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Honnihalli

village in Karnataka, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ5896603
Source-derived summary

Honnihalli is a village in Belagavi district in the southern state of Karnataka, India.

According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Honnihalli village is 591225. Honnihalli village is located in Hukkeri Tehsil of Belagavi district in Karnataka, India. It is situated 24km away from sub-district headquarter Hukkeri and 60km away from district headquarter Belagavi. Kannada is the common language of Honnihalli.

Population

Honnihalli has a total population of 1,695 people with 843 male and 852 female population respectively. There are about 355 houses in Honnihalli village. Sankeshwar is nearest town to Honnihalli which is approximately 07km away.

The total geographical area of the village is 395.86 hectares.

Distance

50 km from Belgaum

45 km from Kolhapur

130 km from Goa Velha

290 km from Pune

Places to visit

Amboli is the nearest Hill station from Honnihalli, 70 km away.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Honnihalli” as village in Karnataka, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Honnihalli, village and Karnataka.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Honnihalli, village and Karnataka providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Honnihalli”, the useful work is to connect “village in Karnataka, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5896603. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Honnihalli primary sources, Honnihalli archive and Honnihalli research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from Honnihalli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.