Siruguppa

Siruguppa is a town in Bellary district in Karnataka. In a region sometimes known as "The land of paddy", this town is one of the major rice exporters of the state. The place was recently declared as city municipal council.EtymologyThe name Siruguppa is derived from two Kannada words siri and kuppe . This region was known for its prosperity during the era of the famed Vijayanagara Empire.HistoryThe history of the region dates back to the Mauryas. Inscriptions of king Ashoka are found in the Nittur village of the taluk. The region was subsequently ruled by many famous dynasties like Chalukyas, Vijayanagara Empire, Sultans of Bahamani, Nizams of Hyderabad.As a taluk headquarterDuring British rule, the region around Siruguppa was made a taluk which came into existence on 1 October 1910 after merging 46 villages from the Bellary taluk, 29 from the Adoni taluk and 23 from the Alur taluk. However Siruguppa taluk was abolished on 1 April 1923. But again, on 15 April 1929, 33 villages from the Adoni taluk, 7 villages from Alur taluk along with the villages included in the Siruguppa Deputy Tahsildar’s division of Bellary taluk,constituted into a new taluk with Siruguppa as its Headquarters.Geography and climateSiruguppa is located at. Located on the Deccan plateau, it has an average elevation of 373 metres (1223 feet). It belongs to the dry inland region of Karnataka with an annual rainfall of 645 mm. The Taluk is bounded in the south by Bellary taluk, in the west by Hospet taluk, in the north by Sindhanur taluk of Raichur district and in the east by Adoni taluk of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.