Bankikodla and Hanehalli are the twin neighbouring villages in a valley in

Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada is a fifth largest district in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is bordered by the state of Goa and Belagavi districts to the north, Dharwad District and Haveri District to the east, Shivamogga District, and Udupi District to ...

district in the Indian state of

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. Just to the north of the village, the

Gangavalli River Gangavalli River is one of the many small rivers that originates and flows entirely within the western part of the state of Karnataka in India. The National Highway 66 (India) continues on the Hosur Bridge the bridge built over Gangavali Rive ...

joins the

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. The town of

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is just to the south of the village. The surrounding Sahyadri Mountains hug the Arabian sea with open fields providing recreational opportunities for the locals. It has creeks and shallow ponds and bridges, which are vulnerable in the rainy seasons. For religious or spiritual people, there are temples, church and a Masjid to worship in. During

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, the

Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin Chitrapur Saraswats are a small Konkani-speaking community of Hindu Brahmins in India. They are traditionally found along the Kanara coast and call themselves ''Bhanaps'' in the Konkani language. Susan Bayly says that they were formed from c ...

s built Anandashram High School (1884) for their children, but a majority of them eventually moved out to Mumbai. The younger population is now moving out of the village and the older generations, especially the retired communities, have started coming back to the village.

Location

The village is from

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, north of

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and from

Karwar Karwar is a coastal City and the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency, located at the mouth of the Kali River (Karnataka), Kali river along the Konkan Coast in the present-day state of Ka ...

. Bankikodla-Hanehalli lies between the

Gangavali River Gangavalli River is one of the many small rivers that originates and flows entirely within the western part of the state of Karnataka in India. The National Highway 66 (India) continues on the Hosur Bridge the bridge built over Gangavali Rive ...

and

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and is situated along the Karwar coast of the Arabian Sea. It is near to the college towns of

Kumta Kumta is a town and taluk in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is one of the important stations along the Konkan Railway line running between Mumbai and Mangalore. The 36th Kannada Sahithya Sammelana was held in Kumta in 1 ...

, Ankola,

Surathkal Surathkal(kn:ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್)" is one of the major localities in the northern part of Mangaluru taluk located on National Highway 66 (old NH-17) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of Arabian sea. I ...

and

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Bankikodla-Hanehalli can be reached by buses and taxicabs from Kumta (), Ankola () and Karwar () on national highway 17(

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). Karnataka state road transport corporation runs buses from many places. Goa Airport, Hubli Airport and

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are the closest airports. It can be reached by the

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on the

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route. The Madangeri railway station is from the village while Bavikodla beach is away. Kashi Vishwanatha Temple community center is at Nelaguni on the way to Gokarna.

Climate

*Summer : Marc– mid June, *Rainy : mid June–October *Winter : November–February. Since the town is located on the coast, it has a moderate climate, with temperatures in the range of 28^c to 36^c during summer and 26^c to 20^c during winter. The rainy season has heavy rains by the

south-west monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscill ...

. The average annual rainfall is about 3000 mm.

Population

Industries

*Handloom factory- Handloom factory (1949)
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Education

Anandashram High School, Bankikodla Ananadasharm High School one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada, was a private school located in Bankikodla-Hanehalli. Anandasharm High School is providing education from eighth standard through tenth standard (S. S. L. C). The medium ...

- established 1884

Temples

*Ammavara Devasthan *Mukundi Devasthan *Bankanatheshwara Devasthan *Lakshmi Narayana Devasthan *Dugrambika Devasthan *Kashi Vishwanath Matt *Mahasati Devasathan

Notable personalities

* Gangadhar Chittal *

Yashwant Chittal Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (3 August 1928 – 22 March 2014) was a Kannada fiction writer. G. S. Amur said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with his distinct touch.The kind of experimentation he did with language ...

Gopal Gaonkar Gopal H. Gaonkar (born 1936) is a professor of engineering at Florida Atlantic University. Gaonkar is a recipient of American Helicopter Society's Fellow Award in 2005, was the Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of the American Helicopter Society'' ...

* Arvind Nadkarni * Dayanand Nadkarni * Mangesh Nadkarni *Ramesh L. Nadkarni * Sundar Nadkarni

References

{{reflist Villages in Uttara Kannada district