Bellary District

About Siruguppa Taluk

Siruguppa taluk takes its name from its headquaters town. Siruguppa means “pile of wealth”.This taluk came into existence w e f 1st October 1910 after merging 46 villages from the Bellary taluk, 29 from the Adoni taluk and 23 from the Alur taluk.However Siruguppa taluk was abolished on 1st April 1923. But again, w e f 15th April 1929, 33 villages from the Adoni taluk,7 villages from Alur taluk along with the villages included in the Siruguppa Deputy Tahsildar’s devision of Bellary taluk,constituted into a new taluk with Siruguppa as its Headquarters.

This is a border taluk where a significant number of people speak telugu. There is perfect hormony between kannada and telugu speaking people.

The taluk is bounded on the north by the Sindhanoor taluk of Raichur district, on the south by Bellary taluk and the east by the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh and on the west by Hospet and Bellary taluks.

Siruguppa taluk occupies 4th place both in area and population. The geographical area of the taluk is 1042 sq.km. and population is 2,35,344 as per 2001 census.This accounts for 12 p.c. of both district’s population and its area. Siruguppa comes under Bellary revenue sub-division.

The lands surrounding Ibrahampura and Desanur are reputed to be among the best lands in the district.Paddy, plantations, cocoanuts, sweet potatoes and garlic are sent to other places in large quanties. There are 4 RI circles with 83 revenue villages. Siruguppa and Tekkalakote towns have Town Panchayats.

 

Cultivation

There are only two tributaries of the Tungabadhra river viz.,Hagari and Chikka Hagari which passes through two taluks - Bellary and Siruguppa.

The normal rainfall is 645.00 mm. The major crops grown are paddy, jowar and bajra, sunflower and groundnut ,cotton, sugarcane. The net irrigated area constitute only 28310 hec.(34 p.c.). Being a border taluk many farmers from Andhra Pradesh have migrated here and cultivate lands on lease basis.

Details of Irrigated Land Under Different Water Sources in Siruguppa Taluk
Sl.No	Particulars	Area (Hectares)	Percent
1	Tunga Badra Project - High Level Canal	1610	5.79
2	Tunga Badra Project - Low Level Canal a. Perennial b.Wet c.DCW	3290 4805 15672	11.62 16.97 55.35
	Total Tunga Badra Project	25377	89.63
3	Vijayanagara Canal	1211	4.28
4	Lift Irrigation	1098	3.88
5	Tanks	-	-
6	Wells/Borewells	624	2.21
Total area under irrigination		28310	100.00

 

Net Cultivable Area (in Hectares)
Irrigated	Rainfed	Total
28310 (34 p.c)	54738 (66 p.c)	83048 (100 p.c)

Industrialisation

Industrialization is one of the important means of promoting economic development of the country. Siruguppa taluk occupies third place after Bellary and Hospet taluks in industrial activity when number of units is taken into consideration. In this taluk there are 1016 industrial units with an investment of Rs. 3293.95 lakh. These units provides employment to 4528 persons. Among medium and large scale units Siruguppa Sugar and Chemicals (Sugar), Unimetal Ispat Ltd, and (Foundry grade pig Iron) are worth mentioning.

There are 1653 Rural artisans whose activity comprises of Carpentry, Blacksmith, Barbers, Goldsmith, Rope making, Pottery and Cotton weaving.

Statistics at a Glance

CENSUS OF INDIA - 2001 Results Siruguppa taluk vis-à-vis District vis-à-vis State
Subject	Siruguppa Taluk		Bellary District		Karnataka State
	1991	2001	1991	2001	1991	2001
Number of revenue Villages	84	83	542	524	29193
Number of hoblies	3	4	27	27	745	745
Number of Gram Panchayats	-	26	-	189	-	5689
Corporations	-	-	-	1	218	228
CMC's	-	-	2	1
Town Muncipal Council	-	-	1	1
Town Panchayats	-	2	7	7
ZP Members	-	4	-	32	-	890
TP Members	-	14	-	112	-	3288
GP Memebrs	-	362	-	2586	-	80073
Area in Sq. Km	1042	1042	8447	8447	191792	191792
Total Population (in lakhs)	1.89	2.35	16.56	20.27	449.77	528.51
Male Population (in lakhs)	0.95	1.18	8.42	40.28	229.52	268.99
Female Population (in lakhs)	0.94	1.17	8.14	9.97	220.25	259.52
Decadal Growth Rate - p.c	27.00	24.33	26.84	22.30	21.12	17.25
Population Density ( per Sq.Km)	181	226	196	240	235	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985	992	966	969	960	964
0-6 Population - p.c	20.18	16.73	19.35	14.06	16.63	12.94
Rural Population (in Percent)	139286 (73.52)	168739 (71.75)	1125746 (67.98)	1320290 (65.13)	31069412 (69.07)	34889033 (66.01)
Urban Population (in Percent)	50156 (26.47)	66440 (28.25)	530254 (32.02)	706850 (34.87)	13907788 (32.93)	17961529 (33.99)
SC Population (in percent)	35585 (18.78)	45511 (19.35)	311252 (18.79)	374218 (18.46)	7369279 (16.38)	8563930 (16.20)
ST Population (in percent)	12695 (6.70)	42009 (17.86)	147569 (8.91)	364638 (17.99)	1915691 (4.25)	3463986 (6.55)
Literacy - p.c	25.00	44.14	45.89	58.55	56.04	67.04
Male Literacy - p.c	36.00	57.58	59.11	70.20	67.26	76.29
Female Literacy -p.c	15.00	30.83	32.24	46.58	44.34	57.25

 

Composite Comprehensive Development Index , 2001 - Siruguppa Taluk
Sl. No	Subject	Relatively Developed	Backward	More Backward	Most Backward
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Literacy Rate	-	-	-	ü
2	Percentage of children out school in (6-14) age group	-	-	-	ü
3	Pupil - Teacher Ratio	-	-	ü	-
4	Educational Infrastructure Index	-	-	-	ü
5	Number of students enrolled in Govt. and Aided degree colleges per lakh	-	-	-	ü
6	Number of Hospital beds per 10,000 population	-	-	-	ü
7	Number of doctors per 10,000 population	-	-	-	ü
8	Health Infrastructure Index	-	-	-	ü
9	Drinking water facility	-	-	ü	-
10	Social Infrastructure	-	-	-	ü
Source : Dr. Nanjundappa Committee Report

Infrastructure Stats

Sl.No	Particulars	Unit	Number
Education
1	Lower Primary Schools	Number	85
2	Higher Primary Schools	Number	67
3	High Schools	Number	09
4	P U Colleges	Number	02
5	Moaraji Desai Schools	Number	00
6	Residential Schools	Number	00
7	Benificiaries under Akshara Dashoha	Number	25381
8	Enrolment in schools (6-14) children	Percent	99.80
9	Engineering Colleges	Number	00
10	Polytechnic Colleges	Number	01
11	Medical Colleges	Number	00
12	Ayurvedic Colleges	Number	00
13	Pharmacy Colleges	Number	00
Note: Dr.Nanjundappa Committee report says Siruguppa taluk is most backward taluk as far as infrastructure development related to Education sector is concerned.This taluk is most backward in literacy levels and pupil teacher ratio. Because of various interventions under S S A program the dropout rates have considerably come down in this taluk.
Health
1	Medical Collges Hospitals	Number	00
2	Primary Heath Centres	Number	06
3	Health Sub-Centres	Number	39
4	Primary Health Units	Number	02
5	Govt. Ayurvedic Hospitals	Number	01
6	Govt. Ayurvedic Dispensaries	Number	09
7	Govt. Homeophathy Dispensaries	Number	00
8	Govt. Unany Dispensaries	Number	00
9	Fogging Machines	Number	07
10	Ambulances	Number	02
Note: According to Dr.Nanjundappa’s committee report this is the most backward taluk in the district as far as infrastucture development is concerned. However the health conditions status in the taluk/district causing concern. The incidence of Aids,Polio,JE and Dengue fever etc.,the most uncommon diseses are prevalent in this district.
Social Welfare
1	Pre-metric hostels for boys	Number	05
2	Pre-metric hostels for boys- strength	Number	395
3	Pre-metric hostels for girls	Number	01
4	Pre-metric hosptels for girls - strength	Number	60
5	Post-metrict hostels for boys	Number	01
6	Post-metric hostels for boys - strength	Number	50
7	Post-metric hostels for girls	Number	00
8	Post-metric hostels for girls - strength	Number	00
9	Ashrama School	Number	01
10	Ashram School - strength	Number	100
B C M
1	Pre-metric hostels for boys	Number	04
2	Pre-metric hostels for boys - strength	Number	205
3	Pre-metric hostels for girls	Number	01
4	Pre-metric hostels for girls - strength	Number	50
5	Post-metric hostels for boys	Number	01
6	Post-metric hostels for boys - strength	Number	50
7	Post-metric hostels for girls	Number	00
8	Post-metric hostels for girls - strength	Number	00
9	Ashrama Schools (Boys and Girls)	Number	01
10	Ashrama School - strength	Number	25
Note: During 2003-04, out of 477 hostel inmates who appeared for SSLC exam. 122 (or 26 p.c) students have secured first class, 125 (or 26 p.c), second class and 153 (or 32 p.c) third class.
Women and Child
1	Anganwadi Centres	Number	197
2	Anganwadi centres with own buildings	Number	175
3	Nutrition - benificiaries - (0-6) children	Number	15263
4	Nutrition - benificiaries - pregnant and mothers	Number	3843
5	Shtree Shakthi groups	Number	542
6	Members in Shtree Shalkthi groups	Number	8130
7	Bank linkages provided	No. of groups	206
8	Savings	Rs. lakhs	63.00
Note: The members of Shree Shakthi groups are preferred for assigning responsibilities like cooking jobs under Akshara Dasoha, Tax Collection at Grama Panchayat Level.
Agriculture
1	Cultivators - Male (2001 census)	Number	21373
2	Cultivators - Female (2001 census)	Number	8762
3	Cultivators - Total (2001 census)	Number	30135
4	Agriculture Labourers - Male	Number	27013
5	Agriculture Labourers - Female	Number	34216
6	Agriculture Labourers - Total	Number	61229
Animal Husbandry
1	Veternary Hospitals	Number	01
2	Dispensaries	Number	06
3	Primary Vet. Centres	Number	02
4	Mobile Vet. Dispensaries	Number	01
5	Total Animal population	Number	121930
Fisheries
1	Irrigation tanks	Number	04
2	Fish ponds	Number	53
3	Fishermen	Number	6760
4	Average annual production	M. Tones	265
Forest
1	Area under forest	Hectares	2171
2	Area under forest to Total Area	Percentage	02
Roads
1	National Highways	Km	00
2	State Highways	Km	34
3	District Roads	Km	205
4	Other district roads	Km	00
5	Rural Roads	Km	111
6	T D B Roads	Km	476
7	Irrigation Roads	Km	144
Total Length		Km	970
8	Length of Railway line	Km	00
Rural Drinking Water
1	Flouride affected villages	Number	71
2	Borewells	Number	113
3	Mini Water Supply schemes	Number	113
4	Piped Water Supply schemes	Number	76
Note: One third of villages in the district are flouride affected. Alternative proposed are surface water and de-flouride filters
Below Poverty Line (BPL)
1	BPL households as per 1997 Census	Number	15981
2	BPL households as per 1997 Census	percent	46.11

Places of Interest

(a) Shambhulinga and Kotturu Basavanna temples:

This town is 43 kms. from Bellary city. After downfall of Vijayanagara, Tekkalakota came under the control of Palagar Hanumappa Nayaka of Bellary. He built a fort around Amareswara temple in the village.Subsequently Hanumappa’s family lost it to the Muslim governer of Adoni in 1725. Again in 1775 it was captured by Hyder Ali who built the square stone fort adjoining to Siruguppa road.