Wadi, Karnataka

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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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'''Wadi''' is a [[census town]] in [[Gulbarga district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]].The Wadi Town Has a 23 Municipal Ward. The [[Wadi Junction railway station]] is an important railway junction on the Indian railways.
Gulbarga, which is around 37 km via rail route and 40km via roadway from Wadi
The railway line from Secunderabad to Wadi was started in 1874.

==Geography==
Wadi is located at {{Coord|17.07|N|76.98|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Wadi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Wadi]</ref> It has an average elevation of 411 metres (1348 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Wadi had a population of 120,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Wadi has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63% and female literacy is 45%. In Wadi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Tourism==
Wadi is a tourist spot. Some of the attractions are the two Hanuman Temples, one in railway colony and the other situated at Konchur, a village 10km from Wadi railway station. Also of interest are the Astaan E Quadri Halkatta Sharif Dargah, also 6 km from Wadi town, and the ACC cement plants, which use both the latest and obsolete technologies.

==Transport==
[[Wadi Junction railway station]] is on the [[Solapur-Guntakal line]], which is part of Mumbai-Chennai line. Trains from the metro cities of [[Mumbai]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Hyderabad]] and [[Chennai]] pass through this town. It is also connected to [[Secunderabad]] by rail.

==Income/Economy==
Wadi is home to two cement plants of ACC, one of 2.6 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) capacity and the other 2.1 mtpa. These are some of the largest cement plants in the country.
Wadi is also famous for limestone mines.
Wadi is also an important railway junction.

The cement plants of ACC, the railways and the limestone have attracted people from diverse regions and cultures, in search of employment.

==Educational Institutes==
Wadi has a no. of educational institutions:
* Chakravarthy Kanavashila Vidya Varthaka Samsthye.
*Dr.B R Ambedkar School
* St. Ambrose Convent School
* [[D.A.V Public School]]
* Al Ameen Urdu School
* Industrial Training Institute [ITI]
* National M. A. V. Primary School
* Mahatma Gandhi School
* Mini Rose
* V. P. Naik College
* Bahamani Kingdom Women's College
* Govt. High School
* Shri Shail Mallikaarjun Vidyaa Vardhak Sounsthey
* Balvikas Mandir Higher Primary School
* Mathoshri Kusumabai Devappa Hahidhande Kannada Medium High School
* Mathoshri Ramabai Ambedkar Kanya Proudha Shaley

==Business==
Wadi Market is old. Thursdays are marked as the weekly market (or weekly shandy or vaara santhe) days, where people from nearby towns and villages visit for selling and buying daily essentials like vegetables, fruits, etc.

It's mainly held on road side near the railway ticket counter every Thursday it's start's nearly 9 am(9:00) to around 6 pm (18:00){according to the stock available}

Important landmarks are GOPALRAO INFO SOLUTIONS and KHANDELWAL RAJORE BUILDING, the oldest building in Wadi. It is close to Wadi Railway Junction.

== Banks ==
There are many prominent banks located in Wadi to ease public in many aspects of financial banks like

[[State Bank of India|SBI]], [[HDFC Bank]], KBS Bank,Post Office Bank

ATMs like Axis Bank, TATA Indi Cash ATM, India 1 ATM, HDFC ATM, KBS Atm, SBI ATM,

==References==
{{reflist}}*[http://www.acclimited.com/newsite/cement_infrastructure_en.asp ACC Plant]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Gulbarga district]]
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