Tergaonkar is a surname mostly found in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 & Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

  states in India

India

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. They belong to the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Community and are originally from Dharwad (Twin city of Hubli-Dharwad) or Belgaum district in Karnataka. Most of them are devotess of Lord Mangesh

Mangesh

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 & they belong to Vatsa

Vatsa

Vatsa was one of the solasa Mahajanapadas of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Anguttara Nikaya....

 gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

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The village Tergaon is situated in Haliyal block in Uttar Kannada district in the state of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

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Most of the Tergaonkars speak Kannada, Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 or Konkani language.
Nevertheless this surname is also found in Deshatha Brahmins.

About the village Tergaon

Tergaon is a Village in Haliyal Taluk in Uttar Kannad District in Karnataka State. Tergaon is 4.609 km far from its Taluk Main Town Haliyal. Tergaon is located 74.36 km distance from its District Main City Uttar Kannad. It is located 406 km distance from its State Main City Bangalore.
Tergaon Pin Code is 581356. Other villages under the same Pin code are Havagi, Hunswad, Mangalwad, Madnalli, Aralwad, Muttalmuri.

External links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Goud_Saraswat_Brahmin_surnames
• http://www.mahalaxmidev.com/mangesh.html
• http://villages.ws/india/karnataka/uttarkannad/tergaon_haliyal_0223672.htm
• http://pincode.net.in/581356