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Harugeri is a town in Raybag taluk in Belagavi District of Karnataka state, India. It belongs to Belagavi division. It is located 100 km towards north from district headquarters Belagavi, 21 km from Raybag and 567 km from state capital Bangalore. It is upgraded as village panchayat to town municipal in 2015–16 as per 2011 census population.
The Harugeri town has population of 28,754 of which 14,681 are males while 14,073 are females and total 5,567 families residing as per population census 2011. Kannada is the local language here. Agriculture is the main econimy of the town, as about two-thirds of the land that is gets irrigated by the Ghataprabha project. Town is situated about 14 kilometers away from flowing Krishna River. Main crops include sugarcane, maize, tobacco and wheat. Additionally the town is host to a number of mostly agriculture related business and venues such as the APMC and number of sugarcane mills.
There are many schools, colleges and various banks including a branch office of the State Bank of India and Syndicate Bank in the area. Hence town becomes educational and economical hub in surrounding area.