Aland, Karnataka


Aland is a town in Gulbarga district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of Aland Taluk. Aland was formed in 1952 as a Town Municipal Council.It is 683 km from the state capital Bengaluru, 43 km from district headquarters Kalaburagi and 72 km from Solapur.

Geography

Aland is located at. It has an average elevation of 480 metres. The town is spread over an area of 8 km².
Aland Taluk borders Kalaburagi Taluk of Kalaburagi district to the east, Afzalpur Taluk of Kalaburagi district to the south, Basavakalyan Taluk of Bidar district to the north-west. Many efforts have been taken by various Government's to improve the destitute situation of Aland Taluk, but have succeeded extremely less.
It is a dry area, with low rainfall. Most of the population lives in Poverty in Aland Taluk. A major number of population has migrated towards cities due to lack scope for water, education, employment. Power shortage is a serious issue in Aland. Aland records the maximum incidents of farmer suicides in North Karnataka's dry zone. Lack of natural resources and education has given birth to serious issues as low industrialization and high unemployment respectively. As a Tehsil, Aland comes in one of the top unproductive tehsils of India in terms of Revenue, Employment, Malnutrition, & lack of Industrial and Agricultural development.

Demographics

India census, Aland had a population of 42,371. Males constitute 51.6% of the population and females 38%. Aland has an low literacy rate of 49.4%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 40% of females literate.
Kannada is the main language spoken in the town. It is the lingua franca. Marathi and Urdu are spoken by Marathas & Muslims respectively.