Nipani
| Nipani ನಿಪ್ಪಾಣಿ, | |
|---|---|
| City | |
  Nipani Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: IN 16°24′00″N 74°23′00″E / 16.4000°N 74.3833°ECoordinates: IN 16°24′00″N 74°23′00″E / 16.4000°N 74.3833°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Karnataka,India |
| District | Belgaum District |
| Founded by | Srimant Siddhojiraje Naik-Nimbalkar, Nipankar Sarlashkar Desai Sarkar. |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 98,061 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 591237 |
| Telephone code | 08338 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 23 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/1000 ♂/♀ |
Nipani is a taluka and a City Municipal Council in Belgaum District in the India state of Karnataka. It is located at a Distance of 75 km from the district headquarters and 37 km from Kolhapur City in Maharashtra State. It is an important agricultural and commercial trade center in the district. Nipani and its surrounding villages are known for growing high quality tobacco, which is used for manufacturing beedis.
The City Municipal Council (CMC) Nipani was constituted in 1987.
Geography and climate
Since Nipani is close to the branches of the western ghats, it enjoys a good rainy season. Temperature ranges from 16 to 40 °C (61 to 104 °F).
Demographics
As of 2011 India census,[1] Nipani had a population of 98,061. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Nipani has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Nipani, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kannada is the official language and Marathi is widely spoken.
Business
Nipani is dependent mostly on agriculture and its local textile industry. Nipani is also well known for its Tobacco business, Beedi Factories, Tobacco Mills, foundry business, Tile Business, wood businesses and aluminium pot making factory.
Nipani is one of notable Tobacco trade market and producer in India. Nipani is surrounded by 3 sugar Factory one of it Shri, Halsidhnath Sugar Factory is situated in Nipani and other two are in nearing Maharashatra Border, Sada Sakhar Hamidwada and Jawahar in Hupari.
Education
Nipani has good colleges and schools. Most of the students who come to this city for education are from neighbouring villages such as Lakhanapur, Kognoli, Yaranal, Pangir, Shendur, Budalmukh, Khadaklat, Kodni, Yamgarni, Benadi, Jatrat, Akkol, Padalihal, Nanganur, Shripevadi, Aadi, Murgod, Solankur, Saundalaga, Pangire B, Kurli, Appachiwadi etc.
Many of the students from this sub-urban place have travelled, worked and a few have even settled abroad. Indirectly, these students have helped the Nipani's business to flourish when they transfer their hard earned money to their families not to forget the contributions made by neighbouring villages and outsiders, who have helped to keep Nipani a busy town. Nipani is well known as a destination for higher education. Courses including BA, MA, B.COM, M.COM, BSC, BBA, BCA, D.PHARM, B.PHARM, M.PHARM BHMS, BAMS, B.ED, BE are conducted by various institutes.
Devchand College, KLE's G. I Bagewadi College are the notable colleges in the area.
K.L.E’s English Medium CBSE School, Nipani was established in the year 2004 with the aim of providing comprehensive modern education to the students and develop their complete personality. K.L.E’s English Medium CBSE School Nipani, makes effort to reach the pinnacle of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional growth of a child, so that the students may be actively involved and dedicated in the pursuit of excellence in all these fields with relentless and limitless zeal. The school is situated on a spacious land of 13 Acres situated on the Pune – Bangalore National Highway.
Tourism and attractions
Nipani is 575 km from Bangalore and 183 km from Goa. It is surrounded by natural beauty in the form of rivers and hills .There are popular tourists places like Tavandi (Stavanidhi), Ramaling, Nipanikar Wada, Samadhi Math, Sai Mandir, Jawahalal Nehru lake.
Tavandi (Stavanidhi), which is 5 km from Nipani, has four Jain temples. The huge idol of Brahmadev is visited by people from all sections of the society. There is a temple dedicated to Devi Padmavati between the main road and the Tirth Temple. The main temple at Stavanidhi has three Vedis. The first one is dedicated to Bhagwan Surparsvanath. An idol of Bhagwan Rishabdev of 11 A.D. is installed in this Chaitya. In the second Chaitya, an idol of Bagwan Parsvanath known as Navkhand (Nine pieces) is very miraculous.There are idols of Yaksha Brahmadev and Devi Padmavati in this Chaitya. The third Chaitya is dedicated to Yaksha Brahmadev which has a huge idol of Sindoori color. On the upper storey, a Shassterakut and Chamukha are there. The images in Kayotsang posture of Bhagwan Neminath, Baghwan Adinath, Bhagwan Parsvanath and Bhagwan Mahavir in Padmasan as Mulnayak are installed here. A fair is organized in the month of January on the night of Amavasya.
Also you can stroll into the Nipanikar Wada and have a good look at the brilliant wall paintings of the 19th century.
A wide variety of historical sites, temples and churches exist in and around the city.
Transportation
Nipani is connected by road via national highways 4 (connecting Maharashtra (now part of the Golden Quadrilateral), Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) and 4A (connecting Karnataka and Goa). North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) run buses to all corners of Karnataka and to neighboring states. There are many prominent private bus companies providing services to all major destinations in Karnataka and surrounding states. KSRTC services almost all villages in Karnataka. 92% villages are served by KSRTC (6743 out of 7298 Villages) and 44% in other areas (6743 out of 7298). KSRTC operates 6463 schedules in a day covering an effective distance of 23.74 lakh km with a total fleet of 7599 buses. It transports, on an average, 24.57 lakh passengers per day.
References
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.