Report on AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Karnataka
|
District |
Shivamogga |
Block |
Hosanagara |
Year of Issue |
2023 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
Anu V |
Keywords |
Aquifer Mapping, Management Plan, Hydrochemistry, Hosanagara Taluk, Aquifer Disposition, Water Level, Resource |
File |
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Hosanagara taluka falls in Sagar subdivision of Shimoga district which is nested in the
Western Ghats covering an area of 1428 sq.km covering parts of Survey of India toposheets
49R13,48J16,48O1,48N8,48O5 and 48N4. The taluka is covered with dense tropical forests,
plantations, scrublands and agricultural lands with a mappable area of 1158 sq.km. The
district is bounded by North latitudes 130
36’ and 140
05’ and East longitudes 750
06’ and
750
04’. It is bounded by Sagar district in the north, Tirthahalli district in the south, Shimoga
in the east and Udupi district in the west.
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Administratively, the taluka has 01 Town Panchayath and 30 Gram panchayats consisting of
204 villages of which 202 villages are inhabited. The Census data for the year 2011 reveals
that the taluka has total population of 1,12,381 persons with 55670 males and 56711 females,
literacy rate of 71.4% and Population density of 83 person per square kilometre. The
projected population as on 2021 is 60837 males, 60692 females and a total of 121530 which
is 6.48% of total population of the district. The number of rural households in the taluka is
25917, urban households is 1396 and the total households is 27313 as per 2011 census. The
taluka falls in south transition zone of agro-climatic zone