Maladkal
Maladkal is a village in Karnataka state, comes under Raichur District, Devadurga Taluk and Gabbur hobli. Maladkal lies in northern part of Karnataka(Kalyana Karnataka Division). Maladkal shares its boundary with Gabbur, Ramadurga, Jagatakal, N Ganekal, Maseedpur and Atnur (Manvi taluk). Maladakal is one of the Gram Panchayat in Raichur District.
Maladkal
ಮಲದಕಲ್ Maladakal,Mandkal,ಮಂದಕಲ್ | |
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village | |
| Maladkal | |
| Anthem: Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jana Gana Mana | |
Maladkal Maladkal pointed on Karnataka map Maladkal Maladkal (India) Maladkal Maladkal (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 16°16′45.12″N 77°6′13.62″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Raichur |
| Taluk | Devadurga |
| Seat | Sarpanch |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,777.802 ha (6,864.071 acres) |
| Highest elevation (Paramananda hill) | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,819 |
| Demonym | Kannadigas |
| Language | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 584113 |
| Area code | 08532 |
| Geocode | 16.27665113566765, 77.10435483175563 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 36 |
The village majorly consists of hardworking farmers as most families are agriculture oriented and others hold their personal businesses. Crops produced in this village are cotton, chilli and rice but, some people also grow vegetables for their livelihood. Maladkal is a self sustained village as most of villages in India, the villagers are mostly interdependent for their livelihood.
After, the completion of Basava Sagara dam (Narayanpura dam) irrigation project the villagers also switched to irrigation farming from dryland farming. Before irrigation farmers used to grow jowar, wheat, millet, sunflower and other dryland crops.