Asnoti


Asnoti is a village in Karwar Taluka, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. It is close to the historic fort of Sadashivgad located on Kali river.
Konkani is spoken as a local language.
Due to the presence of the railway station it caters to the neighbouring villages of Thoralebag, Hodlebag, Sadashivagad, Angadi and also to the township of Kaiga, Mallapur; though the public transport facilities from the station are not up to the mark, as it is a wayside station.
Margao-Karwar, Verna-Mangalore passenger trains and few special trains halt at Asnoti.

Location

Asnoti is near Karwar. The wayside railway station at Asnoti falls under the jurisdiction of the Konkan Railway. It is the first station when one enters Karnataka state from Goa. The other two railway stations falling under Karwar Taluka on Konkan Railway route after Asnoti are Karwar, Harwada.
It is located about 25 km from Canacona Railway Station. Karwar Railway Station is further 11 km to the south of Asnoti.

Demographics

Asnoti has few areas within a range of 3 km. The biggest area is Madhe wada. Madhe wada is base of people with surname Salunke. It so named because it is at the center of the village. The other area is Sawant Wada. This area is mainly occupied by people with surname Sawant & Asnotkar. Desai Wada is the other area where the majority residents are people with surname Desai. Similarly Bhagat Wada for Bhagats. for Nagekars etc. Asnoti is a village with a population of more than 10000 people & hence has a Gram Panchayat of its own. The majority community of this village is Konkan Marathas, the other communities include the Parti/Padti. All the surnames Asnotkar, Salunke, Sawant, Desai, Nagekar etc. belongs to this community.

Temples

There are many temples in Asnoti. The most famous of them is Ramanath Temple. This is one of the ancient temple whose management is in the custody of Muktasur, these are the nominated people by Konkan Maratha community. The is also famous as people visit this place on Amavasya or new moon day of every month. This temple was built by Uttam B Raikar and his brothers. The other famous temples are Ganesh temple at Bhagat Wada and Kolge, Hanuman temple at Madhe Wada, Goddess Mahamaya Temple, Kolge etc.