Belgaum

This article is about the municipality in India. For its district, see Belagavi District. For the country, see Belgium.

Belgaum
Belgaon
City
Belagavi
Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belgaum
Map
Belgaum in Karnataka
Coordinates: 15°51′N 74°30′E / 15.850°N 74.500°E / 15.850; 74.500
Country India
State Karnataka
DistrictBelagavi
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyBelagavi Mahanagara Palike
 • Deputy CommissionerMohammad Roshan, IAS[1]
 • Lok Sabha MPJagadish Shettar, BJP[2]
 • MayorSavita Kamble, BJP[3]
 • Deputy MayorAnand Chavan, BJP[3]
Area
[4]
 • City
94 km2 (36 sq mi)
 • Rural
930 km2 (360 sq mi)
 • Rank4 (Karnataka)
Elevation
784 m (2,572 ft)
Population
 (2011)[5]
 • City
490,045
 • Density5,200/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
 • Rural
449,805
Demonym(s)Belgaumite, Belagavian
Languages
 • OfficialKannada[6]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (ST)
PIN
590001 to 590020
Telephone code(+91) 831
Vehicle registrationKA-22
Websitebelagavicitycorp.org

Belgaum (Kannada ISO: Bēḷagāma, IPA: [beːɭɐɡaːmɐ]), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon[7]), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats.[8][9] It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belgaum the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012.[10]

Belgaum has been selected in first phase out of 20 cities, as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under India's flagship Smart Cities Mission.[11]

  1. ^ "Mohammad Roshan is Deputy Commissioner of Belagavi". The Hindu. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ Arakal, Ralph Alex (3 May 2021). "Karnataka bypolls: BJP wins Belagavi, Basavakalyan; Congress takes Maski". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Former civic worker elected Mayor of Belagavi". The Hindu. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ "city/town summary". Archived from the original on 29 September 2006.
  5. ^ "Census Data Handbook 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  6. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. ^ Malleson, Colonel (31 January 2021). Kaye and Mallesons History of Indian Mutiny. London: William Clowes and Sons. p. 22.
  8. ^ "Official Website of Belgaum District". www.belgaum.nic.in. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  9. ^ Belgavi, Encyclopædia Britannica
  10. ^ "Decision on second capital status for Belgaum soon". The Times of India. 13 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about the smart cities project". Firstpost. 28 August 2015.