Maladkal
maladkal
ಮಲದಕಲ್ Maladakal,Mandkal,ಮಂದಕಲ್ | |
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village | |
| Maladkal | |
| Anthem: Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jana Gana Mana | |
  Maladkal Maladkal pointed on Karnataka map  Maladkal Maladkal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 16°16′45.12″N 77°6′13.62″E / 16.2792000°N 77.1037833°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Raichur |
| Taluk | Devadurga |
| Seat | Sarpanch |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,777.802 ha (6,864.071 acres) |
| Highest elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,819 |
| Demonym | Kannadigas |
| Language | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 584113 |
| Area code | 08532 |
| Geocode | 16.27665113566765, 77.10435483175563 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 36 |
Maladkal is a village in Karnataka state, comes under Raichur District, Devadurga Taluk and Gabbur hobli. maladkal shares it's boundary with Gabbur, Ramadurga, Jagatakal, N Ganekal, Maseedpur, Kadligudda and Tippapur.
The village majorly consists of hardworking farmers as most families are agriculture oriented and others hold their personal businesses. Crops produced in this village are cotton, chilli and rice but, some people also grow vegetables for their livelihood. Maladkal is a self sustained village as most of villages in India, the villagers are mostly interdependent for their livelihood.
After, the completion of Basava Sagara dam (Narayanpura dam) irrigation project the villagers also switched to irrigation farming from dryland farming. Before irrigation farmers used to grow jowar, wheat, millet, sunflower and other dryland crops.[1] [2]
History
The village is considered to be a neolithic site as some of rock arts were found on the hill. This indicates strong cultural influences to pre-modern era.[3]
Demographics
As of 2011 census Maldkal had a population of 2819 among which 1375 are male and 1444 are female.[4]
Transport
The village does not connect to major roads but there are two buses provided by Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation(previously known as KSRTC)A government run road transport. The two buses connect to Raichur(District) and Devadurga(Tehsil). [5]
Bus Route
By road Raichur District is about 30km. There are total of four stops on the way(Maladkal-Gabbur-Sulthanpur-Murhanpur-Kalmala-Raichur). Tahsil Devadurga is about 28km. Alway be 10 minutes early at all stops.
| Depart Raichur | Arrival | Departure | At Raichur |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Halt | 06:00 AM | 07:00 AM |
| 08:15 AM | 09:00 AM | 09:05 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 01:15 PM | 02:00 PM | 02:05 PM | 03:00 PM |
| 04:15 PM | 05:00 PM | 05:05 PM | 06:00 PM |
| 07:15 PM | 08:00 PM | Halt | - |
See also
- Gabbur
- Devadurga, India
- Raichur district
- List of taluks of Karnataka
- Districts of Karnataka
- Shivaraj Patil
References
- ^ "weather". accuweather.com.
- ^ Lok Sabha Debates. p. 98.
- ^ R, Arjun (2016). "Situating Maladkal within the Rock Bruisings of Neolithic Residual hill Settlements of Raichur Doab, Karnataka". ResearchGate.
- ^ "population of Maladkal". census.gov.in. Government of India.
- ^ "map of maladkal". google maps. google LLC.