Khanapur

Khanapur is a panchayat town in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belgaum. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur Taluka. The town is on the Belgaum - Panaji National Highway (NH) 4A. Khanapur is well connected by train and road to important cities in Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. Kannada, Marathi and Konkani are the main languages spoken in this town.GeographyKhanapur has an elevation of 646m.DemographicsIn the 2001 census, the town of Khanapur had 16,567 inhabitants, with 8,474 males and 8,093 females, for a gender ratio of 955 females per thousand males.In the 2011 census, the town of Khanapur had 18,535 inhabitants.Tourism and attractionsKhanapur is famous for its national level pottery training centre called "Central Village Pottery Institute" which is run by khadi & village industries commission on the banks of Malaprabha River, where excellent pottery training is given in Redware and Whiteware technology. Also a tourist spot named Chouda Musi a small British era bridge constructed over a small dam. Khanapur town's economy is agricultural based and is famous for cultivation of crops like sugarcane, rice, nachani (millet) etc. and fruits like chikoo, guava jackfruit etc. It is also famous for food items such as churmure (puffed rice), jaggery etc.