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Village Name : Kagathuru Taluk : Channagiri District : Davanagere State : Karnataka Country : India Approximate Population : 5000 Historical back ground : In the heart of the Village there is a "Kote" or stone walled protection structure built around 800 years ago by Palegara (County Head). The remains of this structure still exists. The famous temple "Sri veerabhadreshwara " located here and though its small ,people of this village took almost 15 year to complete. Its not a conventional structure as compared to other temples. Most of the people belongs to Lingayath Community ( 85%) and remaining are from other castes. This village is located on the back water of Shanthisagar or commonly called as Soolekere .Its about 11 Kms from nearest town Channgiri which is a taluk headquarters and 15 km from Santhebennuru. Since 10 years ,this village progressed very well due to BeatleNut farms which is a main economic crop and other cultivations. Most of the villagers are educated (literacy is about 90%) and people holding good jobs in Govt and private firms. Some of the Prominent names from this villages are In Politics: Sri Late Halappa : Former State minister, Sri Shivaingappa : Congress leader, Sri Late K.M.Shivalingappa : Janata party and in others field : Sri Kadleppa : Army, Sri Dr Chandrappa : Health, Sri Omprakash : IT(Director of a software company USA), People of this village are friendly and loves politics. This was one of the battle ground for Sri late Hallappa of congress and Sri late J H Patel ,former Chief Minister of Karnataka. OMPASH