Gulbarga district


Gulbarga district, officially known as Kalaburagi district, is one of the 30 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Gulbarga city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
This district is situated in northern Karnataka between 76°.04' and 77°.42 east longitude, and 17°.12' and 17°.46' north latitude, covering an area of 10,951 km². This district is bounded on the west by Bijapur district and Solapur district of Maharashtra state, on the north by Bidar district, Osmanabad district and Latur district of Maharashtra state, on the south by Yadgir district, and on the east by Ranga Reddy district and Medak district of Telangana state.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Gulbarga one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the five districts in Karnataka currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Places of interest

Historical places

Gulbarga is situated in Deccan Plateau located at and the general elevation ranges from 300 to 750 meters above mean sea level. Two main rivers, Krishna and Bhima, flow in the district.

Subdivisions

Gulbarga district presently comprises the following 11 talukas after the separation of Yadgir district from it.
  1. Gulbarga
  2. Aland
  3. Afzalpur
  4. Jevargi
  5. Sedam
  6. Shahabad
  7. Kalgi
  8. Kamalapur
  9. Chitapur
  10. Chincholi
  11. Yedrami

    Demographics

According to the 2011 census Gulbarga district has a population of 2,566,326, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 162nd in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.94%. Gulbarga has a sex ratio of 962 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 65.65%.