Along with most current state outlines not thoroughly divided after 1947 - many displaced Marathi and Kannada speaking peoples have been suffering for 70 years due to the greed of politicians.
The village data used for the below outlines is from 2 sources :
Marathi villages in Karnataka
(source for Marathi villages in Karnataka)
"Maharashtra Karnataka Border Dispute" by Sri Ram M. Apte (full book : link) - which includes census data and maps (link and link) for all Marathi speaking areas in the current Karnataka state. The linguistic census figures are from 1951 and-or 1961. As the result of this fine presentation - all Marathi absolute majority villages in Karnataka have been outlined at the village level.
Altogether Marathi majority villages (viz 1961 census) currently in Karnataka are (not official figures/number of villages rather villages counted on above noted maps) :Belagavi taluk : 1 city and about 80 villages, Hukkeri taluk : about 20 villages, Chikodi taluk : 1 town and about 45 villages, Athani taluk : about 10 villages, Bhalki taluk : 1 town and about 70 villages, Aland taluk : about 10 villages, Humnabad taluk : about 30 villages, Aurad taluk : about 50 villages
(source for Kannada villages in Maharashtra)
The most important thing that need be noted about this report is : it is solely based upon "memorandum" of voluntary parties (and not a subjective independent survey). Thus for example the Kannada majority villages dealt with in the report are only those village "offered by Maharasthra" rather than being a list of all the Kannada majority not the linguistic information for all of the Kannada majority villages.
Similarly the report is haphazard and slopy in not even mentioning all of the Kannada majoirty villages "offered" by Maharashtra. Thereof 1/3-1/2 of the Kannada majority villages "offered" by Maharashtra are not even mentioned for reasons like "they do not fit my criteria" (and therefore need not be mentioned at all) or "the entire taluk should be transfered" (despite villages boundaring other taluk being Marathi)
village level maps for Maharashtra talukas : www.mrsac.gov.in/en/taluka-maps
Overall glimpse at the Mahajan report / the sort of demands made makes it apparent the state governments involved cared the least about the people - rather treating the matter as """dealing their personal territory""". Both states make baseless demands of areas where the concerned languages are not in majority, while Kerala also dealt with in the report did not even respond to the commission - concerning the entirely Kannada-Tulu ---- Kasargod taluk (and thus was successful in preventing it from being its its appropriate place till present). Thus politicians treating "the country" as their own property and dealing with it as such - instead of seeking to "govern" - thus causing much suffering for almost a century to lakhs and now more than 2 million people.
Some observation or recommendations of the author :
Villages with - no majority or Adivasi speaking villages belong in whichever state is geologically-geographically contiguous. A few Urdu speaking villages adjoining Maharashtra belong there as the language is closer. Telugu majority villages adjoining Karnataka belong there as the language is closer.
Large isolated concentration should be linked, while small isolations should be ignored.
Marathi absolute majority : Bhalki town and surrounding is apparently isolated - but can be connected by 2 Kannada villages to the west.
Jath taluk is missing from the 2001 linguist talukwise census (for obvious reasons)
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX
Konkan and Karavalli :
Sparsely populated : Konkani and Adivasi majority areas in the present Karnataka state belong in a Karavalli state - on account of their being geologically contigous with that region and NOT geologically contigous with the Konkan region.
Adjoining high population Marathi and Konkani majority areas of Khanapur, Nandgad and Haliyal (though geologically contigous with the Karavalli region) belong in a Konkan state (which includes Goa)
Map Legend
Orange : Marathi absolute majority (60-100%)
Green : Kannada absolute majority (60-100%)
White : no majority either 50/50%, 60-40%, or for some 1/3, 1/3 and 1/3 - Urdu, Telugu or others.
Red : Marathi isolated villages or Marthi town or village names (theres no orange icon)
Yellow : villages rigged between 1951 and 1961 census (for example 90% of village spoke one language in 1951 and then becomes the opposite in 1961, or village population increases drastically (people artificially settled) and makes previous majority language the minority language)
Blue : villages and areas whose linguist data was not published by the Mahajan report as they were not "offered by Maharashtra" and or the author did not see the need of publishing - after he had concluded they did not fit his "criteria"
The village data used for the below outlines is from 2 sources :
Marathi villages in Karnataka
(source for Marathi villages in Karnataka)
"Maharashtra Karnataka Border Dispute" by Sri Ram M. Apte (full book : link) - which includes census data and maps (link and link) for all Marathi speaking areas in the current Karnataka state. The linguistic census figures are from 1951 and-or 1961. As the result of this fine presentation - all Marathi absolute majority villages in Karnataka have been outlined at the village level.
Altogether Marathi majority villages (viz 1961 census) currently in Karnataka are (not official figures/number of villages rather villages counted on above noted maps) :Belagavi taluk : 1 city and about 80 villages, Hukkeri taluk : about 20 villages, Chikodi taluk : 1 town and about 45 villages, Athani taluk : about 10 villages, Bhalki taluk : 1 town and about 70 villages, Aland taluk : about 10 villages, Humnabad taluk : about 30 villages, Aurad taluk : about 50 villages
Kannada villages in Maharashtra
(source for Kannada villages in Maharashtra)
“Report on the commission of Maharashtra-Mysore-Kerala boundary disputes - 1967” of Mehr Chand Mahajan for which only part 1 of 3 parts can be found here : link.
The one man "Mahajan Commission" was setup in 1963 to resolve the displaced areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra and report published in 1967.The most important thing that need be noted about this report is : it is solely based upon "memorandum" of voluntary parties (and not a subjective independent survey). Thus for example the Kannada majority villages dealt with in the report are only those village "offered by Maharasthra" rather than being a list of all the Kannada majority not the linguistic information for all of the Kannada majority villages.
Similarly the report is haphazard and slopy in not even mentioning all of the Kannada majoirty villages "offered" by Maharashtra. Thereof 1/3-1/2 of the Kannada majority villages "offered" by Maharashtra are not even mentioned for reasons like "they do not fit my criteria" (and therefore need not be mentioned at all) or "the entire taluk should be transfered" (despite villages boundaring other taluk being Marathi)
Taluk of which Kannada majority - villages linguistic figures in Maharashtra are NOT given (partially or in full) are :
Akalkot taluk (full), about 30 villages of South Sholapur taluk, North Sholapur taluk (full), half of the villages in Jath taluk, Shiroli taluk (a dozen), Mangalvedhe taluk (a dozen),
While the villages listed would definatly be Kannada majority - there would be plenty more which Maharashtra didnt propose (considering thier claims of plenty of Kannada majority areas in Belagavi and Aurad environs) Villages which Maharashtra politicians proposed to exchange with Karnataka : 99 villages in Akkalkot taluk, 65 in South Sholapur taluk, 9 in Mangalvedha taluk, 44 in Jath taluk, 19 in Shirol taluk, 24 in Gadhinglaj taluk.
To map all Kannada villages in Maharashtra - linguistic data from 1951 and 1961 census is for all of the above taluk (the number of villages mentioned on this page are those "offered" by Maharashtra while many other not offered would also be Kannada majority).
If someone has that data they can comment.While the villages listed would definatly be Kannada majority - there would be plenty more which Maharashtra didnt propose (considering thier claims of plenty of Kannada majority areas in Belagavi and Aurad environs) Villages which Maharashtra politicians proposed to exchange with Karnataka : 99 villages in Akkalkot taluk, 65 in South Sholapur taluk, 9 in Mangalvedha taluk, 44 in Jath taluk, 19 in Shirol taluk, 24 in Gadhinglaj taluk.
village level maps for Maharashtra talukas : www.mrsac.gov.in/en/taluka-maps
Overall glimpse at the Mahajan report / the sort of demands made makes it apparent the state governments involved cared the least about the people - rather treating the matter as """dealing their personal territory""". Both states make baseless demands of areas where the concerned languages are not in majority, while Kerala also dealt with in the report did not even respond to the commission - concerning the entirely Kannada-Tulu ---- Kasargod taluk (and thus was successful in preventing it from being its its appropriate place till present). Thus politicians treating "the country" as their own property and dealing with it as such - instead of seeking to "govern" - thus causing much suffering for almost a century to lakhs and now more than 2 million people.
Some observation or recommendations of the author :
Villages with - no majority or Adivasi speaking villages belong in whichever state is geologically-geographically contiguous. A few Urdu speaking villages adjoining Maharashtra belong there as the language is closer. Telugu majority villages adjoining Karnataka belong there as the language is closer.
Large isolated concentration should be linked, while small isolations should be ignored.
Belagavi city and more importantly its surroundings is
overwhelmingly : Marathi, apart from a 15 sq km enclosure which does have connectment to Karnataka. From the demographics it is apparent how a
political party created for the sole of reorganization – has been winning
elections at all levels in this area since the 1950s.
Aurad town and surroundings – while the town has equal number of Kannada, Marathi and Urdu speakers (33-33-33); the adjoining villages are by no means absolute Marathi majority (and as of claimed by Maharashtra politicians).2 Marathi villages (Jamalpur and Ganeshpur) adjoining Aurad town also appear to have been with 100% Marathi in 1951 and then 100% Kannada in 1961.
Marathi absolute majority : Bhalki town and surrounding is apparently isolated - but can be connected by 2 Kannada villages to the west.
Jath taluk is missing from the 2001 linguist talukwise census (for obvious reasons)
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX
Konkan and Karavalli :
Sparsely populated : Konkani and Adivasi majority areas in the present Karnataka state belong in a Karavalli state - on account of their being geologically contigous with that region and NOT geologically contigous with the Konkan region.
Map Legend
Orange : Marathi absolute majority (60-100%)
Green : Kannada absolute majority (60-100%)
White : no majority either 50/50%, 60-40%, or for some 1/3, 1/3 and 1/3 - Urdu, Telugu or others.
Red : Marathi isolated villages or Marthi town or village names (theres no orange icon)
Yellow : villages rigged between 1951 and 1961 census (for example 90% of village spoke one language in 1951 and then becomes the opposite in 1961, or village population increases drastically (people artificially settled) and makes previous majority language the minority language)
Blue : villages and areas whose linguist data was not published by the Mahajan report as they were not "offered by Maharashtra" and or the author did not see the need of publishing - after he had concluded they did not fit his "criteria"
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