Tikota

Tikota is a taluka place in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Bijapur District in Karnataka.

Tikota
Taluka
Tikota Location in Karnataka, India Tikota Tikota (India)
Coordinates: 16.76°N 75.62°E / 16.76; 75.62
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Vijayapur district, Karnataka
Population  (2001)
• Total	11,284
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-28
Nearest city	Vijayapur, Karnataka
Sex ratio	961
Literacy	70%
Lok Sabha constituency	Vijayapur

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Tikota is a large village located in Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur district, Karnataka with total 2235 families residing. The Tikota village has population of 11,984 of which 6,111 are males while 5,873 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tikota village population of children with age 0-6 is 1596 which makes up 13.32% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tikota village is 961 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Tikota as per census is 968, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tikota village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tikota village.

Geography

The village is situated geographically at 16°50'28.2"N north latitude and 75°31'13.1"E east longitude.

Agriculture

The village mainly grow sugarcane, exporting international quality grapes, pomegranate, maize, and sorghum (jawar), as well as small portion of lemon, onion and turmeric etc. Irrigation via canals, bore-wells and wells.

Religion

Village is having mainly Lingayats, Hindu and Muslim community people.

Festivals

Every year people are celebrating Basava Jayanti Sankranti, Ugadi, Kara Hunnume, Nagara Panchami, Deepavli, Dassara and moharam many more.

Language

People can speak mainly Kannada also Hindi, Marathi as well.

Education

The village has a Govt Higher Primary School And Arts and Commerce degree level colleges currently working more than 5000 students.

• Govt Higher Primary School (Boys), Tikota
• Govt Higher Primary School (Girls), Tikota
• Kolhar Lower Primary School, Tikota
• Shivalaxmi Lower Primary School, Tikota
• Basaveshwar Lower Primary School, Tikota
• Siddivanayak Lower Primary School, Tikota
• Swami Vivekanand Lower Primary School, Tikota

• Shree Gajanan Primary and High School, Tikota
• Malik Sandal Urdu Primary and High School, Tikota
• Murarji Desai Residential School, Tikota
• BLDEA's English Medium Primary and High School, Tikota

• BLDEA's A B Jatti High School, Tikota
• BLDEA's A B Jatti Pre-University College, Tikota
• BLDEA's New Arts and Commerce College, Tikota

• Adarsh Para Medical College, Tikota
• Vinayak Industrial Training Institute, Tikota
• Govt Industrial Training Institute, Tikota

Politics

The village comes under Babaleshwar Assembly Constituency and Vijayapur Parliamentary Constituency.

Literacy Rate

Tikota village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Tikota village was 70.02% compared to 75.36% of Karnataka. In Tikota Male literacy stands at 78.08% while female literacy rate was 61.64%.

Bank

• DCC Bank, Tikota
• Syndicate Bank, Tikota
• ICICI Bank, Tikota
• KVG Bank, Tikota

PKPS

• Primary Agricultural Finance Co-operative Society, Tikota

Hospital

• Veterinary Hospital, Tikota

Agricultural market

• APMC Agricultural Market, Tikota

Health

• Primary HealthCare Center, Tikota

Electric transition center

• 110 KV Electric Transition Center, Tikota

Police station

• Police Station, Tikota

Rain measurement center

• Rain Measurement Center, Tikota

Village panchayat

• Village Panchayat, Tikota

Village panchayat library

• Village Panchayat Library, Tikota

Revenue office

• Revenue Office, Tikota

Hostel

• BCM Hostel, Tikota

Nandini KMF

• Milk Production Cooperative Society, Tikota

Bus station

• Govt Bus Station, Tikota

Fair

• Weekly village fair happening.

Lake

• Lake, Tikota

Telephone exchange center

• Telephone Exchange Center, Tikota
• STC Code - 08352

Post office

• Post Office, Tikota
• PINCode-586130 (Head Post Office at Tikota)

Transportation

Village is well connected to district headquarter Vijayapur also Jath and Athani.

Taluk Ppnchayat election village

• Taluk Panchayat Election Village, Tikota

Zilla panchayat election village

• Zilla Panchayat Election Village, Tikota

Highway

• National Highway - 12 => Vijayapur - Tikota - Athani

• State Highway - 43 => Tikota - Kanamadi - Jath

Climate and temperature

Climate data for Tikota
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29.2 (84.6)	32.8 (91.0)	35.9 (96.6)	37.9 (100.2)	37.5 (99.5)	34.0 (93.2)	31.1 (88.0)	31.0 (87.8)	31.1 (88.0)	31.0 (87.8)	29.5 (85.1)	29.0 (84.2)	32.5 (90.5)
Average low °C (°F)	15.5 (59.9)	17.6 (63.7)	22.6 (72.7)	24.0 (75.2)	25.0 (77.0)	23.0 (73.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.0 (71.6)	22.7 (72.9)	20.2 (68.4)	16.7 (62.1)	13.0 (55.4)	20.4 (68.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	8.6 (0.34)	3.1 (0.12)	6.0 (0.24)	10.0 (0.39)	16.2 (0.64)	61.1 (2.41)	77.1 (3.04)	74.5 (2.93)	62.0 (2.44)	51.6 (2.03)	27.2 (1.07)	3.5 (0.14)	400.9 (15.79)

Village has a semi-arid climate. It has an average elevation of 606 metres (1988 ft).

The climate is generally dry. In summer, especially in April and May, the temperature lays between 40 degree Celsius to 42 degree Celsius. In winter season, from November to January the temperature is between 20 degree Celsius to 30 degree Celsius. Usually the district has dry weather, so the humidity varies from 10% to 30%.