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Sirsi, Karnataka
Sirsi or Shirasi is a city located in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Administratively, Sirsi functions as the headquarters for the eponymous taluk, subdivision, and educational district. The Sirsi subdivision comprises four taluks: Sirsi, Siddapur, Yellapur, and Mundgod. The broader Sirsi Educational District encompasses these four, along with the taluks of Joida, Dandeli, and Haliyal.
The primary cash crop cultivated in the surrounding rural areas is the areca nut locally referred to as Adike (or supāri). Notably, the 'Sirsi Supari' variety of areca nut, grown in the Sirsi subdivision, has been accorded the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag.
The area is also renowned for its cultivation of various spices, including cardamom, pepper, betel leaves, and vanilla. Rice constitutes the principal food crop grown here. The Spices Board of India lists the prices of black pepper from Sirsi and Kochi, making them the only two markets officially designated as primary price reference centers for the black pepper in India.
The city was originally named as Sirise because of the abundance of siris trees (sirisa in Kannada) that were commonly found in this region. Over a time, the name evolved into Sirasi and eventually came into common usage as Sirsi. The earliest mention of the name "Sirise" dates back to an inscription found on a hero-stone at Tamadi Kallala (Siddapura taluk) from 1150 AD.
During the reign of the Sonda rulers, Sirsi was also known by the name Kalyana Pattana.
Sirsi is located at 14°37′15″N 74°50′08″E / 14.6207°N 74.8355°E in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, within the central Western Ghats. The town lies at an average elevation of about 611 m (2,005 ft) above sea level and is characterized by undulating terrain consisting of lateritic plateaus, forested hills, and narrow valleys.
Geologically, the region forms part of the Dharwar Craton and is composed predominantly of schists, banded gneiss, and granite gneiss, overlain by extensive lateritic formations resulting from prolonged tropical weathering. The soils in the area are derived from these parent rocks and are typically clayey to clayey-skeletal in texture, varying with topography and depth.
Sirsi lies within the catchment of the Aghanashini River, a west-flowing river that originates near Shankara Honda in the Sirsi Town and flows approximately 128 km before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river basin covers an area of about 1,449 km² and remains one of the few largely free-flowing river systems in peninsular India.
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Sirsi, Karnataka
Sirsi or Shirasi is a city located in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Administratively, Sirsi functions as the headquarters for the eponymous taluk, subdivision, and educational district. The Sirsi subdivision comprises four taluks: Sirsi, Siddapur, Yellapur, and Mundgod. The broader Sirsi Educational District encompasses these four, along with the taluks of Joida, Dandeli, and Haliyal.
The primary cash crop cultivated in the surrounding rural areas is the areca nut locally referred to as Adike (or supāri). Notably, the 'Sirsi Supari' variety of areca nut, grown in the Sirsi subdivision, has been accorded the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag.
The area is also renowned for its cultivation of various spices, including cardamom, pepper, betel leaves, and vanilla. Rice constitutes the principal food crop grown here. The Spices Board of India lists the prices of black pepper from Sirsi and Kochi, making them the only two markets officially designated as primary price reference centers for the black pepper in India.
The city was originally named as Sirise because of the abundance of siris trees (sirisa in Kannada) that were commonly found in this region. Over a time, the name evolved into Sirasi and eventually came into common usage as Sirsi. The earliest mention of the name "Sirise" dates back to an inscription found on a hero-stone at Tamadi Kallala (Siddapura taluk) from 1150 AD.
During the reign of the Sonda rulers, Sirsi was also known by the name Kalyana Pattana.
Sirsi is located at 14°37′15″N 74°50′08″E / 14.6207°N 74.8355°E in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, within the central Western Ghats. The town lies at an average elevation of about 611 m (2,005 ft) above sea level and is characterized by undulating terrain consisting of lateritic plateaus, forested hills, and narrow valleys.
Geologically, the region forms part of the Dharwar Craton and is composed predominantly of schists, banded gneiss, and granite gneiss, overlain by extensive lateritic formations resulting from prolonged tropical weathering. The soils in the area are derived from these parent rocks and are typically clayey to clayey-skeletal in texture, varying with topography and depth.
Sirsi lies within the catchment of the Aghanashini River, a west-flowing river that originates near Shankara Honda in the Sirsi Town and flows approximately 128 km before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river basin covers an area of about 1,449 km² and remains one of the few largely free-flowing river systems in peninsular India.
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