A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA GULBARGA (Karnataka) Sponsored by Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India and Indian Council of Social Science Research INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, IIPA Campus, I.P. Estate Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: 23358166, 23321610 / Fax: 23765410 E-mail:
[email protected], Website: www. ihdindia.org 2008 A BASELINE SURVEY OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS OF INDIA GULBARGA (Karnataka) Sponsored by Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India and Indian Council of Social Science Research INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NIDM Building, IIPA Campus, I.P. Estate Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: 23358166, 23321610 / Fax: 23765410 E-mail:
[email protected], Website: www. ihdindia.org RESEARCH TEAM Principal Researchers Alakh N. Sharma Ashok K. Pankaj Data Processing and Tabulation Balwant Singh Mehta Sunil Kumar Mishra Abhay Kumar Research Associates/Field Supervisors Ramashray Singh Ashwani Kumar Subodh Kumar M. Poornima Research Assistant P.K. Mishra Secretarial Assistance Shri Prakash Sharma Nidhi Sharma Sindhu Joshi GULBARGA Principal Author of the Report Chaya Deogankar Senior Visiting Fellow Institute for Human Development CONTENTS Executive Summary......................................................................................................i-v Chapter I: Introduction ............................................................................................1-13 An Overview of Gulbarga District.....................................................................................