Madabhavi is a large village located in Athani taaluk of Belagavi district, Karnataka state of India. The village is famous for production leather chappals which have main market in Kolhapur. The village name came from Madya means central and Bhavi means open well. Open well is near panchayat of village.Madbhavi, previously known as Pattan Madbhavi, the princely state. ruled by the DESAI family.there was rebellion during 16th And 17 th century. as a result one of the royal family branch was expelled from the kingdom the same expelled family branch then headed to west and acquired the royal title of PATIL.The present population of the same branch of then 4 brothers with one unmarried SISTER "PADMATI" Lives in 3 villages i.e. CHINCHWAD, VASAGADE & MADABHAVI. The village was ruled under Jath State ( Jath was the former capital of Jath State, one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was a southern Maratha Jagir).Madabhavi village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Madabhavi village was 65.95% compared to 75.36% of Karnataka. In Madabhavi Male literacy stands at 73.43% while female literacy rate was 58.05%. Village have educational institutions like SGS College, madabhavi and Primary Govt School in Kannada and Marathi medium.
