Raibag (Rural)
Raibag (Rural)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Raibag Bhagi | |
---|---|
town | |
Nickname(s): Raya | |
Raibag Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Raibag Raibag (India) Show map of India | |
Coordinates: 16°29′N 74°47′E / 16.48°N 74.78°E / 16.48; 74.78Coordinates: 16°29′N 74°47′E / 16.48°N 74.78°E / 16.48; 74.78 | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Belagavi |
Talukas | Raybag |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,911 |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Raibag (Rural) is a town in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It is located at the Raybag taluka of Belagavi district in Karnataka.
Contents
1 Demographics
2 History
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Demographics[edit]
As of 2001[update] India census, Raybag (Rural) had a population of 9911 with 5123 males and 4788 females.
It is one of the smallest taluq in Belagavi district.
Besides being an underdeveloped place, its geographical situation is very good as it is just 591 from Bangaluru,90 km from Belgaum,65 km from Kolhapur,and 50 km to Sangali-Miraj.
The market here is so unplanned that, there is always a jam or congestion.
The town also is home to two sugar factories providing a large source of employment. A fertilizer factory on outskirts adds another feather to the cap.
The villages nearby are famous for their vibrant cultures and arts.
A village named Chinchali, 8 km from the town is famous for its female goddess Mayakka, an annual fair which happens here is considered to be the Karnataka's second largest fair after Saundatti Yellamma.
The town also celebrates a grand fair of Goddess Laxmi once in five years.[citation needed]
The climate here in and around is moderate and makes it best for living.[citation needed]
The major clans here are Kurubas, Jains and Lingayat.
In yesteryears the place was under the rulership of Shahu Maharaj; the place derives its name with the meaning King and Tiger, for Rai and bagh respectively where latter means tiger in Hindi.
The town has a newly built Mini Vidhan Soudha which is now in a condition which needs desperate repairs the mini vidhansauda looks so dirty and indiciplined that even the public toilet are more cleaner than it, it definitely needs some good attention but dose not get as is being ruled by local anarchial goons and it is also hosting several public offices such as Tahasildar, revenue, etc., and official RTO registration bearing KA 23.
A major source of transport is Railway, which passes here to major cities of the state and counterparts.
The major source of income is agriculture, the rural people growing rich crops like sugarcane, turmeric, grapes, etc.
History[edit]
In ancient days Raybag was called as Poobaagi means hoovina baagi' (flowers place). The Ratta empire ruled Poobaagi for several centuries. Somanath temple, Narasimha temple and Jain basadi are historical places. Rajaditya was famous a mathematician of Poobaagi.
[1]
See also[edit]
- Belgaum
- Districts of Karnataka
References[edit]
^ ab Village code= 24500 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
^ "Yahoomaps India : Raibag (Rural), Belgaum, Karnataka". Retrieved 2008-12-18.
External links[edit]
- http://Belgaum.nic.in/
Categories:
- Villages in Belgaum district
(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||).push(function()mw.config.set("wgPageParseReport":"limitreport":"cputime":"0.564","walltime":"0.692","ppvisitednodes":"value":3174,"limit":1000000,"ppgeneratednodes":"value":0,"limit":1500000,"postexpandincludesize":"value":105033,"limit":2097152,"templateargumentsize":"value":10442,"limit":2097152,"expansiondepth":"value":16,"limit":40,"expensivefunctioncount":"value":4,"limit":500,"unstrip-depth":"value":0,"limit":20,"unstrip-size":"value":2330,"limit":5000000,"entityaccesscount":"value":1,"limit":400,"timingprofile":["100.00% 360.165 1 -total"," 63.70% 229.435 1 Template:Infobox_settlement"," 34.81% 125.370 1 Template:Infobox"," 14.49% 52.179 1 Template:Short_description"," 13.09% 47.137 1 Template:Reflist"," 12.93% 46.585 2 Template:Citation_needed"," 11.28% 40.634 2 Template:Fix"," 10.94% 39.420 2 Template:Cite_web"," 9.61% 34.617 5 Template:Both"," 8.91% 32.092 1 Template:Coord"],"scribunto":"limitreport-timeusage":"value":"0.128","limit":"10.000","limitreport-memusage":"value":4762856,"limit":52428800,"cachereport":"origin":"mw1250","timestamp":"20180901033031","ttl":1900800,"transientcontent":false);mw.config.set("wgBackendResponseTime":80,"wgHostname":"mw1262"););