Khanapur


Khanapur is a panchayat town in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belgaum. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur Taluka. The town is on the Belgaum-Panaji National Highway, NH 4A. Khanapur is well connected by train and road to important cities in Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. Kannada is the official language and Marathi also widely spoken in the town.

Geography

Khanapur has an elevation of.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the town of Khanapur had 16,567 inhabitants, with 8,474 males and 8,093 females, for a gender ratio of 955 females per thousand males.
In the 2011 census, the town of Khanapur had 18,535 inhabitants.

Tourism, attractions, and economy

Khanapur's economy is agriculture-based and is noted for its cultivation of crops such as sugarcane, rice, nachani, and fruits including chikoo, guava, and jackfruit. It is also famous for food items such as churmure and jaggery.
Khanapur is famous for its national level pottery training centre, the Central Village Pottery Institute, which is run by khadi and a village industries commission on the banks of the Malaprabha River, where excellent pottery training is given in Redware and Whiteware technology. Also, a tourist spot in Khanapur is Chouda Musi, a small British era bridge constructed over a small dam.
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