Bhimarayanagudi

Bhimarayanagudi
B.Gudi
village
Bhimarayanagudi

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 16°43′42″N 76°47′53″E / 16.72833°N 76.79806°E / 16.72833; 76.79806Coordinates: 16°43′42″N 76°47′53″E / 16.72833°N 76.79806°E / 16.72833; 76.79806
Country  India
State Karnataka
Division Gulbarga
District Yadgir
Taluka Yadgir
Government
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population (2001)
 • Total 4,791
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration KA
Website karnataka.gov.in

Bhimarayanagudi is a town administered by a notified area committee in Shahpur Taluk of Yadgir district, in the state of Karnataka, India.[1] It is approximately 4 km by road north of Shahpur town. It is also referred to as B.Gudi and Bhimarayanagudi camp.

B.Gudi got its name from the temple ("Gudi" in the Kannada language) of deity Hanuman; in the local language, Hanuman is called Bheemaraya. Hence, the camp has the name Bhimrayanagudi.

Demographics

As of 2001 the India census records, Bhimarayanagudi had a population of 4,791. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Bhimarayanagudi had an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 82% and female literacy of 65%. 12% of the population was under 6 years of age.[2]

Education

Schools

The camp has a primary school and a high school run by the Karnataka government. It also has an English medium school called Krishna English Medium School run by VHP.

Colleges

The camp has a PU College run by the Karnataka government plus a further PU College by English Medium School.

A Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) school was situated in the camp area, but it has since been moved to Hothpet village some distance from the camp.

References

  1. ↑ 2001 Census Town code= 40411000, "2001 Census of India: List of Towns by Tehsil: Karnataka" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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