Chincholi is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

and a

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Kalaburagi district Kalaburagi district, formerly known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Kalaburagi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is the headquarters of Kalaburagi div ...

in the state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, India.

Geography

Chincholi is located at . It has an average elevation of 462 metres (1515 feet). The town is spread over an area of 6 km².The area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpag
Population of Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP
belonging to the Municipal Administration Department of the Government of

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Chincholi had a population of 20,897 with males numbering 10,852 and females 10,045. Chincholi Taluka borders the following talukas of

: Gulbarga Taluka to the west, Chitapur taluka to the south-west and

Sedam Sedam or Seram is a town in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Sedam Taluka. Geography The town is spread over an area of .The population and area of major towns in Karnataka has been menti ...

Taluka to the south. It also borders

Humnabad Humnabad is a town and municipal council in the Bidar District of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Karnataka. Humnabad is the headquarters of Humnabad taluk. Geography Humnabad is located at . It has an average elevation of ...

Taluk of Bidar district to the north and Tandur Mandal of

Vikarabad district Vikarabad district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Vikarabad is the headquarters of the district..The district shares boundaries with Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Rangareddy districts and the state boundary of Karnata ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

to the east and Mogudampally mandal of Sangareddy district of

to northeast.

Politics

Chincholi is part of Chincholi Assembly constituency and

Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency) Bidar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in India. This constituency came into existence in 1962. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008. I ...

. Two time chief minister of Karnataka Veerendra Patil was from this taluka. Villages in Chincholi Taluk

Tourist places

*Sukshetra Buggi *Chandrapalli reservoir *Etti Potta Falls *Nagaral reservoir and Gottamgotta *Chincholi Wildlife Sanctuary

Transport

KSRTC provides bus travel within Karnataka and the nearby states of Maharastra and Telangana. The nearest railway stations are

Sedam railway station Sedam railway station, (also known as Seram railway station), (station code: SEM) is an Indian Railway station in Sedam the town of Kalaburagi District in Indian state of Karnataka. It is located on the –Wadi line of Secunderabad railway d ...

() and Tandur railway station (). The nearest international airport is

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace ...

(), whilst the nearest domestic airport is Gulbarga Airport (). And nearest domestic airport is

Bidar Airport Bidar Airport ಬೀದರ್ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ is an airport in Bidar, India. It operates as a civil enclave on the Indian Air Force's Bidar Air Force Station.

(60 KM)

References

{{Gulbarga topics Cities and towns in Kalaburagi district