Infact, today I checked... There were about 30 sleepers booked, with about 15 to Pune and the rest to MMR. JHS and NZM. Plus about 6-7 were in II / III AC.
You wrote " no one boarded from Hubli too" Rare happenings shouldn't be highlighted, It is common sense.... Hubballi has normally 2-3 times the number of reserved tickets issued compared to Dharwad/Davangere etc...
Dharwad must and will continue to have stoppage for all passenger trains on this line.