Intricate old centre
The core is a tangle of narrow lanes and tightly packed plots, the kind of fine-grained pattern that gives a black and white print real depth and texture.
Minimalist map poster · India
15.9592° N / 76.1135° E
A Deccan market town on open plateau ground, its dense centre surrounded by highway approaches, granite country and dry farmland.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Ilkal lies in Bagalkot district in northern Karnataka, on the dry, open plateau of the Deccan. From above, the town is a compact knot of narrow streets and closely built lanes, with main roads running through it toward larger centres in the region. Around the edges, the density drops away into farmland, scattered settlements and the rocky ground typical of this part of the state.
The name is known well beyond the town because of the Ilkal saree, a handloom textile with a distinctive border and pallu that carries a geographical indication tag. The area is also associated with a pink granite quarried nearby. Both are reminders that this is a working town, shaped by craft and stone as much as by trade.
An Ilkal map poster translates that working landscape into clean black lines. The old centre prints as a fine, intricate mesh, while newer roads and highways sweep around it in broader strokes. It is a quiet, graphic portrait of a place most people know through the cloth it produces rather than the shape of its streets.
The core is a tangle of narrow lanes and tightly packed plots, the kind of fine-grained pattern that gives a black and white print real depth and texture.
Main roads cross the town and continue over the plateau to neighbouring districts, forming the strong lines that anchor the composition around the dense centre.
Beyond the built area, the map thins into field boundaries, tracks and rocky ground, a reminder of the dry upland setting that surrounds the town.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Ilkal
Ilkal is a name many people carry with them, through family, through the saree trade or through time spent in northern Karnataka. A map of its streets offers a restrained way to mark that connection, and it sits comfortably alongside textiles, photographs or books.
You can personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates, adding a family name or a wedding date for example. Five styles are available, from Classic black & white and Noir to the warmer Paper and Sand or the technical Blueprint, as instant HD files or as a printed poster.
Order the Ilkal poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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