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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aurad
| other_name =
| official_name = Aurad (B)
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Amareshwar God (Aurad).jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Sri Amareshwar Temple, Aurad
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India3#Asia
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates ={{coord|18.2548557|N|77.4151663|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 ={{seal|Karnataka}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kalyana-Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Bidar district]]
| subdivision_type5 =
| subdivision_name5 =
| subdivision_type3 = [[Divisions of Karnataka|Division]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kalaburagi division]]
| named_for = [[Inscriptions|10th century Inscriptions]]
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 6
| seat_type =
| seat =
| government_type = Municipal Council
| governing_body = [[Aurad Town Panchayath]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://auradtown.mrc.gov.in/ |title=Official website of Aurad Town Municipal Council |publisher=Government of India |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref>
| leader_title = President of Municipality
| leader_name = Sarubai Vaijinath Ghule<ref name="Official">{{cite web |title=ಔರಾದ ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಪೌರಾಡಳಿತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ |url=http://auradtown.mrc.gov.in/ |website=auradtown.mrc.gov.in |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>
| leader_title2 = Vice President of Municipality
| leader_name2 = Radhabai Narote<ref name="Official" />
| leader_title3 =Chief Officer of Municipality
| leader_name3 = Swamidas<ref name="Official" />
| leader_title4 = [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name4 = [[Prabhu Chauhan]]<br/>([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| area_total_km2 = 66
| elevation_m = 542
| population_total = 23957
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/><ref name="Census2011Gov_Sub"/>
| population_urban = 19849
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| population_rural = 4108
| population_rural_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov_Sub"/>
| population_demonym =
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[National highways of India|Major National Highway]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = {{jct|NH|161A|country=IND}}
| blank_name_sec2 =[[List of state highways in Karnataka|State Highways]]
| blank_info_sec2 =
*SH 15
*SH 34
| 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 =609.9048
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN Code]]
| postal_code = 585326
| registration_plate = KA 38
| website = {{URL|auradtown.mrc.gov.in/}}
|area_code_type = [[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD Code]]
|area_code = 08485
| timezone2 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] summer
| utc_offset2 = +5:30
| area_metro_km2 =99.09
| population_density_km2 = auto
| etymology = {{transliteration|kn|ISO|Vikhyātanagaravaravāḍi}}
| blank1_name_sec1 =[[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency]]
| blank1_info_sec1 =[[Aurad Assembly constituency|Aurad]]
| blank2_name_sec1 =[[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bidar Lok Sabha constituency|Bidar]]
}}

'''Aurad''' is a town and [[municipal council]] in the [[Bidar district]] of the [[Kalyana-Karnataka]] region in [[States and union territories of India|Indian]] state of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiagrowing.com/Karnataka/Bidar/Aurad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622012117/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Karnataka/Bidar/Aurad |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 June 2014 |title=Aurad Population (2020/2021), Taluka Village List in Bidar, Karnataka}}</ref> It passes through the [[National Highway 161A (India)|National Highway 161A]]. It is {{convert|42|km|mi}} from the district headquarters [[Bidar]].

==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 taluka 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 is the largest of the five [[Tehsil|talukas]] in Bidar District.

=== River ===
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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, temperatures can become as high as 40-43°C during the summer. Temperatures in the town during winter can get as low as 10-15°C.

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Aurad town panchayat 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=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=681842 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

Aurad suburb had a population of 4,108, of which 2,056 were males and 2,052 were females, with 494 under the age of seven.<ref name="Census2011Gov_Sub">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Aurad Suburb |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=681962 |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> in the center of the town and is estimated to be from the [[10th century]]. The Amareshwar Jaatra is held here every year during [[Maha Shivratri]]. Thousands of devotees visit to seek the blessings of the Lord and get sanctified.

==Notable people==
*[[Bhagwanth Khuba]] — politician and former Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, New and Renewable Energy in the Government of India.
*[[Narsingrao Suryawanshi]] — former member of Parliament from Bidar Lok Sabha constituency.
*[[Vaijnath Patil]], member of the [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Prabhu Chauhan]] — member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and former minister in government of Karnataka

==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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Debasish swain at 16:47, 11 December 2025