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'Bidar' () is a district of Karnataka state in southern India. The historic city of Bidar is the administrative centre of the district. The district is located in the northeastern corner of the state, near the borders with Andhra Pradesh to the east and Maharashtra to the north and west. Gulbarga district lies to the south.
Bidar is 120 km from Andhra Pradesh's capital Hyderabad.

Contents

Administration

Weather and climate

Rivers

Demographics

Economy

Legislative Assembly seats

External links

References

Administration

The district has five talukas, Bidar, Humnabad, Bhalki, Aurad, and Basavakalyana.

Weather and climate

Most of north Karnataka, including Bijapur, Gulbarga and Bidar are dry areas. The summer season in Bidar starts in the first week of February and lasts until June. This is followed by southwest monsoon which continues till late September, and from September to end of January is winter.
May is the hottest month with average daily maximum temperature of 38.8 °C while December is the coldest with average daily minimum of 16.4 °C, The highest temperature recorded at Bidar was 43.3 °C on May 8, 1931, and the lowest 3.9 °C on January 5, 1901^[1].
The average annual precipitation at Bidar is 847 mm with most of the rainfall received during the monsoon season. The variation in rainfall from year to year is large and the district is prone to drought^[2].

Rivers

The important rivers in the district are:

★ Manjra

★ Karanja

★ Chulki Nala

★ Mullamari

★ Gandrinala
The district has two river basins, the Godavari and the Krishna. The Godavari basin extends to over 4,411 km² of which Manjra covers up to 1,989 km² and Karanja up to 2,422 km². Manjra is the main river of the district and it is a tributary of Godavari. Karanja is also a tributary of Manjra.

Demographics

Most of the north Karnataka is a fusion of the Dravidian and Aryan races. Medieval times also saw a continuous influx of Turks, Mughals, Iranians, Afghans and Arabs.
According to the 2001 census^[3], population of the Bidar district is 1,502,373; 23% of it urban. Average population density is 276.2 per square kilometre.

Economy

Agriculture is the main occupation in rural parts of the district. Greengram, bengalgram, blackgram, paddy, groundnut, wheat, redgram, sugarcane and chillies are other agricultural crops and jowar remains the major crop.

Legislative Assembly seats

In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Bidar district is represented through four members elected from the following assembly segments:

★ Bidar

★ Bhalki

★ BasavaKalyan

★ Aurad

★ Humnabad
In the Indian Parliament, (Lok Sabha), the district it is represented by a single member.

External links

★ Bidar district official website

References

1. Bidar district official website
2. Bidar district official website
3. Census of India 2001