Tikota
Demographics. India census, Tikota is a large village located in Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur district, Karnataka with total 2235 families residing. The Tikota village has population of 11,984 of which 6,111 are males while 5,873 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Tikota village population of children with age 0-6 is 1596 which makes up 13.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tikota village is 961 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Tikota as per census is 968, higher than Karnataka average of 948. As per  constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tikota village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tikota village.. Geography. The village is situated geographically at 16°50'28.2"N north latitude and 75°31'13.1"E east longitude. Agriculture. The village mainly grow sugarcane, exporting international quality grapes, pomegranate, maize, and sorghum (jawar), as well as small portion of lemon, onion and turmeric etc. Irrigation via canals, bore-wells and wells. Religion. Village is having mainly Lingayats, Hindu and Muslim community people. Festivals. Every year  people are celebrating Basava Jayanti Sankranti, Ugadi, Kara Hunnume, Nagara Panchami, Deepavli, Dassara and moharam many more. Language. People can speak mainly Kannada also Hindi, Marathi as well. Education. The village has a Govt Higher Primary School And Arts and Commerce degree level colleges currently working more than 5000 students. Politics. The village comes under Babaleshwar Assembly Constituency and Vijayapur Parliamentary Constituency. Literacy Rate. Tikota village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Tikota village was 70.02 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Tikota Male literacy stands at 78.08 % while female literacy rate was 61.64  %. Transportation. Village is well connected to district headquarter Vijayapur also Jath and Athani. Climate and temperature. Village has a semi-arid climate. It has an average elevation of 606 metres (1988 ft). The climate is generally dry. In summer, especially in April and May, the temperature lays between 40 degree Celsius to 42 degree Celsius. In winter season, from November to January the temperature is between 20 degree Celsius to 30 degree Celsius. Usually the district has dry weather, so the humidity varies from 10% to 30%.