| Voice of Gulbarga, Sandeep
Kumar
Gulbarga District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 16224.0 Km2
Population in GULBARGA (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 25,64,892
Male : 13,07,061
Female : 12,57,831
Under 6 population
Total : 3,52,162
Male : 1,81,955
Female : 1,70,207
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 60657
In seeing : 28231
In speech : 5343
In hearing : 3082
In movement : 19363
Mental : 4638
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 131
Sex Ratio Rank : 403
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 100 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 508 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Gulbarga District
Gulbarga is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka.
It is the administrative headquarters of Gulbarga District, and
of Gulbarga Division. Gulbarga is 613 km north of Bangalore and
well connected by road to Bijapur, Hyderabad and Bidar. A railway
line connecting the southern part of India to Mumbai and Delhi passes
through Gulbarga.
History
Gulbarga was known as Kaliburgi in former days
which means stony land in Kannada. Recorded history of this district
dates back to the 6th century when the Rashtrakutas gained control
over the area, but the Chalukyas regained their domain within a
short period and reigned supreme for over two hundred years. The
Kalachuris who succeeded them ruled till the 12th century. Around
the close of the 12th century the Yadavas of Devagiri and the Hoysalas
of Dwarasamadra destroyed the supremacy of lthe Chalukyas and Kalachuris.
About the same period the Kakatiya kings of Warangal came into prominence.
The present Gulbarga and Raichur districts formed part of their
domain. The Kakatiya power was subdued in 1321, and the northern
Deccan, including the district of Gulbarga, passed under the control
of the Muslim Sultanate of Delhi. The revolt of the Muslim officers
appointed from Delhi resulted in founding of the Bahmani Sultanate
in 1347 by Hassan Gangu, who chose Gulbarga to be his capital. When
the Bahmani dynasty came to an end, the kingdom broke up into the
five independent Deccan sultanates, Bijapur, Bidar, Berar, Ahmednagar
and Golconda. The present Gulbarga district came partly under Bidar
and partly under Bijapur. With the conquest of the Deccan by Aurangezeb
in the 17th Century, control of Gulbarga passed to the Mughal Empire.
In the early part of the 18th Century, when Mughal Empire was declining,
Asaf Jah, a general of Aurangzeb, became independent and formed
state of Hyderabad in which a major part of Gulbarga area was also
included. In 1948 Hyderabad state was annexed to the newly-independent
Indian Union, and in 1956 the Indian state of Hyderabad was partitoned
among neighboring states along linguistic lines. Most of Gulbarga
district became part of Mysore state, later renamed Karnataka, excluding
two taluks which were annexed to Andhra Pradesh.
Gulbarga District
Gulbarga District is situated between 76°.04' and
77°.42 east longitude, and 16°.12' and 17°.46' north latitude, covering
an area of 16,224 square kilometres. The population of the district
is 2.5 million (25 lakh). The district comprises of 10 taluks. The
climate of the district is generally dry and healthy with temperature
ranging from 5ºc in the winter to 45ºc in the summer, and an annual
rainfall of about 750 mm. The entire district is situated in Deccan
Plateau and the general elevation ranges from 300 to 750 meters
above mean sea level. Two main rivers, Krishna and Bhima, flow in
the district. Black soil is predominant soil type in the district.
The district has a large number of tanks which, in addition to the
rivers, irrigate the land. The Upper Krishna Project is major irrigation
venture in the district. Bajra, toor, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower,
sesame, castor bean, black gram, jowar, wheat, cotton, ragi, bengal
gram, and linseed are grown in this district. Gulbarga an industrially
backward district, but is presently showing signs of growth in the
cement, textile, leather and chemical industries. Gulbarga has a
university with medical and engineering colleges. Gulbarga district
was formerly part of Hyderabad state and most of the district became
a part of Mysore state (later Karnataka) in 1956. Two taluks became
part of Andhra Pradesh. Shri Kshetra Gangapur an well known pilgrimage
of God Shri Sadguru Dattarya, is very close from Gulbarga.
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