Hungund Village

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hungund Village

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name in Bijapur District, Bombay, situated in 16° 4' N. and 76° 4' E., about 29 miles from Bagalkot station on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 4,775. Most of the wells in the place are im- pregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen. Hungund contains several interesting temples, and two schools, of which one is for girls, with 253 and 57 pupils respectively.