Hukkeri is a Town Municipal Council and taluka in Belgavi district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Hukkeri taluka shares its borders with Chikkodi in the north, Gokak in the east, Belgaum taluk in the south and the Maharashtra State in the west.

The area falls under Northern transitional agro-climatic zone of Karnataka state and is categorized as drought prone.

These soils vary in depth and texture, depending on the parent rock type, physiographic settings, and climatic conditions.

These soils, in turn, can be grouped into seven categories, viz., which cover large tracts of land and the other two: are local in nature.

There is an old electricity generation station and electricity was generated here for the first time in 1887), 2) Hidkal Dam (A water reservoir built on a Ghataprabha river which provides irrigation benefits to Belagavi and Bagalkote districts), 3)Gudachanamalki falls (The Godachinmalki Falls is a waterfall located on Markandeya river) It is said that one of the GolGumbaz located in the town has a secret subway to Bijapur.

It is known that Hukkeri and the area around it was under the command of fateh bahadur, a dictator of the dynasty, and in 1502 it was taken over by Yusuf Adil Shah, the Sultan of Bijapur.

During his time, Ain-ul-Mulk Jilani built Hukkeri's fortress, palace, and water fountains.

[citation needed] Hukkeri Society is one of the last surviving epitomes of the co-operative movement in India.

The Society is daring all odds as amidst 74% IP set consumption, the highest ever for any distribution areas in the state, without receiving any subsidy from the Government.

The organization was formed as a co-operative society under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 as one of the five pilot Rural Electric Co-operative Societies (RECS) established on 21-07-1969 through Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), New Delhi, as per the decision of Government of India and based on sponsorship from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), of the United States of America.

Initially, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) granted the license for distribution of electricity to the Society on 12-10-1970.