Kurniwadi

Kurniwadi is a village in Belgaum district in Karnataka, India.[1]

Kurniwadi
Village
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBelgaum
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-KA

Kuraniwadi is a small beautiful village with a population of about 2000. Most of the families depended on Agriculture. The villagers mainly grow soybean, cotton, corn, sugar cane, peanuts and varieties of vegetables. In recent times, farmers have been focusing on commercial crops like guava and papaya. The crops grown here are sent to the  Belgaum city for sale.  The specialty of this village is for every 7-8 families you will find one person is in Indian army. Most of the youth have done master's degree in Social work and currently working in different parts of the country.

Kuraniwadi is also noun for its unique temples, Allam Prabhu, is being worshiped by the people and followed by Shri Mallikarjun, Laxmi Devi, Basavanna etc. Kuraniwadi is also famous for Bajana.



References
  1. Village Directory Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2001 Census of India


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