Raichur district
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Raichur District is an administrative district in the India
India
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n state of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

. It is located in the northeast part of the state and is bounded by Yadgir district
Yadgir district
Yadgir district is one of the 30 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. This district was carved out from the erstwhile Gulbarga district as the 30th district of Karnataka on 10 April 2010. Yadgir town is the administrative headquarters of the district...

 in the north, Bijapur and Bagalkot district
Bagalkot district
Bāgalkot district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalkot. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur and Bijapur...

 in the northwest, Koppal district
Koppal district
Koppal district is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. In the past Koppal was referred to as 'Kopana Nagara'. Hampi, a World heritage center, covers some areas of Koppal District. It is situated approximately 38 km away...

 in the west, Bellary district in the south, Anantapur
Anantapur district
Anantapur District , ) is one of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is Anantapur City. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.- Geography :...

 and Kurnool district
Kurnool district
Kurnool District is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, located in the west-central part of the state on the southern banks of the Tungabhadra and Handri rivers. The town of Kurnool is currently the headquarters of the district...

s of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 in the east.

Geography

The district is bounded by the Krishna River
Krishna River
The Krishna River , is one of the longest rivers in central-southern India, about . It is also referred to as Krishnaveni in its original nomenclature...

 on the north and the Tungabhadra River
Tungabhadra River
The Tungabhadra River is a sacred river in southern India that flows through the state of Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh, where it serves as the chief tributary of the Krishna River...

 on the south. The wedge of land between the rivers is known as the Raichur Doab
Raichur Doab
The Raichur Doab is a Doab, in this case the triangular region of land in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka lying between the Krishna River and its tributary, the Tungabhadra River. The doab is named for the town of Raichur in the Raichur District....

, after the city of Raichur. Bijapur and Gulbarga
Gulbarga District
Gulbarga district is one of the 30 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Gulbarga city is the administrative headquarters of the district...

 districts lie to the north across the Krishna River. Bagalkot
Bagalkot district
Bāgalkot district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalkot. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur and Bijapur...

 and Koppal
Koppal district
Koppal district is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. In the past Koppal was referred to as 'Kopana Nagara'. Hampi, a World heritage center, covers some areas of Koppal District. It is situated approximately 38 km away...

 districts lie to the west. Across the Tungabhadra lies Bellary District of Karnataka to the southwest and Anantapur District
Anantapur district
Anantapur District , ) is one of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is Anantapur City. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.- Geography :...

 of Andhra Pradesh to the southeast. Kurnool District
Kurnool district
Kurnool District is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, located in the west-central part of the state on the southern banks of the Tungabhadra and Handri rivers. The town of Kurnool is currently the headquarters of the district...

 of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 state lies to the east, and includes the lower portion of the Raichur-584 102.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census
2011 census of India
The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...

 Raichur district has a population
Demographics of India
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 of 1,924,773, roughly equal to the nation of Lesotho
Lesotho
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 or the US state of West Virginia
West Virginia
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. This gives it a ranking of 246th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...

). The district has a population density of 228 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
Family planning in India
Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. In the 1965-2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled and the fertility rate has more than halved , but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth...

 over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.27 %. Raichur has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

 of 992 females
Women in India
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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

 of 60.46 %.

Raichur District has five taluks: Raichur, Devadurga
Devadurga, India
Devadurga is a town and the taluk headquarters of the Devadurga taluk in the Raichur district in the state of Karnataka, India.- Demographics : India census, Devadurga had a population of 21,992. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%...

, Sindhanur
Sindhanur
Sindhanur is one of the major taluks in Raichur District, Karnataka, India. It has a vast area of paddy fields irrigated by water from the Tunga Bhadra left bank canal....

, Manvi
Manvi
Manvi is a town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the taluks in Raichur District. It has paddy fields irrigated by water from the Tunga Bhadra left bank canal.This is hometown of the great Madhva follower and dasa Sri Jagannatha Dasa , who wrote the...

 and Lingsugur
Lingsugur
Lingsugur is a panchayat town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are many Temples, hills and forts . The festivals of Muharram and Maha Shivaratri are important here.-Geography:...

. The capital of the district is the city of Raichur
Raichur
Raichur , is a city municipal council in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Raichur, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, is the headquarters of Raichur district. It was in the princely state of Mysore during the rule of Tipu Sultan...

, which is 409 km from the state capital, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

.

Tourism

Among the historical attractions in the district, notable are the Raichur fort, built in 1294, and the nearby town of Anegundi, which has a number of monuments from the Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara is in Bellary District, northern Karnataka. It is the name of the now-ruined capital city "which was regarded as the second Rome" that surrounds modern-day Hampi, of the historic Vijayanagara empire which extended over the southern part of India....

 empire, including the Ranganatha temple
Ranganathaswamy Temple (disambiguation)
Ranganathaswamy Temple can refer to any of several temples dedicated to the Hindu God Ranganatha, including:*Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple *Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple *Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple...

, Pampa lake and Kamal Mahal, Jaladurga
Jaladurga
right|thumb|250px|JaladurgaJaladurga is a fortified village in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka about 20 km northeest of Lingsugur town. The Adil Shahi Kings of Bijapur built the fort...

 fort of Lingsugur
Lingsugur
Lingsugur is a panchayat town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are many Temples, hills and forts . The festivals of Muharram and Maha Shivaratri are important here.-Geography:...

 taluk.

MahaLaxmi Temple in a nearby village Kallur with a distance of 20 KM from Raichur . Easily accessible at all times via bus routes .

SRI SUGURESHWARA TEMPLE ( lord veerabadhra ) is in Deosugur village at the bank of river Krishna.It is about 18 km from Raichur.Easily accessible at all times via bus routes.

Economy

The Raichur Thermal Power Station
Raichur Thermal Power Station
Raichur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located at in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is operated by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited and was the first thermal power plant to be set up in the state...

 at Shaktinagar in this district provides a large portion of the electricity consumption in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

.

Raichur District is one of few places in India where gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 resources are present. Hatti Gold Mines
Hatti Gold Mines
Hatti Gold Mines is a town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka.-Demographics: India census, Hatti Gold Mines had a population of 14,716. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Hatti Gold Mines has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of...

 are situated in Raichur District, around 90 km away from Raichur city. All the five talukas mentioned above are very well irrigated, with water from the Tungabhadra Dam on the Tungabhadra River, and Narayanpura dam on the Krishna River. Raichur is known for its paddy fields and its rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 is of extremely superior quality. Raichur has numerous rice mills which exports high quality rice to different countries . It has also got a good trading market in cotton industry .

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India looking after the ongoing process of decentralization and local governance in the States....

 named Raichur one of the country's 250 most backward districts
Poverty in India
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 (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...

). It is one of the five districts in Karnataka currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

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