Bijapur (District, Karnataka)

Bijapur District ಬಿಜಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
State	Karnataka
Division :	Belgaum
Administrative headquarters :	Bijapur
Area :	10,508 km²
Residents :	2,175,102 (2011)
Population density :	207 inhabitants / km²
Website :	bijapur.nic.in

The district of Bijapur ( Kannada : ಬಿಜಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Bijapur .

geography

The Alamatti Dam on the Krishna River

The district of Bijapur is located in the north of Karnataka on the border with the neighboring state of Maharashtra . Neighboring districts are Gulbarga and Yadgir in the east, Raichur in the southeast, Bagalkot in the southwest, Belgaum in the west (all Karnataka) and in Maharashtra Sangli in the northwest and Solapur in the north.

With an area of ​​10,508 square kilometers, the district of Bijapur is the fourth largest district of Karnataka. Its area belongs to the highlands of Dekkan and has an average altitude of 400 to 600 meters above sea level. The district area is bounded in the south by the Krishna River and in the north by its tributary Bhima . On the border with the Bagalkot district, the Krishna is dammed up into a reservoir by the Almatti dam . The Don River also flows across the district .

The district of Bijapur is divided into the five taluks Bijapur, Indi, Sindgi, Basavana Bagevadi and Muddebihal.

history

Historical view of Bijapur (around 1860)

The area of ​​today's Bijapur District was under the control of changing ruling dynasties in the course of its early history. Between the 7th and 13th centuries, the area was ruled by the Chalukya of Badami , the Rashtrakuta , the Chalukya of Kalyani , the Kalachuri , the Hoysala and the Yadava . With the conquest of the area by the Sultanate of Delhi at the end of the 13th century, the Muslim period of rule in Bijapur began. In the middle of the 14th century, the area came to the Bahmani Sultanate , which had made itself independent from Delhi. With the decline of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Bijapur Sultanate was created in 1490 . At the height of its power, the Sultanate of Bijapur controlled large parts of southern India before it was subdued by the Mughal Empire in 1686 . In 1724 Bijapur came to Hyderabad , which was made independent from the Mughal Empire. In 1760 the Muslim period of rule ended with the conquest of Bijapur by the Marathas .

In 1818 the British finally enforced their sovereignty against the Marathas in the Third Marathas . However, some of the Marathas remained as princely states under British sovereignty. The area of ​​Bijapur was assigned to the princely state of Satara . When the last ruler of Satara died in 1848 without a male heir, the British annexed the area according to the Doctrine of Lapse . The area of ​​Bijapur was initially divided between the Solapur and Belgaum districts of the Bombay province. In 1864 the area was finally formed into an independent district with its seat in Kaladgi . In 1885 the seat of the district administration was moved from Kaladgi to Bijapur and the district was renamed "District Bijapur". After Indian independence in 1947, the Bijapur district came to the state of Bombay. When the Indian states were reorganized according to the language borders through the States Reorganization Act in 1956 , the district of Bijapur was assigned to the Kannada-speaking state of Mysore (renamed Karnataka in 1973 ). In 1997, the Bagalkot District was separated from the Bijapur District.

population

Street scene in Bijapur

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Bijapur district has 2,175,102 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 20.4 percent and thus significantly faster than the average in Karnataka (15.7 percent). The population density, at 207 people per square kilometer, is well below the state average. (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 23.0 percent of the district's population live in cities. At 67.2 percent, the literacy rate is below the average in Karnataka (75.6 percent).

According to the 2001 census , Hindus make up the majority of the inhabitants of the Bijapur district with 82.7 percent. There is also a larger Muslim minority of 16.3 percent. The Muslim population is mainly concentrated in the cities: Here they make up almost a third of the population. In addition to Kannada , the main language of Karnataka, the Muslim population, as in most parts of the state, speaks Urdu . In the Taluk Bijapur of the Bijapur district, Urdu has the status of an associated official language due to the high proportion of its speakers in the population.

Cities

city	Population (2001)
Basavana Bagevadi	28,582
Bijapur	245.946
Indi	31,483
Muddebihal	28,235
Sindgi	27,749
Talikota	26,217

literature

• The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 8: Berhampore to Bombay. New edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 175-185 , keyword: Bijāpur District .

Web links

Commons : Bijapur District  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bijapur District website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals: Data Sheet (PDF file; 1.6 MB) and Population and decadal growth rate by residence Persons. (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Census GIS India. )
3. ↑ AR Fatihi: "Urdu in Karnataka", in: Language in India 2: 9 December of 2002.
4. ↑ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order) ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )