Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India.
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17 Facts About Bidar district
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Bidar district is constituted by eight talukas, namely Bidar, Humnabad, Bhalki, Aurad, Hulsoor, Chitgoppa, Kamalnagar and Basavakalyan with Bidar being the headquarters of the district.
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Bidar district is well-known for its different religions, castes and cultures due to its historical developments through the ages.
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Kalyani in Bidar district was the capital of Western Chalukyas, who were called Kalyani Chalukyas after their capital.
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Later, Bidar district was ruled in succession by the vassals to Sevuna Yadavas of Devagiri, Kakatiyas of Warangal, Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad bin Tughluq.
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Bidar district remained the capital until the Sultanate's breakup after 1518.
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Bidar district Sultanate was absorbed by the Bijapur Sultanate to the west in 1619, which was in turn included into their Deccan province by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb during his viceroyship of Deccan in 1656.
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Physiographically, the Bidar district can be divided into two regions, the northern low lands and southern high lands.
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Bidar district plateau has an elevation range from 640 to 684m above sea level.
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The southern half of the Bidar district is a high plateau about 715 m above mean sea level and are well drained.
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The northern part of the Bidar district is characterized by expanses of level and treeless surface punctuated here and there by flat and undulating hillocks, black soils and basaltic rocks.
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Major parts of the Bidar district are covered by Godavari basin, drained by its two major tributaries the Manjra and the Karanja rivers.
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Tanks and other water bodies at places like Janawada, Elaspur, Solpur, Papnash, Hallikhed, and Tripurant in the Bidar district, which have large quantities of fish and other aquatic animals, provide feeding grounds to various migratory birds like, black-necked stork, great stone plover, marsh sandpiper, and painted snipe.
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The Bidar district has a population density of 312 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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In geo-physical terms Bidar district is part of the semi-arid and drought-prone belt of northern Karnataka and has been susceptible to periodic droughts.
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The MP for Bidar district is Bhagwanth Khuba from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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