Sadalga is a municipal town

Town

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 in Chikodi

Chikodi

- Geography :Chikodi is located at . It has an average elevation of 683 metres . It is an Educational District.- Demographics : India census, Chikodi had a population of 32,820. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%...

 Taluka of Belgaum district

Belgaum district

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 in the India

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n state

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 of Karnataka

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Geography

Sadalga is located at 16.57°N 74.55°E. It has an average elevation of 534 metres (1751 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Sadalga had a population of 20,207. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sadalga has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 49%. In Sadalga, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Sadalga is situated 20 km from Ichalkaranji

Ichalkaranji

Ichalkaranji is located at . It has an average elevation of 538 metres .Ichalkaranji , lies in the Pancaganga valley about eighteen miles east of Kolhapur and half a mile north of the river. It is six miles southeast of Hatkanangale railway station...

 as well as from Chikodi, almost middle of these two cities. Its located on the bank of Doodhaganga river, a small bridge on the river is just 0.5 km from the sadalga. This river provides water for household and irrigation purpose around Sadalga. There are few villages namely Bhainakwadi and Vadagol are all comes under Sadalga Town Municipal. This place is very near to Maharashtra state, people would prefer to go the places like Ichalkaranji,for the market or shopping.

Town has several schools with different medium of teaching like Kannada, Marathi

Marathi language

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, English, Urdu. The Kannada is main spoken language and understood by all, even few people talk in Marathi and Urdu also. It has Arts and Commerce PU and Degree College, ITI College etc.

Muslim Dargāh

Dargah

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, tomb of the saint of Chishti Order

Chishti Order

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 Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Abdul Malik Mira murid

Murid

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 of Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli is in town .

Farming is a major livelihood of the Town . The farmers still use old techniques for the cultivation. Sugar is main crop and amount of other crops grown is less. So farm owners are dependent on the sugar factories.