Chittaguppa is a taluka and

tehsil 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 ...

Bidar district Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Kamare ...

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 ''Kar ...

. Up until 2017, the city was under the administration of Humnabad. Chitguppa is divided into 23 wards. It is from Humnabad and from

Bidar Bidar (/ biːd̪ər/) is a city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. It is the headquarters of Bidar district, which borders Maharashtra and Telangana. It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider ''Bidar Metropolitan area ...

. The city is known for having the largest marketplace in the Bidar district and its corn production. An airport for Bidar and Kalaburagi was proposed in Chitgoppa, but the plan was cancelled due to high land acquisition costs and insufficient connectivity via road and rail.

History

The Chitgoppa area, formerly known as the Chitgoppa Empire, was formerly under the control of the Nizams who established Sadar Diwani Adalat and Moffusil as their courts. Patwardhan Saheb was the first President of the Chitguppa municipality and Kishan Rao Saheb was the President of the Municipality for three consecutive terms until he voluntarily stepped down.Role Of Freedom Fighters In Bidar Districd (1890 -1947)
/ref> The town has two Muslim

dargah A dargah ( fa, درگاه ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargah'' दरगाह درگاہ, bn, দরগাহ ''dorgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a ...

s (dedicated to Salar Makdum and Karimullah) where the annual Urs (prayer meetings) are held. Every year in August a fair is held for the Hindu god Baloba. A marble statue of a Hindu saint Mahadevappe Devarshi has been installed in a monastery named after him in the town.A very famous temple in chitguppa is Bhavani mandir which was established by the members of Bhavasar kshatriya Samaj the temple was very old after every Navratri there was a celebration of temple palki at the time of Vijayadashami.The speciality of this temple is in Navarathri DASARA. Its one of the memorable event, lots of devotees will visit on that day and make pallaki seva.This temple has very big history bind it.

Geography

Chitguppa is divided into 23 wards. It is from Humnabad and from

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. Coordinates are 17.6979° N, 77.2155° E. Area of 2.317 mi².

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chitgoppa had a population of 25,298: males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. 13.33% of the population was under six years of age. Chitguppa had an average literacy rate of 71.88%, lower than the state average of 75.36%, with male literacy at 77.76% and female literacy at 65.75%. The Chitgoppa Town Municipal Council oversaw over 4,445 houses, to which it supplied basic amenities.

References

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