Athani, Belagavi
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Athani, Belagavi

Athani is a town in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi, 70 kilometers from Vijayapura, 55 kilometers from Miraj, 100 kilometers from Kolhapur, and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru.

The main profession here is agriculture, particularly cultivation of sugarcane, jawar, and grapes. The river Krishna flows 110 km around the southern part of Athani Taluk. The city is 18 km from river Krishna. It is famous for leather chappals.[citation needed] Athani is the oldest municipal town of Karnataka; it was established in 1853, according to the Municipal Act of 1850.[citation needed] The municipal council completed 160 years. It is an important gateway to Karnataka from Maharashtra State

Athani is well connected to various places like Hubballi, Vijayapura, Miraj, Sangli, Belagavi, Gokak, and Jamkhandi and the town has NWKRTC bus service. The nearest railway station is Ugar railway station which is 25 km from the city and Miraj junction 55 km from Athani. Belagavi and Kolhapur are the nearest airports. There are 24×7 buses for the cities Vijayapura and Belagavi.

There is a proposal for a new railway line between Shedbal-Athani-Vijayapura & shahbad to connect Vijayapura with Belagavi. A survey of this 112.3-km new railway line is completed and submitted to the Railways.

The city is well connected by roads. National Highway 548B connect from Sankeshwar-Athani-Vijayapura-akkalkot The three state highways pass through the city: SH-31 (Jath-Jambothi), and SH-72 (Nippani-muchanddi) and SH (khelgoan-jamakhandi)

Famous goods transportation (truck) company : Suhelroadlines

As of 2011 India census, Athani had a population of 63,625 according to the area 15 km2 including adjacent two villages in it . Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Athani has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average, with 69% of the males and 79% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Being situated in upper region of Belagavi district which lies in the elevated terrain of north-western Karnataka, Athani has a tropical climate. It is known for its moderately climate throughout the year. Athani receives rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons and the wettest months are June–September. It has a distinct normal climate in every season. extreme climate should not found here. June and August have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. The coldest month is December with an average low temperature of 25.3 °C and the hottest month is may with an average high temperature of 40 °C. Winter temperatures rarely drop up to 18 °C (54 °F), and summer temperatures seldom exceed 30–40 °C.The driest month is January, with 10 mm of rainfall.

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