Bellary District

About Hospet Taluk

Hospet taluk takes its name from its headquaters town. The headquarters town is about 64 kms away from Bellary city.It was built by Vijayanagara empire between 1509 and 1520 in honour of Nagaladevi whom he married.

The taluk is bounded on the north by the Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district, on the south by Sandur taluk,on the east by the Bellary taluk and on the west by H B Halli taluk.

Hospet taluk is the smallest in area and occupies second place in population among seven taluks. The geographical area of the taluk is 934 sq.km. and population is 3,74,949 as per 2001 census. This accounts for 18.49 p.c. of district’s population and its area accounts for 11 p.c. Hospet is revenue sub-division headquarters with 4 taluks. Hospet has 4 R I circles.

Cultivation

The normal rainfall is 658.3 mm. The major crops grown are paddy, maize, jowara, bajra, groundnut, sunflower, sugarcane and cotton. The net irrigated area constitute 19961 hec. (53 p.c.).TB canals cover 8714 hec.(44 p.c.) and other source of irrigation is through wells,lift irrigation,tanks and borewells.

Details of Irrigated Land Under Different Water Sources in Hospet Taluk
Sl.No	Particulars	Area (Hectares)	Percent
1	Tunga Badra Project - High Level Canal	5000	25.05
2	Tunga Badra Project - Low Level Canal a. Perennial b.Wet c.DCW	1992 347 1375	09.98 01.74 06.89
	Total Tunga Badra Project	8717	43.66
3	Lift Irrigation	1496	07.49
4	Tanks	624	03.13
5	Wells/Borewells	3050	15.28
6	Vijayanagar Canal	6077	30.44
Total area under irrigination		19961	100.00

 

Net Cultivable Area (in Hectares)
Irrigated	Rainfed	Total
19961 (53 p.c)	17885 (47 p.c)	37846 (100 p.c)

Industrialisation

Industrialization is one of the important means of promoting economic development of the country. Hospet is one of the important towns in the districts where industrialization taking place rapidly. In this taluk there are 2974 industrial units with an investment of Rs. 3994.20 lakh. These units provide employment to 15602 persons. Among medium and large scale units Tungabhadra minerals (Iron ore), Sandur manganese and Iron ores, Vyasanakere (Ferrosilicon, Ferro manganese), K.O.F. limited (Oil, Oilcake, Oils Seeds), Pumpasara distillery ltd., (Rectified spirit and I.M.FI, India Sugar’s and Refinance (Sugar), Minerals Sales private ltd., (Sponge Iron) and Tungabhadra Steel Products, (Engineering design and fabrication).

There are 1452 Rural artisans whose activity comprises of Carpentry, Blacksmith, Barbers, Goldsmith, Pottery, Cotton weaving, Silk weaving, Mat weaving and Mirror Embroidery.

Statistics at a Glance

CENSUS OF INDIA - 2001 Results Hospet taluk vis-à-vis District vis-à-vis State
Subject	Hospet Taluk		Bellary District		Karnataka State
	1991	2001	1991	2001	1991	2001
Number of revenue Villages	74	68	542	524	29193
Number of hoblies	4	4	27	27	745	745
Number of Gram Panchayats	-	23	-	189	-	5689
Corporations	-	-	-	1	218	228
CMC's	1	1	2	1
Town Muncipal Council	-	1	1	1
Town Panchayats	-	1	7	7
ZP Members	-	4	-	32	-	890
TP Members	-	13	-	112	-	3288
GP Memebrs	-	352	-	2586	-	80073
Area in Sq. Km	934	934	8447	8447	191792	191792
Total Population (in lakhs)	3.13	3.74	16.56	20.27	449.77	528.51
Male Population (in lakhs)	1.59	1.89	8.42	40.28	229.52	268.99
Female Population (in lakhs)	1.54	1.85	8.14	9.97	220.25	259.52
Decadal Growth Rate - p.c	18.00	19.49	26.84	22.30	21.12	17.25
Population Density ( per Sq.Km)	335	401	196	240	235	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964	979	966	969	960	964
0-6 Population - p.c	18.47	13.90	19.35	14.06	16.63	12.94
Rural Population (in Percent)	125859 (40.22)	153184 (41.00)	1125746 (67.98)	1320290 (65.13)	31069412 (69.07)	34889033 (66.01)
Urban Population (in Percent)	187038 (59.78)	220481 (59.00)	530254 (32.02)	706850 (34.87)	13907788 (32.93)	17961529 (33.99)
SC Population (in percent)	62441 (19.95)	75780 (20.21)	311252 (18.79)	374218 (18.46)	7369279 (16.38)	8563930 (16.20)
ST Population (in percent)	40525 (2.27)	60491 (16.13)	147569 (8.91)	364638 (17.99)	1915691 (4.25)	3463986 (6.55)
Literacy - p.c	42.00	60.64	45.89	58.55	56.04	67.04
Male Literacy - p.c	51.00	74.95	59.11	70.20	67.26	76.29
Female Literacy -p.c	31.00	52.92	32.24	46.58	44.34	57.25

 

Composite Comprehensive Development Index , 2001 - Hospet 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	79
2	Higher Primary Schools	Number	111
3	High Schools	Number	09
4	P U Colleges	Number	06
5	Moaraji Desai Schools	Number	01
6	Residential Schools	Number	00
7	Benificiaries under Akshara Dashoha	Number	37052
8	Enrolment in schools (6-14) children	Percent	99
9	Engineering Colleges	Number	01
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 Hospet taluk is a developed taluk as far as infrastructure development related to Education sector is concerned. However this taluk is either more backward or most backward at 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	07
3	Health Sub-Centres	Number	27
4	Primary Health Units	Number	03
5	Govt. Ayurvedic Hospitals	Number	01
6	Govt. Ayurvedic Dispensaries	Number	18
7	Govt. Homeophathy Dispensaries	Number	00
8	Govt. Unany Dispensaries	Number	00
9	Fogging Machines	Number	12
10	Ambulances	Number	02
Note: According to Dr.Nanjundappa’s committee report this taluk is more backward 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	415
3	Pre-metric hostels for girls	Number	04
4	Pre-metric hosptels for girls - strength	Number	230
5	Post-metrict hostels for boys	Number	02
6	Post-metric hostels for boys - strength	Number	100
7	Post-metric hostels for girls	Number	01
8	Post-metric hostels for girls - strength	Number	50
9	Morarji Desai Schools	Number	02
10	Morarji Desai Schools - strength	Number	500
Note: During 2003-04, out of 888 hostel inmates who appeared for SSLC exam. 148 (or 17 p.c.) students have secured first class,175 (or 20 p.c.) second class and 318 (or 36 p.c.) third class.
B C M
1	Pre-metric hostels for boys	Number	03
2	Pre-metric hostels for boys - strength	Number	150
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	100
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
11	Morarji Desai Schools (Boys & Girls)	Number	00
12	Morarji Desai Schools - strength	Number	00
13	Tailor Training Centres	Number	00
14	Tailor Training Centres - strength	Number	00
15	GIA Pre-metric hsotels - boys - BC	Number	01
16	GIA Hostels - BC - strength	Number	40
17	GIA Pre-metric hostels - Girls - Minorities	Number	02
18	GIA Hostels - Minorities - strength	Number	150
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	202
2	Anganwadi centres with own buildings	Number	142
3	Nutrition - benificiaries - (0-6) children	Number	14129
4	Nutrition - benificiaries - pregnant and mothers	Number	3692
5	Shtree Shakthi groups	Number	454
6	Members in Shtree Shalkthi groups	Number	6845
7	Bank linkages provided	No. of groups	305
8	Savings	Rs. lakhs	90.61
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	18512
2	Cultivators - Female (2001 census)	Number	7204
3	Cultivators - Total (2001 census)	Number	25716
4	Agriculture Labourers - Male	Number	23790
5	Agriculture Labourers - Female	Number	24612
6	Agriculture Labourers - Total	Number	48402
Animal Husbandry
1	Veternary Hospitals	Number	01
2	Dispensaries	Number	05
3	Primary Vet. Centres	Number	00
4	Mobile Vet. Dispensaries	Number	01
5	Total Animal population	Number	150830
Fisheries
1	Irrigation tanks	Number	28
2	Fish ponds	Number	36
3	Fishermen	Number	10100
4	Average annual production	M. Tones	2922
Forest
1	Area under forest	Hectares	20120
2	Area under forest to Total Area	Percentage	22
Roads
1	National Highways	Km	67
2	State Highways	Km	11
3	District Roads	Km	173
4	Other district roads	Km	00
5	Rural Roads	Km	189
6	T D B Roads	Km	195
7	Irrigation Roads	Km	45
Total Length		Km	680
8	Length of Railway line	Km	95
Rural Drinking Water
1	Flouride affected villages	Number	61
2	Borewells	Number	762
3	Mini Water Supply schemes	Number	82
4	Piped Water Supply schemes	Number	56
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	9614
2	BPL households as per 1997 Census	percent	39.65

Places of Interest

(a) Tungabadhra Dam:

The picturesque dam which has become a centre of turist attraction is just 6 kms from Hospet.There are three guest houses viz.,Vaikunta,Kailasa and Indra Bhavana which provides wonderful views of the reservoir.

(b) Kamalapura:

It is an old city of Vijayanagara empire.There is a fort and a stone well. An Archaeological Museum established in 1953 is maintained by the ASI. This has been started to exhibit architectural pieces of Vijayanagara period, to the public for explaining the culture and life of those days.

(c) Kampi:

This historical town was once the Chalukyan capital (1064).It was the headquarters of what is now Hospet taluk which was then known as Kampli taluk.There is fort built by Palayagars of Bellary.

(d) Mariammanahalli:

A large number of families of villages sumerged under TB dam project have been rehabilitated in this village. I is 11kms from Hospet town.

(e) Hampi:

Hampi which is recognised as international turist centre is on the bank of Tungabadhra.It is on world heritage map as recognised by the UNESCO.It is the capital of Vijayanagara empire which had attracted the attention from all over the world for its sculpture,art and wealth.The destruction of this great city was sudden and shocking.The ruins spread over an area of nine square miles.