Malenadu

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rdf:langString Malnad (mǝ-le-nah-doo; Malēnādu) is a region in the state of Karnataka in India. Malenadu covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountain range, and is roughly 100 kilometers in width. Malnadis a region of Karnataka state in South India. Malnad covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, roughly 100 km in width. It is a hilly terrain and comes under the heavy rain fall belt. The Malenadu region is humid and has an annual rainfall of 1000 to 3800 mm. Agumbe which is in Shivamogga district receives highest rainfall in Karnataka (close to 10000 mm) and is also known as Karnataka's Cherrapunji. In Malnad area the villages are scattered to lying in remote areas .This region in the state poses special problems of development mainly due to peculiar settlement, sparse population, topography, dense forest, numerous, rivulets etc. In order to hasten the development of this area, Malnad Area Development Board was created as per Malnad Area development Act,1991 with a view to achieve overall development of Malnad area by implementing necessary development projects/works. The districts covered initially in this region were Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu and Hassan. At present total jurisidiction of the board covers part or full area of 13 districts of the state namely Chamarajnagar, Belgaum, Dharwar, Davangere, Haveri, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Mysore, Uttarkannada, Udupi, Mangalore. These districts comprises 65 Assembly constituencies and 61 taluks. The area of operation of the Board notified by the Karnataka Govt.is as follows: 1.Belgaum Bailahongal,Belgaum,Hukkeri,Khanapur,Saudatti 2.Chamaraj nagar Chamarajnagar,Gundlupete,Kollegala, Hanuru 3.Chikkamagalur Kadur,Koppa,Chikkamagalur,Mudigere, Narasimharajapur,Shringeri,Tarikere, Ajjampura 4.Davanagere Channagiri,Honnali, Nyamathi 5.Dharwad Dharwad,Kalaghatagi, Alnanavara 6.Hassan Alur,Arakalagud,Belur,Hassan,Sakaleshpur 7.Haveri Hangal,Hirekerur,Rettihalli, Byadagi,Savanur,Shiggaon 8.Kodagu Madikeri,Somavarpet,Virajpet 9.Dakshina Kannada Mangalore,Puttur,Sulya,Bantwal,Belthangadi,Mudubidri,Kadaba 10.Mysore Heggadadevana kote,Hunasur,Periyapattana,Sargur 11.Shivamogga Bhadravati,Shivamogga,Sagar,Sorab,Hosanagar, Thirthahalli,Shikaripura 12.Udupi Udupi,Kundapur,Karkala,Brahmavara,Kapu,Byndoor,Hebri 13.Uttara kannada Ankola,Bhatkal,Haliyal,Honnavara,Karwar, Kumta,Mundagod,Siddapur,Sirsi,Joida,Yallapur,Dandeli