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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 375.

GULBARGA DISTRIC.T 375 local trade and is thriving. There is a middle school with about zoo pupils. Gulbarga Division.-Division in the south-western corner of the Hyderabad State, also known as the Southern Division. It lies between 15° 11′ and 18° 40′ N. and 75° 16′ and 77° 51′ E., and is bounded on the west and south by the Bombay and Madras Presidencies respec- tively. The head-quarters of the Sfibahdar or Commissioner are at GULBARGA CITY. The total population of the Division rose from 1,946,737 in 1881 to 2,430,999 in 1891, and to 2,462,834 in I9oi. The area in the latest year was 16,585 square miles, and the Jensity of population 149 persons per square mile, as compared with 135 for the whole State. In 1901 Hindus formed 88 per cent. and Musalmâns 1 r per cent. of the total population, while other religions included Jains (6,163), Christians (1,059, of whom 903 were natives), Parsis (152), Sikhs (64), and Animists (209). In Igor the Division ncluded the four Districts of Gulbarga, :Lingsugtlr, Osmanabad, and Raichûr. Considerable changes have been made under the reconstitu- ,ion of 1905. Lingsugfiir District has been divided between Gulbarga ind Raichûr, and the Yadgir taluk has been transferred from Raichûr ,o Gulbarga. Bidar District has been added to the Division, which is low constituted as follows:-- Land revenue and District. Area in Population, cesses, square miles. 1901. in thousands igor, of rupees. hulbarga . 6,004 1,041,067 18,36 Osmanabdd 4,010 535,027 12,51 Raichi-ir . 6,879 932,090 19,18 Bidar 4,168 766,129 11,63 Total 21,061 3,274,313 61,68 The Division contains 32 towns, or about two-fifths of the total lumber in the State, and 5,652 villages. The largest towns are ULBARGA CITY (population, 29,228) and RAICHFJR (22,165). The ;bief places of commercial importance are GULBARGA, RAICHUR, )SMANABAD, LATUR, LINGSUGfJR, TULJAPUR, BÎDAR, and HGMNABAD. 3ulbarga, Raichûr, Bidar, KALYANI, ÜDGIR, PARENDA, MUDGAL, >ùrapur, Kohir, and ANEGUNDI are famous for their historical and archaeological associations. Gulbarga District1.-District in the Gulbarga Division, Hyderabad hate, adjoining Osmanabdd and Bidar on the north; Atraf-i-balda and Vlahbùbnagar on the east; Mahbûbnagar, Raichûr, and Lingsugûr on he south; and part of Osmanabad and the District of Bijapur and the I For the alterations made in 1905 see section on Population. Except where other- vise stated, the article describes the District as it stood before these were effected.