Hoovina Hadagali

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Hoovina Hadagali | type = city | latd = 15.017| longd = 75.95
state_name = Karnataka
district = Bellary
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 23,404| population_density = 1179.64
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area_total = 19.84
area_telephone = 08399
postal_code = 583 219
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Hoovina Hadagali is a panchayat town in Bellary district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Historical Names of Hoovina Hadagali

*Puvina-Posavadangile [cite web
title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol IX - Part - I- Chalukyas of Kalyani
url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/chalukyas_of_kalyani_149.html | accessdate = 2007-10-18 ] : An inscription found on a slab set up at the western entrace into the Keshavaswami temple at Hoovina Hadagali, records that "Rebbaladevi, wife of the brave Brahman general Ravideva or Raviga caused the construction fo the temple of Kesavadeva in Puvina-Posavadangile, which was her birth-place and having set up the god in the temple, made grants of many plots of land for the service of the god and for maintaining a feeding house for Brahmans, a flower garden and a house for the satra, in the presence of the Brahman Mahajanas of the place".
* Puvina-Padangile [cite web
title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol IX - Part - I- Yadavas
url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/yadavas.html
accessdate = 2007-10-18 ] : An inscription found on a slab set in the front of the Anjaneya temple at Yenigi, Hadagali Taluk, records that "while the king (the Sevuna Yadava king Kandharadeva or Kannara(1247-1261)) was camping at the "nelevidu" of Devagiri, the 120 Brahman Mahajanas of Puvina-Padangile, who are described as very learned in the Vedas and the Shastras, performing Aupasana and Agnihotra and as "ripukula-kadali-vana-kunjarar" (destructive to enemies as elephants to the forest of plantain-trees) and "sarangata-vajra-panjarar" (mail-armour to those who seek shelter under them), made a gift of various plots of land of specified boundary, for the service of the god Kusmanatha at the village." Puvina-Padangile is stated to have been "situated in the "Kogali-nadu", which was the eye of the "Nolambavadi-nadu" which again was, as it were, the nose of "Kuntala-desa".

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Hoovina Hadagali had a population of 23,404. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Hoovina Hadagali has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Hoovina Hadagali, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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