Savanur
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Savanuru is a locality and taluk headquarters of Savanuru Taluk in Haveri District of Karnataka state, India.
Savanuru is a locality and taluk headquarters of Savanuru Taluk in Haveri District of Karnataka state, India.
Demographics
India census, Savanur had a population of 35,561. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Savanur has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 54%, and female literacy is 43%. In Savanur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Savanuru Boababs
Dodda Hunise Mara, as it is known in the native language Kannada, is the proverbial baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). Savanuru might be the only place in the state of Karnataka or rather in whole India, which boasts of having three big Baobab trees on the outskirts of the town. This species of tree reaches heights of between 5–25 m (exceptionally 30 m) tall, and up to 7 m (exceptionally 11 m) in trunk diameter. The specimens at Savanuru are exceptional by all standards; the biggest one measures above 18 m at girth, the second one above 16 m and the third one above 14 m. These are planted in a triangular shape and stand together closely. The state government has put up a fence to protect the trees and a board briefly describing the history of the trees, which also gives the statistics about height and girth. Image:SavanurBaobab06052007318.jpg| Image:SavanurBaobad06052007321.jpg| Image:SavanurBaobab06052007320.jpg| Image:SavanurBaobab06052007317.jpg|
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Another genealogy of Savanur State
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