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Belagavi district

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Kamal Basti, Belgaum
Kamal Basti, Belgaum

Belagavi district, formerly also known as Belgaum district, is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with 150,000 hectares being used for commercial production. It has overtaken Mandya district in sugarcane production over the last decade. The city of Belgaum (Belagavi) is the district headquarters in Belagavi district. It houses the Second legislative building, where the Karnataka Legislature hold session once a year. The district is famous for its native sweet, Kunda. According to the 2011 Census of India, it has a population of 4,779,661, of which 24.03% live in urban areas, making it the second most populous district in Karnataka (out of 31), after Bangalore Urban. The district has an area of 13,415 km2 (5,180 sq mi) making it the largest district in Karnataka, and is bounded by Kolhapur District and Sangli district of Maharashtra state on the west and north, on the northeast by Bijapur district, on the east by Bagalkot district, on the southeast by Gadag district, on the south by Dharwad and Uttara Kannada districts, and on the southwest by the state of Goa.

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Kamal Basadi
Kamal Basadi

Kamal Basadi is a Jain temple located inside Belgaum Fort in city of Belgaum, Karnataka.

Shahapur, Belgaum

Shahapur is a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka, India. It is now a suburb of Belgaum city.

St. Mary's School, Belgaum

St. Mary's High School is a co-educational school located in the Cantonment area in Belagavi, near the Head Post Office of Belagavi, India and is regulated and supervised by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. It was founded in 1851 and is celebrating its 165th jubilee in 2016. Near by educational institutions are Islamiya College and B K Model High School.

Belagavi railway station

Belagavi railway station, formerly Belgaum railway station (Station code: BGM) is a railway station under South Western Railways and it is the primary railway station serving Belagavi in North Western Karnataka. It is a "A" Category station.

B K Model High School

B K Model High School is a co-educational school located in the Cantonment area in Belagavi, near the Head Post Office of Belagavi, India and is regulated and supervised by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. Near by educational institutions are St Mary's High School, and St. Paul's High School.

Suvarna Vidhana Soudha
Suvarna Vidhana Soudha

The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (lit. 'Golden Legislative House') is the legislature building of the State of Karnataka in Belagavi in the Belagavi district of Karnataka. It was inaugurated on 11 October 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Belgaum Rural Assembly constituency
Belgaum Rural Assembly constituency

Belgaum Rural Assembly Seat is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka state, in India. It is one of the 8 constituencies which make up Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence when the assembly map was redrawn in 2008. Prior to that most of its area was under the now defunct Uchagaon and Hire Bagewadi.

Belagavi City Assembly constituency

Belgaum Vidhana Sabha seat was part of the Karnataka state assembly in India, and part of Belgaum Lok Sabha seat. The seat ceased to exist after the assembly seats' boundary was redrawn in 2008. Now the city's constituencies are Belgaum Dakshin and Belgaum Uttar.

St. Paul's High School, Belgaum

St. Paul's High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in the Cantonment area in Belgaum, North Karnataka, India. Founded by the Jesuits in 1856, the school is located adjacent to its sister school, St. Joseph’s Canossian Convent School and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima.

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum (JNMC) is a constituent medical school of KLE University. It is located at Belagavi in Karnataka state. The college was earlier affiliated to the state unitary Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum
Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum (Latin: Belgaumen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Belgaum in the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India.

Belagavi division
Belagavi division

Belagavi (Belgaum) division is one of the four divisions of Karnataka state of India. The division comprises the districts of Bagalkot, Belgavi, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada. It covers a geographical area of 44,538 square kilometres (17,196 sq mi) and had a population of 13,499,721 at the 2011 census. The population density of the division was 239 per square kilometre (620/sq mi).