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Jog Falls during the monsoon. Jog Falls is situated Near Siddapura And Sagara city. Nearest railway stations (distance to the location): Talaguppa (13 km [8.1 mi]) Sagara (30 km [19 mi]) (68 km [42 mi]) on the Mangalore - Bombay Konkan Railway route; Bhatkal (90 km [56 mi]) also on the Mangalore - Bombay Konkan Railway route; Nearest bus station:
[1] [2] It is located in the Shimoga taluk of Shimoga district in Karnataka. Harana Halli is about 21 km from Shimoga town. The trains operating from Birur to Sagara go via Harana Halli railway station . The famous Shimoga-Talaguppa railway (RailBus) route which provides access to Jog Falls goes via Harana Halli. The Rail bus service is now ...
Famous personalities like Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, Sir M Visvesvaraya, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Morarji Desai used this line to reach Jog Falls. There is a proposal to connect Talaguppa with Honnavara in Uttara Kannada district by a new railway line, which will be a shorter alternate rail route between Mumbai and ...
Jog Falls is in Sagar taluk and is created by the Sharavathi River. It is approximately 30 km by National Highway 69 (NH-206 as per old NH numbering system). Jog falls is located 30 km from Sagara and 100 km from Shivamogga. It is also known as Gerusoppa Falls or Jogada Gundi in Kannada. It is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India. [7]
Mysore State Railway started laying the Shivamogga–Talaguppa 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) line in the year 1930 to provide access to Jog Falls. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Another purpose was to transport wooden logs from the forests of the Malnad region to make wooden sleepers and also to be used as a fuel in the furnaces of the Mysore Iron Works at ...
The dam and Jog Falls is 5 km away from Kargal. Sight-Seeing in Kargal. Chowdeshwari temple is located in Kargal and Jog Falls is situated on the outskirts. It has a pretty diverse culture and traditions. Many people from different parts of Karnataka visit the temple.
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As of 2001 India census, [2] Jog Falls had a population of 12,570. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jog Falls has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 68%. In Jog Falls, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.