Sadalga

Sadalga
—  city  —
Sadalga Location of Sadalga in Karnataka and India
Coordinates	16°34′N 74°33′E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District(s)	Belgaum
Population	20,207 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 534 metres (1,752 ft)

Sadalga is a municipal town in Chikodi Taluka of Belgaum district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Geography

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

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, 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 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, 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, tomb of the saint of Chishti Order Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Abdul Malik Mira murid 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.