Mudigere

Mudigere town is located at 13.1378°N 75.6060°E / 13.1378; 75.6060. It has an average elevation of 970 m (3,180 ft).[6] The annual rainfall is typically very high ranging from 3000 mm to 3500 mm per year.

As of 2001 India census,[7] Mudigere had a population of 8,962. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Mudigere had an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 85%, and female literacy was 79%. In Mudigere in 2001, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.

There are twenty-nine Panchayath villages in Mudigere Taluk:[8]

The temples Bettada Byraweshwara near Mekanagadde and Nanyada Byraweshwara near Byrapura (Hosakere), which is 25 km southerly to Mudigere, Devaramane near Gutthi are popular tourist destinations in Mudigere. [9]Ballalarayana Durga or Durgada Betta near Sunkasale grama is another trekking and tourist attraction.[10] Travelling from Kottigehara to Kalasa gives an enchanting experience of coffee plantations and green hills of Mudigere taluka. Shankara Falls is located near Mudigere.[11]

The College of Horticulture Mudigere which offers professional degree in Horticulture and Master's degree in Horticultural sciences (a sub-campus of the ) is also situated in Mudigere. Apart from this Zonal Horticultural Research Station, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Krishi Vigyan Kendra are involved in conducting research and extension activities in the hilly regions of Karnataka.

• Poornachandra Tejaswi
• Motamma
• D B Chandre Gowda

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• Nellyadi
• Charmadi
• Kudremukh
• Dharmasthala
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