Adilabad (former district)

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Adilabad
District map
State Telangana
Administrative headquarters : Adilabad
Area : 16,128 km²
Residents : 2,741,239 (2011)
Population density : 170 people / km²
disbanded on October 11, 2016

Adilabad ( Telugu : ఆదిలాబాదు జిల్లా ; Urdu آدل آباد ضلع) to this extent was a district in the state of Telangana in India until 2016 . The main town of the district was Adilabad .

History and creation

The Adilabad district was named after the ruler of the Bijapur Sultanate , Ali Adil Shah . The current district has only existed in this form since the British colonial era. In the past, individual areas were under the rule of several different dynasties at different times. In the 19th century, today's area belonged to the Sirpur-Tandur subdistrict, which in 1872 was made up of parts of Edlabad (Adilabad), Rajura and Sirpur to form a taluka . In 1905 this was converted into an independent district, the Adilabad District. With the administrative reform in the Indian state of Telangana in October 2016, the previous 10 districts were divided into 31 new districts. The then district of Adilabad was divided into the new districts of Adilabad , Kumaram Bheem , Mancherial and Nirmal .

geography

The district was on the northern border of Telangana and was framed in the north, east and west by the districts of Yeotmal and Chandrapur in the state of Maharashtra and in the south by the districts of Nizamabad and Karimnagar in Telangana.

The district had an area of ​​16,128 km 2 . A significant part of the total area (44.8 percent) is forested. 58.49 percent of the forest area is accounted for by teak trees.

The Western Ghats traverse the district over a length of 281.5 kilometers from northwest to south-east. In this area, the Mahbubghat is the highest peak.

The main river that drains the district is the Godavari River . Penganga , Wardha and Pranahita are other important rivers. The Kadam and the Peddavagu are tributaries of the Godavari. The Godavari is the largest river in the Deccan and flows into the district at Basara. The river forms the southern border of the district to the districts of Nizamabad and Karimnagar. The Penganga, Wardha and Pranahita form natural boundaries of the Adilabad district in the north and east. Several water reservoirs supply the population and agriculture.

climate

The long-term average of precipitation is 1153 mm per year. The southwest monsoon lasts from June to September and brings the majority of the annual rainfall with 1003 mm. The northeast monsoon is in October and November and brings only smaller amounts of rain with 83 mm. In the dry period from December to March, there is usually very little rain. The coldest month is December (average 21.36 ° - daily minimum 14 °, maximum 29 °), the warmest May (average 34.23 ° - minimum 27 °, maximum 41 °). Relative humidity is high during the monsoon season. In the rest of the year, however, the air is dry. The coldest season begins at the end of November.

population

The last census in 2011 counted 2,741,239 inhabitants. 1,369,597 of these were men (49.9 percent) and 1,371,642 women. In 2001, the Dalit numbered 461,214 (18.5 percent) and the Adivasi 416,511 (16.7 percent) people. Of the total number of residents, 760,259 people (27.73 percent) lived in urban areas in 2011. The majority of the population of Adilabad District speaks Telugu . The languages Gondi and Kolami are also common among the Adivasi . There are 1,586 inhabited villages throughout the district.

Population of the district by confession

The majority of the residents profess Hinduism. The only significant religious minority are the Muslims with around 10 percent of the population. Buddhists and Christians form smaller minorities. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year Buddhists Christians Hindus Jainas Muslims Sikhs Other not specified Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2001 24,392 0.98% 14,751 0.59% 2,207,843 88.74% 426 0.02% 236,844 9.52% 1,065 0.04% 137 0.01% 2,545 0.11% 2,488,003 100.00%
2011 25,510 0.93% 15,422 0.56% 2,399,901 87.55% 617 0.02% 275.970 10.07% 1,377 0.05% 322 0.01% 22,120 0.81% 2,741,239 100.00%
Source: India's 2001 and 2011 censuses

District population by native language

The majority of the residents speak a Dravidian language as their mother tongue . The main language is Telugu. Significant linguistic minorities are Marathi, Urdu, Gondi and Lamani (a Hindi dialect), each with more than 100,000 native speakers. Smaller minority languages ​​are Kolami, (the actual) Hindi and Bengali. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Telugu Marathi Urdu Gondi Lamani Kolami Hindi Bengali Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2001 1,538,350 61.83% 325,885 13.10% 222,759 8.95% 171,304 6.89% 99.125 3.98% 31,489 1.27% 23,731 0.95% 16,024 0.64% 2,488,003 100.00%
2011 1,627,032 59.35% 373.184 13.61% 251,755 9.18% 208,477 7.61% 127.129 4.64% 39,095 1.43% 35,228 1.29% 18,841 0.69% 2,741,239 100.00%
Source: India's 2001 and 2011 censuses

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Adilabad District has grown rapidly for decades. The increase was only 10.04 percent between the last two censuses, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011 the population increased by almost 250,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district was the main town Adilabad with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants were Nirmal , Mancherial , Kagaznagar , Bellampalle and Mandamarri .

Agriculture

Most of the working population is employed in agriculture. Agriculturally usable areas make up 35.4 percent of the district.

The main agricultural crops are millet (31.8 percent of the total cultivated area), rice (10.8 percent) and pulses.

Adilabad has extensive deposits of coal, iron ore, limestone and clay.

Health services

There are 9 public hospitals in the district. The district hospital is in Adilabad , there are two other hospitals in Mancherial and Bhainsa . There are also seven health centers in Asifabad , Bellampalle , Khanapur , Nirmal , Sirpur Chinnoor and Utnur .

administration

The Adilabad district comprised 52 mandals and 1743 villages. There were 7 independent churches in the district: Adilabad, Bellampalli, Bhainsa, Kagaznagar, Mancherial, Mandamarri and Nirmal.

The district was also divided into 5 districts. These were:

  1. Adilabad
  2. Never
  3. Utnoor
  4. Asifabad
  5. Some

Web links

Commons : Adilabad (district)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Forest Report 2013, page 2. (PDF) Retrieved on July 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Water use in the district ( Memento from June 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Climate-average rainfall ( Memento from May 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.9 MB)
  4. ↑ Climate in the main town
  5. ↑ Data on the climate
  6. ↑ 2011 census
  7. ↑ Census of India 2001 (PDF; 54 kB)
  8. ↑ APVVP.Hospitals ( Memento from January 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )