Kamalnagar is a town and headquarters of Kamalnagar
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
a in
Bidar district
Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar, Bidar city. Geographically, it known as the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Ka ...
in the
South
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Etymology
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Indian state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
.
History
Kamalnagara became a ''
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
'' in 2017. Kamalnagara has the biggest
''panchayat'' in the district. Kamalnagara has a
National Highway 50(NH) that connects to
Nanded
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in
Maharashtra
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and
Bidar city in Karnataka and Kamalnagar has a railway connectivity before independence of India
[ Kamalnagar, Bidar, Karnataka]
Demographics
In the
2021 Indian census, Kamalnagara had a population of 34784 of whom 19462 were males and 15321 were females.
Notables
* Madhgana Linga Chakravarthy
* Channabasava Pattadevaru
See also
*
Bidar
Bidar ( ) is a city and headquarters of the Bidar district in Karnataka state of India. Bidar is a prominent place on the archaeological map of India, it is well known for architectural, historical religious and rich heritage sites. Pictures ...
*
Districts of Karnataka
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, ''viz''., Belagavi, Bengaluru
, Gulbarga, and Mysore. Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretc ...
References
External links
* http://Bidar.nic.in/
Cities and towns in Bidar district
Taluks in Bidar district
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