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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Holkunda<br />
| population_total = 2496<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_type2 = State<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = District<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kalaburagi district|Kalaburagi]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17.5280741|N|76.9774798|E|display=inline}}<br />
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'''Holkunda''', also known as '''Holkonda''' and '''Holconda''' is a village in the [[Kalaburagi district]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. It is located about 28 kilometers northeast of the district headquarters [[Kalaburagi|Gulbarga]], on the [[National Highway 50 (India)|NH50]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
During the [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani]] period, the village was a suburb of Gulbarga, which was the capital of the sultanate. By the British period, it had been reduced to a small village.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yazdani |first=Ghulam |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.71831/page/n11/mode/2up |title=Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of His Exalted Highness The Nizam's Dominions |date=1938 |publisher=Baptist Mission Press |location=Calcutta |page=1}}</ref><br />
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== Landmarks ==<br />
A cluster of seven [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani]] mausolea are located within the village. These are very similar to the [[Haft Gumbaz]]. Five are situated within a walled compound, and two are situated outside. One of these tombs is revered as a ''[[dargah]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Merklinger |first=Elizabeth I. |date=1975 |title=Seven Tombs at Holkonda: A Preliminary Survey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20752462 |journal=Kunst des Orients |volume=10 |issue=1/2 |pages=187–197 |jstor=20752462 |issn=0023-5393}}</ref> The complex is listed as a [[List of State Protected Monuments in Karnataka|state protected monument]].<br />
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== Economy ==<br />
[[Jaggery]] is the most significant commodity produced in Holkunda.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], the village had a population of 2495, in 418 households.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/612/download/2096/DH_2011_2925_PART_A_DCHB_GULBARGA.pdf |title=Census of India 2011 - Karnataka - Series 30 - Part XII A - District Census Handbook, Gulbarga |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Karnataka |year=}}</ref> 964 people belonged the [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]].<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Kalaburagi district]]<br />
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