Chitapur
| Chitapur ಚಿತ್ತಾಪುರ |
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 Chitapur
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| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Gulbarga district |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 26,974 |
| • Density | 7,706.86/km2 (19,960.7/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 585211 |
| Telephone code | 08474 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-32 |
| Sex ratio | 1:1 ♂/♀ |
Chittapur is a panchayat town in Gulbarga district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is also the headquarters of the Chittapuru taluk.
Geography
Chitapur is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 403 metres (1322 ft). The town is spread over an area of 3.5 km².[2]
Chitapur Taluk has borders only with other Taluks of Gulbarga district. It borders Gulbarga taluk to the north-west, Chincholi Taluk district to the north, Sedam taluk to the east, Yadgir Taluk to the south-east, Shahpur Taluk to the south and Jevargi Taluk to the west.
Kagna river flows in this taluk.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[3] Chitapur had a population of 26,974. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chitapur has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 54% and female literacy of 38%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Schools
- Govt. P U College Chittapur
- Shri Revana Siddappa Appa Degree College Chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's P U College Of Arts And Science Chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's High School chittapur
- Nagavi Education Society's Higher Primary School Chittapur
- Shishuvihar higherprimery school chitapur
- Bethany High school Chittapur.
- Royal Oxford English medium chitapur
- Government High school and Jr. college chitapur
- G.M.P.S high school chitapur
- Girls high school chitapur
- Annemma Gobbur High school chitapur
- Kelagery Primary School chitapur
- Francis school (English Medium)
- Devanand English and Kannada primary school
- Pramod girls school
- JNANA GANGA HIGHER PRIMEY SCHOOL CHITTAPUR
- Smt. SEEMA GHAWARIYS HIGH SCHOOL CHITTAPUR
- adarsha vidyalaya (R M S A) English medium school chittapur
- Al-Hikmat Urdu medium primary school
Places to See
- Hazrat chita sha wali and Hazrat peer quadri dargah a 12th-century Sufi saint tombs located at baherpeth Chittapur.
- Chitapur Nagavi village in Chitapur Taluk was the location of a ghatika which is an ancient education centre for higher learning.[4]
- Sannati village in Chitapur Taluk along the banks of the river Bhima where rock edicts of the period of the King Ashoka and a possible early Buddhist settlement has been excavated.[5]
- Kanaganahalli (3-km from Sannati); also on the banks of the river Bhima is the place where an ancient Buddhist Mahastupa site has been excavated.[6]
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chitapur
- ↑ The area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpage Population of Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP belonging to the Municipal Administration Department of the Government of Karnataka
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- ↑ Description of a ghatika in detail is provided in the webpage authored by Jyotsna Kamat: History of Education, 1996-2007 Kamat's Potpourri
- ↑ "Rock Edicts of Asoka from Sannati, Chitapur Taluk, Gulbarga district (Karnataka)" in the Indian Museum Bulletin, Vol. XXII, (Calcutta, 1989), PP. 7-15"
- ↑ Excavation at Kanaganahalli has been described in Archaeological sites in Gulbarga Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka
