Arkalgud

Arkalgud, otherwise called Arakalagudu is a panchayat town and is one among the eight taluks of Hassan region in the territory of Karnataka, India. It is arranged 30 km from Hassan, 181 km from Mangalore and 195 km from Bangalore. The stream Hemavati frames the whole northern limit of the Taluk; waterway Kaveri goes through a part of the south. It is very much associated by street to numerous towns and urban areas of Karnataka.

Holenarasipura is the closest railroad station to Arakalgud taluk and the closest air terminal is in Mangalore. Arkalgud had a populace of 15,184. Guys establish 51% of the populace and females 49%. Arkalgud has a normal education rate of 65%, higher than the national normal of 59.5%; with 57% of the guys and 43% of females proficient. 12% of the populace is under 6 years old. It has a normal height of 918 m. It lies mostly in semi-malnad and somewhat in maidan tract.

The aggregate topographical zone of the Taluk is 675 km2. It possesses 6th place in the District regarding topographical region. The dirt is red sandy got from stones, gneiss and schists. The dirt is red to earthy in shading, shallow to genuinely profound shallow, loamy to sandy loamy in surface intermixed with genuinely a lot of coarse rock and stones. They are very much depleted yet poor in bases and water holding limit.