Asnoti

Asnoti
ಅಸನೊತಿ
Village
Asnoti
Asnoti

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 14°52′0″N 74°8′0″E / 14.86667°N 74.13333°E / 14.86667; 74.13333Coordinates: 14°52′0″N 74°8′0″E / 14.86667°N 74.13333°E / 14.86667; 74.13333
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Nearest city Karwar

Asnoti (Kannada:ಅಸನೊತಿ) is a village in Karwar Taluka, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. It is close to the historic fort of Sadashivgad located on Kali river. Konkani is spoken as a local language.

Due to the presence of the railway station it caters to the neighbouring villages of Thoralebag, Hodlebag, Sadashivagad, Angadi and also to the township of Kaiga, Mallapur; though the public transport facilities from the station are not up to the mark, as it is a wayside station.

Margao-Karwar (DMU), Verna-Mangalore passenger trains and few special trains halt at Asnoti.

Location

Asnoti is near Karwar. The wayside railway station at Asnoti falls under the jurisdiction of the Konkan Railway. It is the first station when one enters Karnataka state from Goa. The other two railway stations falling under Karwar Taluka on Konkan Railway route after Asnoti are Karwar(Shirwad), Harwada.

It is located about 25 km from Canacona Railway Station. Karwar Railway Station is further 11 km to the south of Asnoti.

Demographics

Asnoti has few areas (Wadas) within a range of 3 km. The biggest area (Wada) is Madhe wada. Madhe wada is base of people with surname Salunke.It so named because it is at the center of the village. The other area (Wada) is Sawant Wada. This area is mainly occupied by people with surname Sawant. Desai Wada is the other area (Wada) where the majority residents are people with surname Desai. Similarly Bhagat Wada for Bhagats etc. Asnoti is a village with a population of more than 10000 people & hence has a Gram Panchayat of its own. The majority community of this village is Konkan Marathas. All the surnames Salunke, Sawant, Desai etc. belongs to this community.

Temples

There are many temples in Asnoti. The most famous of them is Ramanath Temple. This is one of the ancient temple whose management is in the custody of Muktasur, these are the nominated people by Konkan Maratha community. The other famous temples are Ganesh temple at Bhagat Wada and Kolge, Hanuman temple at Madhe Wada etc.

See also

Next 'Small' station towards Mumbai:
Canacona
Konkan Railway : Railway (India) Next 'Small' station from Mumbai:
Harwada
Distance from Mumbai(CST) = 0805 km
Next 'Main' station towards Mumbai:
Madgaon
Konkan Railway : Railway (India) Next 'Main' station from Mumbai:
Karwar
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.