What is "bailhongal"

Bailhongal or Bailahongala is a Taluk in Belgaum district of Karnataka state in southern India. Bailhongal Taluk is located towards the northeast part of Belgaum. The Taluk headquarter is about 45 km from the district headquarters.The total geographical area of the taluka is 1122.40 km². There are 126 revenue villages and 14 hamlets with a total population of 356,400 people, according to the 2001 census.

There are important pilgrim places in the taluk. These include Bhartinand Swamiji Math Inchal, Sogal Someshwar Temple, Hafiz Bari Dargah, a Jamia Masjid. Also historical places like Kittur where freedom fighters like Rani Chennamma and Sangolli Rayanna lived and devoted their lives to country for freedom. A major part of the agricultural land is controlled by the Malaprabha irrigation project. There are many educational institutes including Talukas are Saundatti, Gokak, Belgaum.