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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aurad
| other_name =
| official_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India3#Asia
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18.25|N|77.43|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 =[[File: Seal of Karnataka.svg|30px]]<br/>[[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hyderabad-Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bidar District]]
| established_title = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha Constituency]]
| established_date =[[Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| named_for = [[Inscriptions]]
| government_type = Town Municipal
| governing_body = Aurad Town Panchayath
| leader_title = President of the [[Municipal Council]]
| leader_name = Ambika Kerba<ref>http://auradtown.mrc.gov.in/</ref>
| leader_title2 = Chief officer of the [[Municipal Council]]
| leader_name2 =Ravi Sukumar<ref>http://auradtown.mrc.gov.in/</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name3 = [[Prabhu Chauhan]]
| area_total_km2 = 7.06
| elevation_m = 542
| population_total = 20000
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =<ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| population_density_km2 = 2811
| population_demonym =
| blank1_name_sec1 = Villages
| blank1_info_sec1 = 149
| blank_name_sec2 = Thandas
| blank_info_sec2 = 177
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=10 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| elevation_max_m = 610
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 585326
| registration_plate = KA 38
| website = {{URL|auradtown.mrc.gov.in/}}
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'''Aurad''' is a city located in Bidar district of Indian state of Karnataka.

==Geography==
Aurad is located at {{Coord|18.25|N|77.43|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Aurad.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Aurad]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert| 542|m|ft}}. Aurad is {{convert| 840|km|mi}} from Bengaluru and {{convert|42|km|mi}} from District Headquarters Bidar. The area of Aurad is 1,227.20 km<sup>2</sup> having 6 circles, 149 villages and 177 thandas. It is located {{convert| 542-610|m|ft}} above sea level. 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 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.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Aurad |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=681842 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

==Places of interest==
*Sri Amareshwar Temple.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rishikesh Bahadur Desai |title=A 'cattle bank' for poor farmers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/29/stories/2005082908330400.htm |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 August 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==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]], serving Minister of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Minority Welfare in Government of Karnataka since 2019

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hindu temples in Karnataka}}
{{Historical places of Chalukyas}}
{{Settlements in Bidar district}}
{{Bidar topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bidar district]]
[[Category:Western Chalukya Empire]]
[[Category:Chalukya dynasty]]

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