Gadag

Gadag District is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The district formed in 1997, when it was split from the Dharwad District. Starting at 2011, the Gadag District had a populace of 971,952 of which 35.21 percent was urban starting at 2001. The general populace expanded by 13.14 percent from 1991 to 2001. The Gadag District fringes the Bagalkot District on the north, the Koppal District on the east, the Bellary District on the southeast, the Haveri District on the southwest, the Dharwad District on the west and the Belgaum District on the northwest. The region highlights landmarks fundamentally Jain and Hindu sanctuaries from the Western Chalukya Empire.

Gadag District has seven tehsils: Gadag-Betgeri, Gajendragad, Ron, Shirhatti, Nargund, Lakshmeshwar and Mundargi. The word Gadag is a palindrome in Kannada and in addition English dialect. The town has eleventh and twelfth century landmarks; the sanctuary of Veera Narayana and the Trikuteshwara complex are locales of religious and memorable significance. One of the two primary Jain sanctuaries is committed to Mahavira. The Magadi Bird Sanctuary, made at the Magadi supply, is 26 kilometers 16 mi from Gadag on the Gadag-Bangalore Road, 8 kilometers 5.0 mi from Shirhatti and 11 kilometers 6.8 mi from Lakshmeshwar. It is referred to for transient species, for example, the bar-headed goose, which feed on angle and horticultural harvests.