Bijapur district, Karnataka
The district Bijapur ( Kannada: ಬಿಜಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Council is based in the eponymous city of Bijapur.
Geography
The district is located in northern Karnataka Bijapur at the border of the neighboring Federal State of Maharashtra. Neighboring districts are Gulbarga and Yadgir in the east, in the southeast Raichur, Bagalkot in the southwest, Belgaum in the west ( all Karnataka ) as well as in Maharashtra Sangli Solapur in the northwest and the north.
With an area of 10,508 square kilometers, the district Bijapur is the fourth largest district in Karnataka. Its territory is part of the Deccan Plateau and has an average elevation of 400 to 600 meters above sea level. The district is bounded to the south of the Krishna River and to the north of the tributary Bhima. Located just outside the district of Bagalkot Krishna is dammed by the Almatti dam to a reservoir. Across the district area also flows the river Don.
The district Bijapur is divided into five taluks of Bijapur, Indi, Sindgi, Basavana Bagevadi and Muddebihal.
History
The area of present-day Bijapur district was during its early history under the control of changing dynasties. Between the 7th and 13th centuries the area was ruled by the Chalukya of Badami, the Rashtrakutas, the Kalyani Chalukya of the Kalachuri, Hoysala and the Yadava. With the conquest of the area by the Sultanate of Delhi in the 13th century began the Muslim domination period in Bijapur. Mid-14th century the area came to the Bahmani Sultanate, which had become independent of Delhi. With the decline of the Bahmani Sultanate, in turn, was in 1490 the Sultanate of Bijapur. At the height of its power, the Sultanate of Bijapur controlled vast parts of southern India before it was subjected in 1686 by the Mughal Empire. Arrived in 1724 Hyderabad to Bijapur, which was made by the Mughal Empire independent. 1760 ended the Muslim rule period with the conquest Bijapurs by the Marathas.
1818 put the British in the Third Marathenkrieg finally their supremacy against the Marathas by. Some of the Mahratta States, however, remained as a princely states under British suzerainty exist. The area of Bijapur was assigned to the princely state of Satara. When the last ruler of Satara in 1848 without male heirs died, the British annexed the territory but after the Doctrine of Lapse. The area of Bijapur was initially divided between the districts of Solapur and Belgaum Bombay Province. 1864, an independent district with headquarters in Kaladgi was formed from the territory eventually. 1885, the seat of the district administration of Kaladgi was transferred to Bijapur and the district was renamed " Bijapur District ". After the Indian independence in 1947, the district Bijapur came to the State of Bombay. As the Indian states were reorganized in 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by the language barrier, the district Bijapur kannadasprachigen the Mysore State was (1973 renamed Karnataka ) allocated. In 1997 the district was released from the Bagalkot district of Bijapur.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Bijapur has 2,175,102 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population ( 15.7 percent ) grew by 20.4 percent, significantly faster than in the central Karnataka. The population density is 207 inhabitants per square kilometer, but well below the average in the state. (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 23.0 percent of the residents of the district live in cities. The literacy rate is 67.2 percent below the average of Karnataka ( 75.6 per cent).
The population of the district of Bijapur make Hindus according to the 2001 census, 82.7 percent majority. In addition, there is a greater Muslim minority of 16.3 percent. The Muslim population is concentrated mainly on the cities: Here they make up almost a third of the population. In addition to Kannada, the main language of Karnataka, is spoken by the Muslim population, as in most parts of the state of Urdu. In Bijapur taluk of Bijapur district the Urdu has the status of a coordinate official language due to the high proportion of the population of its speakers.