Davanagere

Davanagere
Devanagari
Corporation City
Statue of Saraswati at Fine Arts college, Davanagere.
Davanagere
Davanagere in Karnataka, India
Davanagere
Davanagere (India)
Coordinates: 14°28′00″N 75°55′27″E / 14.4666°N 75.9242°E / 14.4666; 75.9242Coordinates: 14°28′00″N 75°55′27″E / 14.4666°N 75.9242°E / 14.4666; 75.9242
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Davangere District
Government
 • Type City Municipal Corporation
 • Body Davanagere Mahanagara Palike
 • Mayor Smt. Ashwini Prashanth
 • MLA (North Davangere) S A Ravindranath
 • MLA (South Davangere) Dr.Shamanuru Shivashankarappa
 • District Collector Dr, Bagadi Goutham IAS
Area
 • Total 77 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population (2011-12)
 • Total 435,129
 • Rank 6th(Karnataka)
 • Density 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 577001-577006
Telephone code 91 8192
Vehicle registration KA-17
Spoken languages Kannada
Website www.davanagerecity.gov.in

Davanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the sixth largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere District.[1] Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known before as the Manchester of Karnataka, the commercial ventures of the city is now dominated by education and agro-processing industries. Davanagere became a separate district in 1997, when it was separated from the erstwhile undivided district of Chitradurga for administration conveniences. Davanagere is known for rich culinary traditions which encompass the diversity of entire Karnataka's dishes due to its geographical position in the state as its epicentre. Notable among them is its aromatic benne dose that is associated with the name of the city.[2]

Davanagere has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's ambitious flagship Smart Cities Mission. It even went on to be featured in the list of first 20 cities to be developed under the mission by Urban development ministry, released on 28 January 2016, after being scrutinised stringently for several parameters.[3]

Civic administration

Davanagere has been a pioneer in municipal administration with the city attaining the status of a municipality as early as 1870.[4] The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1911) says that the receipts and expenditure of the municipality, during the ten years ending 1901, averaged Rs 14,200 and Rs 12,600 respectively.[4] The civic administration of the city was managed by the Davangere City Corporation (Davanagere Mahanagara Palike), before it was established as a municipality on 7 August 1951. It now has the status of a City Corporation, and gained this on 6 January 2007. It is headed by a mayor, assisted by commissioners and council members. The city is divided into 41 wards, and the council members (corporators) are elected by the people of the city.

Geography

Irrigated paddy fields near Shamanur

Davanagere is the "Heart of Karnataka". Davanagere is surrounded from Chitradurga, Ballari, Shivamogga, Chikkamagalur and Haveri districts. Davanagere is at the centre of Karnataka, 14°28' N latitude, 75°59' longitude and 602.5 metres (1,977 ft) above sea level. Davanagere District receives average annual rainfall of 644 mm (25.4 in).[5]

Davanagere lies in the Maidan region on the Deccan Plateau. The district is bounded by Shivamogga (Malenadu) Area of Hills, Haveri, Chitradurga, Chikkamagalur and Ballari districts. The southern and western parts of the district are irrigated by the waters of the Bhadra reservoir.It has the Asia's 2nd largest irrigation tank called Shanti sagar which is a major water source for farmers in the district.

Demographics

As of 2011 census, Davanagere city had a population of 435,125. Males constitute 52% of the population, and females 48%. Davanagere has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 89% and, female literacy is 81%.[6] In Davanagere, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Davanagere has mixed communities with majority being Hindus. Though the city experienced religious riots in the 1990s, the communities have made efforts to bridge the misunderstanding and demonstrating solidarity towards maintaining peace.

Kannada is the major language spoken.

Transportation

Davanagere is well-connected by road to Bengaluru, Pune, Goa, Mangaluru, Mysuru and Chennai through AH 47 (previously National Highway 4).

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, has a divisional office situated in Davanagere City. The city is well-connected to Bengaluru and other cities in the state by KSRTC buses. Many privately operated buses offer overnight services to other places within the state. The city's railway station comes under South Western Railway zone and was constructed during the British period and has been renovated recently. The station code is DVG. The railway station is quite conveniently located in the centre of the city. Regular train services are available to travel towards Bengaluru, Hubli and Mysore.

The nearest airport to Davanagere is Hubballi Airport (IATA:HBX), which is 143 kilometres (89 mi) from the city. The ubiquitous Autorickshaws are the backbone for travelling within the city. The city bus services are operated by both private as well as state owned buses.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Davangere City Statistics
  2. ↑ District Gazetteers Karnataka state
  3. ↑ "Davanagere, Belagavi Among 1st Smart Cities". The New Indian Express-28-Jan-2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 Uchicago.edu
  5. ↑ NIC.in
  6. ↑ "Davanagere City Census 2011 data". Census 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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