Wadi, Karnataka

Wadi is located at 17.07°N 76.98°E / 17.07; 76.98.[2] It has an average elevation of 411 metres (1348 feet).

As of 2011 India census,[3] Wadi had a population of 120,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Wadi has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63% and female literacy is 45%. In Wadi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Wadi is a tourist spot. Some of the attractions are the two Hanuman Temples, one in railway colony and the other situated at Konchur, a village 10km from Wadi railway station. Also of interest are the Astaan E Quadri Halkatta Sharif Dargah, also 6 km from Wadi town, and the ACC cement plants, which use both the latest and obsolete technologies.

Wadi Junction railway station is on the Solapur-Guntakal line, which is part of Mumbai-Chennai line. Trains from the metro cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai pass through this town. It is also connected to Secunderabad by rail.

Wadi is home to two cement plants of ACC, one of 2.6 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) capacity and the other 2.1 mtpa. These are some of the largest cement plants in the country. Wadi is also famous for limestone mines. Wadi is also an important railway junction.

The cement plants of ACC, the railways and the limestone have attracted people from diverse regions and cultures, in search of employment.

Wadi has a no. of educational institutions:

• Chakravarthy Kanavashila Vidya Varthaka Samsthye.
• St. Ambrose Convent School
• D.A.V Public School
• Al Ameen Urdu School
• Industrial Training Institute [ITI]
• National M. A. V. Primary School
• Mahatma Gandhi School
• Mini Rose
• V. P. Naik College
• Bahamani Kingdom Women's College
• Govt. High School
• Shri Shail Mallikaarjun Vidyaa Vardhak Sounsthey
• Balvikas Mandir Higher Primary School
• Mathoshri Kusumabai Devappa Hahidhande Kannada Medium High School
• Mathoshri Ramabai Ambedkar Kanya Proudha Shaley

Wadi Market is old. Thursdays are marked as the weekly market (or weekly shandy or vaara santhe) days, where people from nearby towns and villages visit for selling and buying daily essentials like vegetables, fruits, etc.

It's mainly held on road side near the railway ticket counter every Thursday it's start's nearly 9 am(9:00) to around 6 pm (18:00){according to the stock avilable}

Important landmarks are GOPALRAO INFO SOLUTIONS and KHANDELWAL RAJORE BUILDING, the oldest building in Wadi. It is close to Wadi Railway Junction.

There are many prominent banks located in Wadi to ease public in many aspects of financial banks like

SBI, HDFC Bank, KBS Bank,

ATMs like Axis Bank, TATA Indi Cash ATM, India 1 ATM, HDFC ATM, KBS Atm

*ACC Plant