Koppal district
The District Koppal ( Kannada: ಕೊಪ್ಪಳ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Council is based in the eponymous city Koppal.
Geography
The district is located in northern Karnataka Koppal. Neighboring districts are in the south of Bellary, Gadag in the West, Bagalkot and Raichur in the northwest to the northeast.
The area of the district of Koppal is 5,565 square kilometers. The district area is part of the Deccan Plateau and arises largely as a flat plateau with an average elevation of 400 to 600 meters above sea level dar. In the South is the Tungabhadra, one of the largest rivers in Karnataka, the border district of Bellary. The climate in the district of Koppal is hot and dry. Because of its location in the center of the Deccan Plateau receives Koppal during the southwest monsoon, only small amounts of rain. Is correspondingly low, the average annual precipitation of 572 millimeters.
The District Koppal is divided into the four taluks Yelbarga, Kushtagi, Gangawati and Koppal.
History
The area of Koppal was during the British colonial period to the nominally independent princely state of Hyderabad. After the Indian independence in 1947 Hyderabad was incorporated as a federal state in India. In 1956, when the Indian states were regrouped by the States Reorganisation Act, the south-western part of Hyderabad came with the territory of Koppal in the structures created by the language barriers of the Kannada State of Mysore (1973 renamed Karnataka ). As an independent district of Koppal District was dissolved in 1998 from the district of Raichur.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the District Koppal has 1,391,292 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population so that approximately the same extent as in the resources of Karnataka ( 15.7 per cent) grew by 16.3 percent. The district is rural Koppal: The population density of the lies of 250 inhabitants per square kilometer below the average of the state (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 16.8 percent of the residents of the district live in cities. The proportion of urban population is one of the lowest in Karnataka and less than half as high as the average of the state ( 38.6 percent). The literacy rate is 67.3 percent, well below the average of Karnataka ( 76.1 per cent).
The population of the District Koppal place after the 2001 census Hindus with 87.1 percent of the vast majority. There is also a Muslim minority of 11.5 percent. The 2001 census classified 11.6 percent of the population of the district as members of the tribal population (see Adivasi ). These are almost exclusively members of the Naikda.
Attractions
The place Anegundi in the south of the district of Koppal is situated on the banks of Tungabhadra River, just across from Hampi, the former capital of the Vijayanagar Empire (14th -16th centuries ). While the Hampi and the members of the World Heritage Site of Hampi monuments located on the southern side of the river in the area of the neighboring district of Bellary, a smaller part of the ruins of the former city of Tungabhadra is also north of the territory of the district of Koppal. The main attractions on the north side of the river are the hills Anjaneya Hill with a temple dedicated to the monkey god Hanuman, who was reportedly the Hindu According faith born here, as well as a small pond, which is identified with the mentioned in the Ramayana epic mythical lake Pampa Sarovar.
In the village in the district of Koppal Itagi is the Mahadeva Temple. Built in 1112 during the rule of the Western Chalukya, he is considered one of the most important examples of the late Chalukya architecture. Other attractions in the district of Koppal are the place Kanakagiri with a temple of the Vijayanagar time and the Koppal Fort in the district capital of Koppal.