Aland is a City & Talaku in

Kalaburagi district Kalaburagi district, formerly known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Kalaburagi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is the headquarters of Kalaburagi divi ...

in the state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

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. It is the headquarters of Aland Taluk. Aland was formed in 1952 as a town municipal council. It is 683 km from the state capital

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

, 43 km from district headquarters

Kalaburagi Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 6 ...

. It shares border with

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state and also 85.3 km away from Solapur.

Geography

Aland is located at . It has an average elevation of 480 metres (1574 feet). The town is spread over an area of 8 km².The area of major towns in Karnataka has been mentioned in the webpag
Population of Corporation/CMC/TMC/TP
belonging to the Municipal Administration Department of the Government of

Aland Taluk has

Taluk of

to the east,

Afzalpur Afzalpur is a panchayat town in Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Afzalpur taluk. Geography Afzalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 408 metres (1338 feet). The to ...

Taluk of

to the south and Basavakalyan Taluk of

Bidar district Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Kamared ...

to the north-west. Aland is a dry area, with low rainfall. Most of the population lives in poverty. A major chunk of the population in recent years has migrated to cities due to lack of water, low education facilities and poor employment opportunities. Power shortage is also a serious issue. Aland records high farmer suicides. Lack of natural resources and education has given birth to low industrialization and high unemployment. Aland is one of the top unproductive tehsils of

, be it in terms of

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development or

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development.

Demographics

India

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, Aland had a population of 42,371. Males constitute 51.6% of the population and females 38%. Aland has a low literacy rate of 49.4%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of males and 40% of females literate. Kannada is the main language spoken. Marathi and Urdu are also spoken.

References

{{Gulbarga topics Cities and towns in Kalaburagi district