Nadipinayakanahalli

Nadipinayakanahalli ನಡಿಪಿನಾಯಕನಹಳ್ಳಿ
Village
Nadipinayakanahalli Show map of Karnataka Nadipinayakanahalli Show map of India Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°18′07″N 77°51′53″E / 13.302050°N 77.864700°E / 13.302050; 77.864700Coordinates: 13°18′07″N 77°51′53″E / 13.302050°N 77.864700°E / 13.302050; 77.864700
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapura
<-- Nadipinayakanahalli -->	19th Century (1830-1880)
Founded by	Unknown
Named for	Unknown
Government
• Type	Democracy
• Body	Grama Panchayath
Area
• Total	6-8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	893 m (2,930 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,000-1,200
• Density	900/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	562102
Telephone code	08158
Vehicle registration	KA 40

Nadipinayakanahalli(ನಡಿಪಿನಾಯಕನಹಳ್ಳಿ) is a Kannada speaking village in Sidlaghatta Taluk, Chikkaballapur District.It comes under Nagamangala Grama Panchayat.

It is located 17 km towards East from District headquarters Chikballapur and 64 km from State capital Bangalore. Nadipinayakanahalli is surrounded by vijayapura town towards west, Hoskote Taluk towards South, Sidlahatta Taluk towards North, Chikballapur Taluk towards North-west, Chintamani Taluk towards North-East and follows Devanhalli Taluk towards South-West. Sidlaghatta, Vijayapura, Chikkaballapur, Chintamani are the nearby Cities to Nadipinayakanahalli.

The population of the village ranges from 1000 to 1200. Most of the people are farmers and falls under lower middle class. The literacy rate is above 80% and has been increased because of successful implementation of various schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and illiteracy eradication schemes. Mostly People would send their children to navodaya school, government run school located in the village and other distant schools in Jangamakote cross and vijayapura hoping to give a good education.

90% of the people rear silkworms. Sericulture and Agriculture are the two major occupation people rely on. Men in this area are very famous for Hard Working. Ragi is the main crop here during the rainy season apart from it people also concentrate on edible fruits and vegetables like Beetroot, Carrot, Cabbage, Grapes, Potato and fruits like Mango, Banana, Cucumber, Watermelon, Cashew Nut, papaya, Jack fruit, Jambu. Mulberry plants seen everywhere in the village. Water is the major problem here, People invest a lot of money on Bore wells and agriculture land has been converted to drought land because of the scarcity of water. Drip Irrigation has widely followed technique to water plants. The lake at the end of the village covers an area of approximately 150 to 250 acres. Since the lake is dry all over the year, Needy farmers yield ragi by acquiring and cultivating the land during the rainy season which is strictly banned by the state government. Lake partially fills during the rainy season and collected rain water dries out within a days after.

Dairy farming(Cattle rearing) is widely practiced as it is the secondary source of the income to the average middle-class families. H-F(Holstein Frisian) and Jersey are the two nonindigenous breeds mainly reared because of the more milk productivity rate. Desi cows like hallikar are disappearing as farmers rely completely on tractors for the cultivation of the land. Hallikar breed count has been drastically brought down from several hundred to single digit number. The proficient amount of fodder is not available to feed the cattle's. Adorable cows are being worshiped every year during sankranthi festival.

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