Aurad

Aurad

Aurad

Town in Karnataka, India


Aurad is a town and municipal council in the Bidar district of Kalyana-Karnataka region of the Indian state of Karnataka.[5] It passes through the National Highway 161A. It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the district headquarters Bidar.

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Geography

Aurad is located at 18.25°N 77.43°E / 18.25; 77.43.[6] It has an average elevation of 542 metres (1,778 ft). Aurad is 840 kilometres (520 mi) from Bengaluru and 42 kilometres (26 mi) from District Headquarters Bidar. The area of Aurad taluka is 1,227.20 km2 having 6 circles, 149 villages and 177 thandas. It is located 542–610 metres (1,778–2,001 ft) above sea level. The Aurad taluka is one of the five talukas of the Bidar District. It is bounded by Maharashtra on the North-west, Bhalki taluka on the south and Telangana in the east. This is the largest taluka in the district.

River

Manjra is the tributary of Godavari, which enters into Aurad at Horandi and flows as taluka boundary through Sonal, Kalgapur, Hulsur, Khed, Halalli, Nidoda, Nittur, Babli, Bachepalli. Ladha, Koutha(B), Khanapur and at the end it leaves Aurad at Kandgul village.

Climate

The climate is generally dry and healthy. The average rainfall of the taluka is 840 mm. Average number of rainy days are about 51 days. Though the climate is dry throughout the year, summer months become very hot and the temperature goes as high as 40-43-degree Celsius. The minimum temperature during winter goes as low as 15-10-degree Celsius.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Aurad town panchayat had a total population of 19,849, of which 10,058 were males and 9,791 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,769. The total number of literates in Aurad was 12,226, which constituted 61.6% of the population with male literacy of 68.7% and female literacy of 54.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Aurad was 71.6%, of which male literacy rate was 79.8% and female literacy rate was 63.2%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 6,066 and 1,207 respectively. Aurad had 3810 households in 2011.[2]

Aurad suburb had a population of 4,108, of which 2,056 were males and 2,052 were females, with 494 under the age of seven.[3]

Places of interest

  • Sri Amareshwar Temple [7] In the center of the town is the said to be 10th century. The Amareshwar Jaatra is held here every year during Maha Shivratri. Thousands of devotees come here to seek the blessings of the Lord and get sanctified.

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "ಔರಾದ ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಪೌರಾಡಳಿತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ". auradtown.mrc.gov.in. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Census of India: Aurad". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Census of India: Aurad Suburb". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. [4]
    "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Aurad Population (2020/2021), Taluka Village List in Bidar, Karnataka".
  6. [6]
    Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Aurad
  7. [7]
    Rishikesh Bahadur Desai (29 August 2005). "A 'cattle bank' for poor farmers". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 March 2019.[dead link]
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