page_title: Athani, Belagavi
section_title: Sugar Industry
hierarchical_section_title: Athani, Belagavi / Sugar Industry
caption_attribution_description: English: Krishna cooperative sugar industry, Athani
context_page_description: Athani is a city next to Gokak in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi, 70 kilometers from Vijayapura, 55 kilometers from Miraj, 100 kilometers from Kolhapur, and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru. The main profession here is agriculture, particularly sugarcane, jawar, and grapes. The river Krishna flows 110 km around the southern part of Athani Taluk. the city 18 km from river Krishna It is the largest sugar production Taluk in Karnataka. It is famous for leather chappals. Athani is the oldest municipal town of Karnataka; it was established in 1853 according to the municipal act of 1850, The municipal council completed 160 years.
context_section_description: Previously there was no sugar industry was there in this taluk but farmers transported the sugarcane to Maharashtra. Then farmers requested to establish the sugar industry in Athani Taluk and then many sugar industries were started in this taluk. Presently 5 sugar industries are located in Athani taluk there are:
  Krishna co-operative sugar industry, Athani
  Ugar sugars pvt ltd, Ugar
  Shree Renuka sugars pvt ltd, Kokatnur
  Athani famers sugar industry, Kempwad
  Shiraguppi sugars pvt ltd, Kagwad
  In Athani Taluk the first sugar industry was established by Ugar sugars pvt ltd in Ugar, it produces more than 12,000 tonnes. Athani taluk is the largest sugarcane crushing & sugar producing in Karnataka. it ranks number 1 in Karnataka
caption: Krishna cooperative sugar industry, Athani
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