The site is located besides the Koundinya river a tributary of the Palar river as its source at Kurudumalai hill. It has been known as Ganeshagiri, Katakana and Yadavachala in the Kruta Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapar Yuga respectively. In the Kaliyuga i.e. the present age, its name said to be Koundinya Kshetra as it was the site of Hermitage of Sage Koundinya. This is the history of site as per the census of India 1981. Therefore the farmers of the site preferred to name this as Koundinya organic farming initiative, (KOFI) for the site. The site is located 12 kilometers away from Mulbagal taluk head quarter. The Bewalli consists of 84 families with a population of 580. The average literacy rate of male is 75% and female literacy rate is 50%.

Bewalli village comes under eastern dry zone of Karnataka and included under agricultural zone number 5 with an annual rainfall of 822 mm. The Bewalli site comprises 193 hactares of cultivable land out of which 100 ha land has been selected for the proposed organic farming initiative. Here the soil texture is medium black clay and red clay soil. PH value of the soil between 7.5 to 8.1. E.C. is 0.09 to 0.5. Organic carbon is 0.32 to 0.5 that is low. Available "p" is 10.2 to 20.8 kgs per hectare that is medium. Potassium content of the soil is medium that 80-170kgs/hectare.