Aland is a town in Gulbarga district

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...

 in the 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...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is the headquarters of Aland Taluk.

Geography

Aland is located at 17.57°N 76.57°E. It has an average elevation of 480 metres (1574 feet). The town is spread over an area of 8 km².

Aland Taluk borders Gulbarga

Gulbarga

Gulbarga is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Gulbarga District. It was formerly part of Nizam's Hyderabad state...

 Taluk of Gulbarga district

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...

 to the east, sedam

Sedam

Sedam, or Seram, is a town in Gulbarga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Sedam Taluk.-Geography:The town is spread over an area of ....

 Taluk of Gulbarga district

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...

 to the south, Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan is a town in Bidar District of the state of Karnataka, India, and was historically known as Kalyan.-History:Basavakalyan's history dates back to 3000 years with its name being mentioned in Guru Charitra....

 Taluk of Bidar

Bidar

Bidar is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the north-eastern part of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Bidar District....

 district to the north-west.

Amarja

Amarja

The Amarja is a river which flows in Gulbarga District, Karnataka, India. Iit is born at Duttargaon and flows up to 50–60 kilometres and will merge into the bhima near Sangam Deval Ganagapura, Gulbarga District....

 river flows through this Taluk.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Aland had a population of 35,308. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Aland has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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