Harugeri

Harugeri
Town Municipal Council
Nickname:  Educational capital of BELGAUM
Harugeri Location in Karnataka, India Harugeri Harugeri (India)
Coordinates: 16°31′01″N 74°56′59″E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	BELGAUM
Talukas	Raybag
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
• Body	Nagar Palika
• Rank	1
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Climate	Humid and summer (Köppen)

Harugeri (ಹಾರುಗೇರಿ) a town (ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್) in Raybag tehsilin Belguam District of Karnataka state, India. The Raja Lakhamagouda dam (Hidaka Dam) project supports this town with irrigation. Developed by irrigation, Harugeri has become a major agricultural marketplace in the state and holds a record of economically strongest town in its tehsil. Herugeri belongs to the Belguam division, and is located 113 km north from Belgaum, 21 km from Raybag and 567 km from state capital Bangaluru, and about 14 kilometers from the flowing Krishna River.

In 2015, Harugeri was recategorized from a village to a municipal town as a result of a 2011 population census. It has now become the biggest Gram Panchayati in Karnataka state and 2nd in the country (70+ members). Harugeri has a population of 28,755 inhabitants, of which there are 5,567 families and 14,681 male & 14,073 female inhabitants. Kannada is the local language there.

Religion

The town has many sacred places, in which Channavrushabendra Math (Leelamath) (Gramadevathe) is one of the most revered sites. Hence many of the pilgrims visit the place daily and every year the fair is held in October. The city is a religious cluster where all kinds of clans find their lively life.

Economy

With more than 110 square kilometers (27,181 acres), two-thirds of which are irrigated by the Ghataprabha project. Agriculture is the main economy in Harugeri. Main crops include sugarcane, Maize, tobacco, turmeric, grapes and wheat.
Additionally, the city is hosted by a number of mostly agriculture-related businesses and venues such as the APMC and a number of sugarcane mills. Harugeri has around 25 schools, which are:

• Harugeri Vidyalaya School (HVEH)
• Sri Vrushabhendra Education society (SVES) school
• Janata Education society, Pragati High school & Bhagwan ITI
• Sri Karesiddeshwar School
• GOVT High school
• Vivekananda School
• SPM St Peters English medium school
• SVES arts/commerce/science & BBA BCA college (PUC & UG courses)
• HVEH arts/commerce/science (PUC & UG course)
• Sri Siddhivinayak Ayurvedic college (BAMS)

and many other schools. It's a central educational hub for villages nearby. The local government (Municipal council) with its 72 members is the biggest in Karnataka.

Infrastructure of Harugeri is featured by a vast number of different schools, colleges and various banks including a branch office of the State Bank of India and syndicate bank. The village has about 50 doctors practicing medicines in various fields. Hospital however is in Miraj, a town about an hour from Harugeri and train station is 14 km (7.5 mi) away.

Harugeri has a very good retail market for farmers inside and around the town, hence it is also regarded as the economic capital of Raibag taluka.