City in Karnataka, India
Examba is a village located in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. Before becoming the Town Panchayath Council (TPC) in 2015, it was Gram Panchayath since from 1956. Historically, it was an important center during the rule of the Ratta dynasty, who made it a hub of their political and cultural activities. Epigraphic records mention that the Ratta kings visited Examba and performed ritual abhisheka (Anointing rituals) ceremonies at local Jain Basadi, indicating the village’s significance as a Jain religious site in medieval Karnataka and aslo historicall records says that there were many Jain Basadis present During the rule of Rattas.[1]
The historical name of Examba was Ekkasambige, recorded during the rule of the Jain kingdoms in Karnataka.[2]
Summary
- Population – 23,000
- Area – 38.76 km2
- Number of Properties – 3900
- Number of Wards – 17
- Length of Roads – 113.23 km
- Total Water Supply – 5 lakhs ltrs
- Per Capita Water Supply – 95 L.P.C.D.
- Summer Temperature – 35–40 *C
- Winter Temperature – 20–25 *C
Demographics
Examba village has a population of 15,224 of which 7,810 are males while 7,414 are females as per Population Census 2011. There are 3,253 families residing.[3][4]
In Examba village population of children with age 0–6 is 1,654 which makes up 10.86% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Examba village is 949 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Examba as per census is 854, lower than Karnataka average of 948.
Examba village has higher literacy rate when compared with Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Examba village was 80.40% compared with 75.36% of Karnataka. In Examba Male literacy stands at 89.39% while female literacy rate was 71.05%.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Examba village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
As Examba is located very close to the Maharashtra border, people in this village are bilingual and can speak both Kannada and Marathi. Most of the population are into farming and depend mainly on farming to make their living.
Beereshwar Society, which is a multi state co-operative bank is headquartered here.
Agriculture is main source of Income the town is famous for growing sugar cane as its major crops quite recently, earlier in 80’s it was famous for growing tobacco, jowar, Rabi cotton and wheat. Now advanced agriculture can be seen and farmers are growing vegetables viz, tomatoes, brinjal, cabbage, cauliflower, chillies, capsicum, leafy vegetables, coriander.
Temples
The village has several temples:
- Neminath Tirthankar Jain Basadi (11th Century)
- Village God Shree Beereshwar Temple
- Shree Karlhondibeereshwar Temple
- Shree Mahadev Temple
- Shree Santubai Temple
- Shree Ykanathi Temple
- Shree Hanuman Temple
- Shree Mahalaxshmi Temple
- Shree Pandurang Temple
- Shree Renuka Yellamma Temple
- Hazarat Shahnandwali Dargah
- Hazarat Mansurwali Dargah
- Hazarat Davalshawali (Malangbaba) Dargah
- Sitaram Temple
- Maragubayi temple
- kumbhar lagamavva
- ganesh mandir
- Thaloba Temple
- Karevva Temple
- Datta Temple
See also
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