Kudachi is a town municipal corporation in

Belagavi district Belagavi district, formerly also known as Belgaum district, is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with hectares being used for commercial production. It has overtaken Mandya distri ...

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 ...

. "Akhni," widely known as Yakhni Pulao, is a famous local dish.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Kudachi had a population of 23,154. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kudachi has an average literacy rate of 68%, lower than the national average of 74.9%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 46%. In Kudachi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The major source of income in this small town is agriculture, mainly sugar cane. Kudachi is near to the sugar works located in the town of Ugar (9 km). This small town is famous for many things, including its sugar cane crop, tasty brinjal, its different culture, and its many religious places or dargahs.

Land of Sufi Saints

Shrine of Hazrat Maasaheba Ashrafe Dojahan R.A., Kudachi (Kudchi), Karnataka – India Kudachi is often referred to as the land of Sufi saints, as this town has been blessed by the presence of many revered saints throughout history. Shaikh Sirajuddin Junaidi Rahmatullah Alaih, to whom the town of Kudachi was granted as an Inam (land grant) in the year 1370 A.D., is one of the most prominent among them. In his honor, an annual festival called 'Gadda' is celebrated for at least a week. Hazrat Maasaheba Ashrafe Dojahan Rahmatullah Alaih migrated to Kudachi from Balkh, Afghanistan, and eventually made this town his home. His Dargah (shrine) in Kudachi is now a well-known spiritual and tourist destination. Another revered Sufi saint, Dada Makhdoom Rahmatullah Alaih, is remembered for his enduring legacy of justice and service to the community. Even after his passing, people continue to visit his shrine with deep faith, seeking blessings and justice.

Economy

Kudachi is a town located on the banks of river

Krishna River The Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga, Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godav ...

, agriculture is the predominant occupation and is a single largest contributor to Kudachi's economy. The main crops grown are

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...

jowar ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus ''Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain is used as food by humans, ...

wheat Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...

, pulses and Kudachi brinjal.

Travel

It is 105 km from

Belgaum Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...

which is situated in

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 ...

state of India. It can also be accessed from

Miraj Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city that is part of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad metropolitan region in Sangli district, Maharashtra. Founded in the early 10th century, Miraj was an important jagir of the Bijapur Sultanate. Chhatrapa ...

, which is 37 km from Kudachi. One can reach Kudachi from anywhere in India by rail and road. The nearest airport to Kudachi is

and

kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Kolhapur is one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural a ...

References

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