Maladkal is a village in Karnataka state, comes under Raichur District, Devadurga Taluk and Gabbur hobli. Maladkal lies in northern part of Karnataka(Kalyana Karnataka Division). Maladkal shares its boundary with Gabbur, Ramadurga, Jagatakal, N Ganekal, Maseedpur and Atnur (Manvi taluk).[1] Maladakal is one of the Gram Panchayat[2] in Raichur District.

Maladkal
Maladakal,Mandkal
village
Maladkal
Anthem: Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jana Gana Mana
Maladkal is located in Karnataka
Maladkal
Maladkal
Maladkal pointed on Karnataka map
Maladkal is located in India
Maladkal
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Maladkal (India)
Maladkal is located in Asia
Maladkal
Maladkal
Maladkal (Asia)
Coordinates: 16°16′45.12″N 77°6′13.62″E / 16.2792000°N 77.1037833°E / 16.2792000; 77.1037833
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictRaichur
TalukDevadurga
SeatSarpanch
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Area
 • Total2,777.802 ha (6,864.071 acres)
Highest elevation
(Paramananda hill)
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,819
DemonymKannadigas
Language
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN
584113
Area code08532
Geocode16.27665113566765, 77.10435483175563
Vehicle registrationKA 36
Maladkal boundary mapped by KGIS

The village majorly consists of hardworking farmers as most families are agriculture oriented [3] and others hold their personal businesses. Crops produced in this village are cotton, chilli and rice but, some people also grow vegetables for their livelihood. Maladkal is a self sustained village as most of villages in India, the villagers are mostly interdependent for their livelihood.[4]

After, the completion of Basava Sagara dam (Narayanpura dam) irrigation project the villagers also switched to irrigation farming from dryland farming. Before irrigation farmers used to grow jowar, wheat, millet, sunflower and other dryland crops.[5][6]

History edit

As the village lies in part of Raichur Doab has diverse history and culture. The village is considered to be a neolithic site as some of rock arts were found on the hill. This indicates strong cultural influences to pre-modern era.[7]

Demographics edit

As of 2011 census Maladkal had a population of 2819 among which 1375 were male and 1444 female.[8] 2001 census indicates total population of 2330 among which 1160 were male and 1172 female.[9]

Transport edit

The village connects to state highway (SH15) from a well maintained road constructed under Gram Sadak Yojana.[10] There are two buses provided by Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (previously known as KSRTC) a government run road transport. The two buses connect to Raichur(District) and Devadurga(Tehsil). Nearby Railway station is Raichur railway station which can be reached by bus.

Bus Route edit

By road Raichur District is about 40km. There are total of four stops on the way (Maladkal-Gabbur-Sulthanpur-Murhanpur-Kalmala-Raichur). Tahsil Devadurga is about 30km.[11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "map of maladkal". google maps. google LLC.
  2. ^ "Gram Panchayat of Maladkal". panchatantra.kar.nic.in.
  3. ^ "Raichur District agriculture profile". e-krishiuasb.karnataka.gov.in.
  4. ^ Agro-climatic zones of Raichur (PDF). p. 38.
  5. ^ "weather". accuweather.com.
  6. ^ Lok Sabha, India. Parliament (1989). Lok Sabha Debates. p. 98.
  7. ^ R, Arjun (2016). "Situating Maladkal within the Rock Bruisings of Neolithic Residual hill Settlements of Raichur Doab, Karnataka". ResearchGate.
  8. ^ "population of Maladkal". census.gov.in. Government of India.
  9. ^ "population of Maladkal 2001 census". census.gov.in.
  10. ^ "Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana". omms.nic.in.
  11. ^ "Maladkal bus stop". kkrtc.karnataka.gov.in.