Aurad
Town
Aurad (B)
Sri Amareshwar Temple, Aurad
Aurad Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Aurad Aurad (India) Show map of India Aurad Aurad (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 18°15′N 77°26′E / 18.25°N 77.43°E / 18.25; 77.43
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Region	Kalyana-Karnataka
Division	Gulbarga division
District	Bidar District
Lok Sabha Constituency	Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Named for	10th century Inscriptions
Government
• Type	Town Municipal
• Body	Aurad Town Panchayath
• President of the Municipal Council	Ambika Kerba[1]
• Chief officer of the Municipal Council	Swamidas[1]
• MLA	Prabhu Chauhan (BJP)
• Tahsildar	Chandrashekar[1]
Area
• Town	66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation	542 m (1,778 ft)
Highest elevation	610 m (2,000 ft)
Population  (2011)[2][3]
• Town	23,957
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
• Urban [2]	19,849
• Rural [3]	4,108
Language
• Official	Kannada[4]
Time zones	UTC+5:30 (IST)
	UTC+5:30 (IST summer)
PIN	585326
STD Code	08485
Vehicle registration	KA 38
Major National Highways	NH 161A
Website	auradtown.mrc.gov.in

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.

Geography

Aurad is located at 18°15′N 77°26′E / 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]

Notable people

• Bhagwanth Khuba, serving Member of Parliament of the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency since 2014.
• Narsingrao Suryawanshi, former Member of Parliament from Bidar.
• Vaijnath Patil, member of the Indian National Congress.
• Prabhu Chauhan, served as Minister of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Minority Welfare in Government of Karnataka from 2019 to 13 May 2023