Kerwad (H)

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Kerwad (H) Kerwad (H) Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: IN 15°21′10″N 74°46′20″E / 15.35278°N 74.77222°ECoordinates: IN 15°21′10″N 74°46′20″E / 15.35278°N 74.77222°E
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Taluka	Haliyal
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sab constituency	Uttara Kannada
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Haliyal
Nearest town	Haliyal

Kerwad (H) is a village in Uttara Kannada in the southwestern India state of Karnataka.^[1][2] The village is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) by road north of the town of Haliyal. Tosur family is one of the major respected Maratha family at Kerwad

History

Majority of families are from Maratha community and 90% of them do farming as major activities. Kerwad Mango is very famous across the district and majority mangos sold in nearby market like Haliyal, Dandeli, Dharwad & Hubli . There are a substantial amount of Chardo families in this area as they had migrated due to the persecution of the Portuguese in Goa.

There is one of the famous deity God Siddapoa around 3 KM from Kerwad towards East and the deity is situated below a big old tree

Language

90% families speak Marathi and Few speak Konkani are spoken in Kerwad (H). Konkani is spoken as it is in close proximity to Goa, and many Goans settled in Kerwad when they migrated from Goa. Marathi is spoken locally, as Kerwad is also in close proximity to Belgaum and dominated by Marathas

References

1. 2001 Census Village code for Kerwad (H) = 00713100, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Karnataka" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 271. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2012.
2. "Census Data 2001: Village Directory/List of Villages Alphabetical: Karnataka: K".