The vast stretch of fertile black soil of the district is known for bumper red gram and jowar crops.

The upper Krishna project and Shahapur Taluka in Bendebembali "Core Green Sugar Factory yet to be started.

[3] The district comprises six taluks: Shahapur, Wadgera, Hunasagi, Surapura, Yadgir and Gurmatkal.

[2] The district has 16 hoblies, 117 Gram Panchayats, 519 villages (inhabited & uninhabited) and four municipalities.

Yadgir, popularly called as "Yadavagiri" by the local people, has deep roots in history.

The famous dynasties of the south, the Satavahanas, the Chalukyas of Badami, the Rastrakutas all ruled over this area.

In 1863 when Nizam Government formed Jillabandi, Surpur (Shorapur) became district headquarters, with nine Talukas of which Gulbarga was one of them.

[3] The cabinet meeting held at Gulbarga on 26 September 2008 resolved that Yadgir would be formed as new district.

[6] At the time of the 2011 census, 74.06% of the population spoke Kannada, 11.97% Urdu, 6.39% Lambadi, 5.20% Telugu and 1.11% Hindi as their first language.

A project to support high schools to integrate Information and communications technology[clarification needed] with teaching-learning has been launched with the education department, this includes use of free and open source applications like Geogebra, Phet, and Freemind.