Wadgera Taluka
Taluka in Karnataka, India
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Wadgera is a taluka panchayat[2][3] in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][4] Administratively, Wadgera is in the Yadgir district in Karnataka. It was created 2017 out of the southern portion of Shahapur Taluka.[5] The administrative center is the village of Wadgera, 23 km by road south of the City of Yadgir and 39 km by road southeast of the town of Shahapur. The nearest rail station and the nearest railhead are in Yadgir.[6]
Wadgera Taluka
Wadagera Taluka Vadagera Taluk ವಡಗೇರಾ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕು | |
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Wadagera Taluka Map | |
  Wadgera Taluka Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°35′11″N 77°05′54″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Yadgir |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| • Body | Taluka panchayat |
| Elevation | 383 m (1,257 ft) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 7,349 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 585355 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
| Vehicle registration | KA 33 |
| Website | karnataka |
Demographics
Education
The government pre-university college at Wadgera has twice been shifted away to other locales.[7]
Economics
A 20 MW Solar power plant was constructed at Wadgera in 2018 by Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd.[8] It was owned by Hero Future Energies Ltd.
Towns and villages
Wadgera is the main village in the taluka.[4] There are 63 other villages, 18 of which are also gram panchayat villages.[9] In addition there are 55 rural habitations that don't arise to village status.[9] The gram panchayat villages include:
- Aikur
- Bendebembli
- Bilar
- Gonal
- Gulsaram
- Gundgurthi
- Hayyal (B)
- Halgera
- Kadamgera B
- Konkal
- Kurkunda
- Naikal
- Tewar Wadagera
- Tumkur
- Tadabidi
- Ullesugar
- Wadgera