Malnad (; Malēnādu) is a region in the state of
Karnataka
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in
India
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. Malenadu covers the western and eastern slopes of the
Western Ghats or
Sahyadri mountain range, and is roughly 100 kilometers in width.
Malnadis a region of Karnataka state in South India. Malnad covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, roughly 100 km in width. It is a hilly terrain and comes under the heavy rain fall belt. The Malenadu region is humid and has an annual rainfall of 1000 to 3800 mm. Agumbe which is in Shivamogga district receives highest rainfall in Karnataka (close to 10000 mm) and is also known as Karnataka's Cherrapunji.
In Malnad area the villages are scattered to lying in remote areas .This region in the state poses special problems of development mainly due to peculiar settlement, sparse population, topography, dense forest, numerous, rivulets etc. In order to hasten the development of this area, Malnad Area Development Board was created as per Malnad Area development Act,1991 with a view to achieve overall development of Malnad area by implementing necessary development projects/works. The districts covered initially in this region were Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu and Hassan. At present total jurisidiction of the board covers part or full area of 13 districts of the state namely Chamarajnagar, Belgaum, Dharwar, Davangere, Haveri, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Mysore, Uttarkannada, Udupi, Mangalore.
These districts comprises 65 Assembly constituencies and 61 taluks. The area of operation of the Board notified by the Karnataka Govt.is as follows:
1.Belgaum Bailahongal,Belgaum,Hukkeri,Khanapur,Saudatti
2.Chamaraj nagar Chamarajnagar,Gundlupete,Kollegala, Hanuru
3.Chikkamagalur Kadur,Koppa,Chikkamagalur,Mudigere, Narasimharajapur,Shringeri,Tarikere, Ajjampura
4.Davanagere
Channagiri,Honnali, Nyamathi
5.Dharwad
Dharwad,Kalaghatagi, Alnanavara
6.Hassan Alur,Arakalagud,Belur,Hassan,Sakaleshpur
7.Haveri
Hangal,Hirekerur,Rettihalli, Byadagi,Savanur,Shiggaon
8.Kodagu
Madikeri,Somavarpet,Virajpet
9.Dakshina Kannada Mangalore,Puttur,Sulya,Bantwal,Belthangadi,Mudubidri,Kadaba
10.Mysore
Heggadadevana kote,Hunasur,Periyapattana,Sargur
11.Shivamogga Bhadravati,Shivamogga,Sagar,Sorab,Hosanagar, Thirthahalli,Shikaripura
12.Udupi Udupi,Kundapur,Karkala,Brahmavara,Kapu,Byndoor,Hebri
13.Uttara kannada Ankola,Bhatkal,Haliyal,Honnavara,Karwar, Kumta,Mundagod,Siddapur,Sirsi,Joida,Yallapur,Dandeli
Climate and rainfall statistics
The Western Ghats act as the rain barrier during south-west monsoon season. This region is one of the wettest regions in the world where the rainfall measurements had overflown over 7000mm whereas Cheerapunji and Mawsynram at average receives about 11,000mm of rainfall per year.
The following were the top 5 places that captured rainfall record statistics
010-2017
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The table below is comparison of rainfalls for between Agumbe in Thirthahalli taluk in Shimoga district, Hulikal in Hosanagara taluk in Shimoga district, Amagaon in Khanapur Taluk in Belgaum district and Talacauvery in Madikeri taluk in Kodagu district, Kokalli of Sirsi Taluk, Nilkund of Siddapur Taluk, CastleRock of Supa (Joida) Taluk in Uttara Kannada District to show which one can be called the "
Cherapunji of South India".
Hulikal in Shimoga district is wettest in State
from ''TheHindu.com'' accessed 23 March 2013
See also
* Coastal Karnataka
Kanara, also known as Karavali is the historically significant stretch of land situated by the southwestern coast of India, alongside the Arabian Sea in the present-day Indian state of Karnataka.
The region comprises three civil districts, ...
* North Karnataka
North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consists of 13 districts. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhi ...
* South Karnataka
References
External links
Elephant attacks spread fear in Malnad region
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Regions of Karnataka