Hubli

Hubli is a famous industrial town in the state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Dharwad district in Karnata and the twin city Hubli-Dharwad is the largest city Corporation in the State after Bangalore.

Demographics
The population of the city was 786,000, as per 2001 census.

Climate in Hubli
The city has a Semiarid climate. The climate of the city is extremely good throughout the year with temperature ranging between 16 and 37 degree celcius. The climate is hot and wet during the summer and rainy seasons and pleasant during winter.

How to reach Hubli?

• Air : Hubli is well connected to its neibouring cities. It has its own airport which is just 18 km from the city. The airport at Hubli is expected to find a place on our national air map.
  
  
• Rail : Hubli is a major rail junction for Mumbai, Goa and Bangalore. Both Dharwad and Hubli are linked by road and rail facilities with other parts of the country. It is a major railway center and in fact, the very heart of the Northern Karnataka Region.
  
  
• Road : Hubli is connected by road to all major cities of Karnataka state and also to neighbouring Maharashtra state and other Southern India cities. Daily bus service from Hubli's bus station is available for Mumbai, Pune, Belgaum, Kolhapur, Dharvad, Hospet, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore and all cities and towns in Karnataka and neighbouring Southern states.
  
  

Tourist Attractions in Hubli

Asar	Bhavanishankar Temple	Glass House
Nrupatunga Betta	Navilteerth	Sykes Point
Siddarudh Math	Ulavia	Unkal Lake
Kankaria lake	Julta Minara	Jamalpur Bridge
Sathodi & Mathodi Falls

Education in Hubli
The percentage of literacy in Hubli as per 2001 census was 72.1%. There are some notable schools, sciences, arts and commerce colleges including some diploma and ayurvedic medical colleges in Hubli. It is a centre of learning with numerous famous high schools, colleges and universitites.

Economy of Hubli

• Hubli is a centre for the textile industry.
• Software Technolgy Park of India, STPI-Hubli is a fourth independent gateway in Karnataka having its main center at Bangalore, which accounts for one third of country's software exports from Karnataka.
• Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM) in Hubli is responsible for power distribution in Dharwad, Gadag, Bijapur, Bagalkot, Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Belgaum districts of Karnataka.
• Malenadu in Hubli is well known for its forests and forest based industries.
• Hubli is also known for their agricultural products like cotton, groundnut, oilseeds manganese ore and granite stones.
• The value of agricultural products coming into Hubli market runs into multiple crores.
• Hubli is a major trading center for both cotton and peanuts.
• Fish from Karwar, a coastal town 165 km away, is packed and shipped from Hubli.
• It also has a wagon workshop.
• Hubli is and important industrial centre, with more than 1000 allied small and medium industries already established.
• With the establishment of Bhoruka textile Mill, N.G.E.F and K.M.F. it has gathered momentum in industrial development.

Major industries in Hubli

• Machine Tools Industries
• Electrical
• Steel Furnitures
• Food Products
• Rubber and leather Industries
• Tanning Industries