Babaleshwar is a taluka place in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur district in Karnataka. It is 22 km from the district headquarters, the city of Bijapur.
Demographics
India census, Babaleshwar had a population of 10,645 out of which 5,405 are males and 5,240 are females.
As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 2,133 families residing in the village Babaleshwar. The total population of Babaleshwar is 10,645 out of which 5,405 are males and 5,240 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Babaleshwar is 969.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Babaleshwar village is 1443 which is 14% of the total population. There are 761 male children and 682 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Babaleshwar is 896 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (969) of Babaleshwar village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Babaleshwar is 65.9%. Thus Babaleshwar village has higher literacy rate compared to 57.3% of Bijapur district. The male literacy rate is 74.78% and the female literacy rate is 56.78% in Babaleshwar village.
Agriculture
The village mainly grows sugarcane, grapes, pomegranates, maize, and sorghum (jawar), as well as small amounts of lemons, onions, and turmeric. Irrigation occurs via water canals and wells.
Economy
Farming and agriculture related business is the main occupation for many people in the village. The cropping pattern in the village reveals that food crops like jowar, maize, bajra and wheat among cereals, red gram, Bengal gram and green gram among pulses are major crops cultivated in the village. The major oilseed crops are sunflower, groundnut and safflower. Horticulture crops like grapes, pomegranate, ber, guava sapota, lime are also grown.
Temples
The village has several temples,
Shree Hanuman Temple
Shree Nadadevi Temple
Shree Mahalaxshmi Temple
Shree Pandurang Temple
Shree Gurupadeshwar Math
Shree Virabhreshwar Temple
Shree Siddarameshwar Temple
Shree Amblisiddashwar Temple
shree kusappayya Temple
Renuka yellamma temple
Maling rai temple.
Village has two shaiva temples belonging to twelfth century built by Chalukyas of Badami. Both Siddarameshwar and Ambalisiddeshwar temple were built by Adilshahis of Vijayapur. Shri Gurupadeshwar Math is Brahanmatha and comes under as 34th shakha of Rambhapuri Peetha of Balehonnur of Chikkamagalur district.
Mosques
Mosques and Maszid exist for the Muslim community. There is a Moharam every year, and Uras festivals are celebrated by both Hindu and Muslim religion.
Trusts
In village there are some associations doing cultural, sports programmes and other activities.
Babaleshwar Belaku Snehitara Koota Trust (R), Bengaluru is one of the trusts based out of Bengaluru. he group’s motto is to get everyone from Babaleshwar together as one family and work as one team to achieve the short term and long term goals which really matter to one and all for the better human beings, individual growth, union growth and contribution back to home town to see all possible development. People working outside Babaleshwar, who belong to various fields like government sector, private sectors, business etc., have come forward and shown the interest in connecting the people with constructive minds for the better welfare while everybody breaths the culture of native, preserve the values of tradition.
Transportation
NH-55 is passing through babaleshwar from Bijapur to Dharawad via Jamakhandi. And also connected many villages near to babaleshwar.
Education
In the village, there are several schools and colleges. The main schools among them are as listed below
HPS(Boys), Babaleshwar
HPS(Girls), Babaleshwar
HPS(Urdu), Babaleshwar
Danammadevi LPS, Babaleshwar
SGSSJ LPS, Babaleshwar
Sharada Vidaynikethan LPS, Babaleshwar
Shri Janaki Vidya Mandir HPS, Babaleshwar
Bapuji HPS, Babaleshwar
Govt High School(Urdu), Babaleshwar
Shantaveer High School, Babaleshwar
Bapuji High School, Babaleshwar
Shantaveer Pre-University College, Babaleshwar
Govt ITI College, Babaleshwar
Shantaveer Arts College, Babaleshwar
Indira Gandhi Residential School, Babaleshwar
Literature
Shankargouda Gurugouda Biradar popularly known as Father of Kannada nursery rhymes.
Born on 19 May 1926, at Babaleshwar village of Bijapur taluk, Biradar opted to become a schoolteacher. However, he had a passion for writing for children.