Kittur

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Kittur
Town
Kittur in Karnataka
Coordinates: 15°35′58″N 74°47′16″E / 15.5993334°N 74.7878902°E / 15.5993334; 74.7878902
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
Named for	Kittur Chennamma
Government
• Body	Town Panchayat
Area
• Total	17.40 km2 (6.72 sq mi)
Elevation	755 m (2,477 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	16,144
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Kitturians
Language
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	591115
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-24
Nearest city	Dharwad, Belagavi
Website	http://www.chennamman-kitturtown.mrc.gov.in/en

Kittur or Kitturu, historically known as Kittoor, is a town and a taluk in the Belagavi district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It was part of Bailhongal taluka but was declared as an independent taluka on 23 October 2012 by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on the inauguration of Kittur Utsav. It is 177th Taluk of Karnataka State. It is a place of historical importance because of the armed rebellion of Kittur Chennamma (1778–1829), Rani of the State of Kittur against the British East India Company, during which a British Commissioner, St John Thackeray was killed.

At the 2011 census, it was a village under Sampagaon C D Block with a location code number 598110.