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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