Gulbarga Pincodes

Kalaburagi district, previously known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Kalaburagi city is the main administrative center for the district, and it also serves as the headquarters for Kalaburagi division.

This district is located in northern Karnataka, covering an area of 10,951 square kilometers. It is bordered by Bijapur and Solapur districts of Maharashtra to the west, Bidar and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra to the north, Yadgir district to the south, and Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts of Telangana to the east.

History:

The place is called Kalaburagi in Kannada, which means “stony land.” In the 6th century CE, it was controlled by the Chalukyas. After that, the Rashtrakutas took over briefly but were later kicked out by the Chalukyas, who ruled for about 200 years. Then, the Kalachuris came and ruled until the 12th century when the Yadavas took charge. Later on, the Kakatiyas ruled until 1324 when the Delhi Sultanate came into power. The ambitions of local leaders led to the Bahmani sultanate being formed, with Kalaburagi as its capital. After the Bahmanis, there were five different Deccan Sultanates in the area. Kalaburagi was under the Bidar sultanate until Bijapur took over in 1619. It eventually became part of the Mughal Empire and then the Hyderabad State. Finally, in 1948, it became part of India and, along with Bidar and Raichur, became known as the Kalyana-Karnataka region. This region has faced challenges and is considered one of the most backward areas in Karnataka.

Economy:

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj identified Kalaburagi as one of India’s 243 most underdeveloped districts out of a total of 640. It is one of the five districts in Karnataka that currently gets financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF) to help improve its development.

Demographics: 

In 2011, Kalaburagi district had a population of about 2.5 million people, which ranked it 162nd among all the districts in India. There were about 233 people living in every square kilometer of land in this district. When we look at the number of men and women, there were 971 women for every 1000 men. In terms of reading and writing, about 64.85% of the people here can do it. Approximately 32.56% of the population lives in cities.

According to the 2011 census, most people in this district spoke Kannada, which was about 65.70% of the population. Urdu was spoken by 18.15%, Lambadi by 7.09%, Telugu by 4.08%, Marathi by 2.47%, and Hindi by 2.05% as their first language.