Karim Telgi.
Khanapur has an elevation of 646 metres (2,119 ft).
In the 2001 census, the town of Khanapur had 16,567 inhabitants, with 8,474 males (51.1%) and 8,093 females (48.9%), for a gender ratio of 955 females per thousand males.[1]
In the 2011 census, the town of Khanapur had 18,535 inhabitants.[2]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 42.17% of the population in the city spokeMarathi, 25.62%Kannada, 23.39%Urdu, 3.46%Hindi and 3.42%Konkani as their first language.[3]
Khanapur's economy is agriculture-based and is noted for its cultivation of crops such as sugarcane, rice,Ragi(millet), and fruits includingchikoo, guava, andjackfruit,Cashew. It is also famous for food items such as churmure (puffed rice) and jaggery.
Khanapur is famous for its national level pottery training centre, the Central Village Pottery Institute, which is run by khadi and a village industries commission on the banks of theMalaprabha River, where excellent pottery training is given in Redware and Whiteware technology. Also, a tourist spot in Khanapur is Chouda Musi, a small British era bridge constructed over a small dam. There is Police training school at Khanapura on the northern banks of river Malaprabha run by Karnataka state government. This Police training school imparts basic training to new recruits appointed as police constables in Karnataka state police.[4]
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