Pavagada is a panchayat town in Tumkur district

Tumkur district

Tumkur district is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. The district headquarters are located at Tumkur. The district occupies an area of 10,598 km² and had a population of 2,584,711, of which 19.62% were urban as of 2001...

 in the India

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n state

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 of Karnataka

Karnataka

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. Historically it was part of Mysore kingdom. Though it is geographically connected to Chitradurga district

Chitradurga district

Chitradurga district is an administrative district of Karnataka state in southern India. The city of Chitradurga is the district headquarters. Chitradurga gets its name from Chitrakaldurga, an umbrella-shaped lofty hill found there. Tradition dates Chitradurga District to the period of the...

 inside state of Karnataka, it comes under Tumkur district. It is 150km from state capital of Bangalore

Bangalore

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 and Uttara Pinakini river flows in this Taluk.

Geography

Pavagada is located at 14.1°N 77.27°E. It has an average elevation of 646 metres (2119 feet).

Demographics

India census

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, Pavagada had a population of 28,036. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pavagada has an average literacy rate of 67%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 59%. In Pavagada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Villages in Pavagada taluk

• Kotagudda
  Kotagudda
  Kotagudda is village and mandal in Pavagada tq, Tumkur district, state of Karnataka in India, it is situated 13 Km away from pavagada, grama panchayat includes shaila pur arakyathan halli and more villages.there is road which connects to Chitradurga and YN hosakote, the population around 2000....
  
  
• Vallur
  Vallur
  Vallur is a village and a mandal in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Panchayats:The following is the list of village panchayats in Tangutur mandal....
  
  
• Tirumani
  Tirumani
  Tirumani is a suburb of Chennai located south of Chengalpattu....
  
  
• Balasamudram
  Balasamudram
  Balasamudram is a panchayat town in Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.-Demographics: India census, Balasamudram had a population of 12,281. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Balasamudram has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of...
  
  
• Y N Hosakote
• Venkatapura
  Venkatapura
  Venkatapura is a census town in Uttara Kannada district in the Indian state of Karnataka.-Demographics: India census, Venkatapura had a population of 5968. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Venkatapura has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of...
  
  
• Thippaiahnadurga