Kalaburagi district

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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 division. This district is situated in north Karnataka between 76°.04' and 77°.42 east longitude, and 17°.12' and 17°.46' north latitude, covering an area of 10,951 km2. This district is bounded on the west by Bijapur district and Solapur district of Maharashtra state, on the north by Bidar district and Osmanabad district of Maharashtra state, on the south by Yadgir district, and on the east by Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts of Telangana state. Despite being the home district of top political leaders like veteran politician and All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge and his legislator son Priyank Kharge who serves as a state cabinet minister, this part of Kalyana-Karnataka is one of the poorest district with a per capita income...

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