Mahalingpur or Mahalingapura in Kannada is a town of Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Later renamed as Mahalingpur after the gracious appearance of Lord Shri Mahalingeshwara.

People speak typical Kannada, understand English and Hindi.

The Ghataprabha River flows through nearby Nandagaon village from its source, which lies to the southwest of the town, and in Kudala Sangama gets merge with Krishna.

Mahalingpur Town Municipal Council, with population of about 36 thousand is Bagalkot district's one of the most populous town municipal council located in Bagalkot district of the state Karnataka in India.

Child (aged under 6 years) population of Mahalingpur town municipal council is 14%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls.

Child sex ratio here has decreased by 26 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Mahalingpur has 36% (about 13 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works.