The
Gadag District is located in
Karnataka, India. The district formed in 1997, when it was split from the
Dharwad District. As of 2011, the Gadag District had a population of 971,952 (of which 35.21 percent was urban as of 2001). The overall population increased by 13.14 percent from 1991 to 2001. The Gadag District borders the
Bagalkot District on the north, the
Koppal District on the east, the
Bellary District on the southeast, the
Haveri District on the southwest, the
Dharwad District on the west and the
Belgaum District on the northwest. The district features monuments (primarily Jain and Hindu temples) from the
Western Chalukya Empire. Gadag District has seven
tehsils:
Gadag-Betgeri,
Ron,
Shirhatti,
Nargund,
Lakshmeshwar,
Gajendragad and
Mundargi.