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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belakavadi
| nickname = Belakodi
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Belakavadi.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12|15|18|N|77|7|21|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mandya]]
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| parts_type = [[Taluk]]
| parts = [[Malavalli]]
| government_type = [[Village Panchayat]]
| governing_body = Belakavadi Gram Panchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 9851
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 571417<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiastudychannel.com/india/cities/26351-Belakavadi.aspx|title=Belakavadi Pincode, photos and website|website=IndiaStudyChannel.com}}</ref>
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'''Belakavadi ''' or '''Belakawadi''' is a town in the southern state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">Village code= 2431600 {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=8 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com |title=Yahoomaps India : |accessdate=2008-12-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archivedate=18 December 2008 |url-status=dead }} Belakavadi, Mandya, Karnataka</ref> It is located in the [[Malavalli]] [[taluk]] of [[Mandya district]] in Karnataka. As per the records of Hoysala rulers Belakavadi was one of the central places of administrative divisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-17.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073234/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-17.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-08 }} , pg 2</ref> Temples include Shanbhulingeshwara Temple,<ref>http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/spka-mandya-temples.htm , Malavalli Taluk Shiva Temples</ref> Kashi Vishwanatheshwara Temple and maramma temple.

==Demographics==
[[File:Losangra-abiyana-malavalli-taluck-belakavadi-sakthikendra.jpg|thumb|The office of the Gram Panchayat, Belakavadi]]
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Belakavadi had a population of 9851 with 4888 males and 4963 females.<ref name="censusindia" /> Majority of the population belong to Hinduism.

==History ==
Belakavadi is on the left bank of the river Kaveri situated 20 km southwest of the taluk centre Malavalli. Plenty of red, black, black red and coloured pottery as well as Rousette coated potteries of the Megalithic age were discovered in a site on the banks of the river. On some of them are traces of decorations. In a ruined pit, animal bones were found. The 1945-46 report of the department of Archaeology refers to it, probably as a mud burial. All the six inscriptions reported from this place are of the Vijayanagar period and registers the grant given to the Shambhulinga temple. The Ishwara temple on the river bank, is a structure of about 15th century and the Veerabhadra temple in the centre street of the village is of about 14th century. There are other temples such as Kattebasappa, Upparige Basaveshwara and Mandalakamma, It also has more than seven hero stones and several Masti stones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-17.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073234/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-17.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-08 }} , pg 17</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Shani Mahadevappa]] - Kannada theatre and film actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-14.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426084437/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-14.pdf |archivedate=2012-04-26 }} ,pg 2</ref>

* [[Roopa Iyer]] - film actress, director

== Transport ==
The village is well connected by roads. KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) ply buses from Bengaluru, Mysuru, Malavalli, Kollegala and T.Narasipura.

==See also==
* [[Mandya]]
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://Mandya.nic.in/
* About village: https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073234/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-17.pdf, pg 17
* About literature and culture: https://web.archive.org/web/20120426084437/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-14.pdf
* Latitude and longitude: http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/?loc=Belakavadi+%2C+karnataka&id=392923

{{Settlements in Mandya district}}

[[Category:Villages in Mandya district]]

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