Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
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
Challenges of the district : Our research
with local communities
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Nation Building
Interventions of key stakeholders in the district
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.
