Ahmednagar (District)

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Ahmednagar District
District map
State Maharashtra
Division : Nashik
Administrative headquarters : Ahmednagar
Area : 17,413 km²
Residents : 4,543,159
Population density : 260.9 inhabitants / km²
Website : ahmednagar.nic.in

The Ahmednagar district ( Marathi : अहमदनगर) is one of 35 districts of the state of Maharashtra in India .

The administrative seat is the city of the same name Ahmednagar . The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 4,543,159 people.

history

From pre-Christian times until 1347, the area - like the entire region - was ruled by various Buddhist and Hindu rulers. The first state known by name was the Maurya Empire , the last non-Muslim dynasty were the Yadavas of Devagiri. After decades of military clashes with Muslim rulers in northern India, it was gradually occupied by Muslim armies from 1294 onwards. Thereafter, various Muslim dynasties ruled until 1759 (Sultanate of Delhi, Bahmani, Dekkan sultanates, the Mughals and the Nizam of Hyderabad). From 1679 there were violent disputes between the Mughal Empire and the Marathas over rule over the area. In the Peace of Ahmadnagar on February 11, 1760, the Nizam of Hyderabad ceded the area to the Marathas. After the defeat of the Marathas against the British, the British Empire came into being, more precisely the Central Division within the British administrative region of Bombay Presidency . In 1861 Sindhia 120, in 1882 the Nizam of Hyderabad a further 107 villages to the Ahmednagar district. With India's independence in 1947 and the reorganization of the country, it became part of the new state of Bombay in 1950 . In 1960, Bombay was divided and the area came to the newly created state of Maharashtra.

population

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Ahmednagar district has been growing rapidly for decades. However, growth slowed in 2001–2011 to around 12 percent (12.43%). In these ten years, however, the population increased by more than 500,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district is Ahmednagar (Ahmadnagar) with over 350,000 inhabitants. Other important cities with a population of more than 25,000 people are Shrirampur , Sangamner , Kopargaon , Rahuri , Shirdi , Jamkhed , Shrigonda , Deolali Pravara , Ahmadnagar Cantonment and Pathardi . The urban population still makes up only 20.09 percent of the total population.

Population of the district by confession

A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. A numerically significant minority are the Muslims. 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 % Residents %
2001 35,893 0.89% 25,961 0.64% 3,664,259 90.69% 38,561 0.95% 264.145 6.54% 5,850 0.14% 1,226 0.03% 4,747 0.12% 4,040,642 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

District population by language

A clear vast majority of around 88 percent of the population speaks Marathi. However, there are some major minorities. The most important linguistic minority with more than 100,000 native speakers is Hindi (252,000 people with Hindi dialects). Urdu, Marwari (Hindi dialect with Marathi influences), Telugu, Vadari (a Telugu dialect) and Gujarati are each spoken by over 10,000 people as their mother tongue. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Marathi Hindi Urdu Marwari Telugu Vadari Gujarati Other Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 3,567,666 88.29% 187.772 4.65% 99,763 2.47% 46,759 1.16% 37,879 0.94% 21,913 0.54% 11,574 0.29% 67,316 1.67% 4,040,642 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Administrative division

Subdivisions and Talukas ( Tehsils )

The district is divided into four subdivisions, which contain a total of 14 talukas :

Taluka Subdivision Population
(2011)
 Area (km²) Surface (%) Biggest town
Acole Sangamner 291,950 1505.08 8.64% Acole
Jamkhed Karjat 158,380 878.62 5.05% Jamkhed
Karjat Karjat 235,792 1503.61 8.64% Karjat
Kopargaon Sangamner 302,452 725.16 4.16% Kopargaon
Nagar Ahmednagar 684,044 1605.74 9.22% Ahmednagar
Nevasa Shrirampur 357,829 1343.43 7.72% Nevasa
Partner Ahmednagar 274.167 1930.28 11.09% Partner
Pathardi Ahmednagar 258.109 1214.10 6.97% Pathardi
Rahata Shrirampur 320.485 759.19 4.36% Rahata
Rahuri Shrirampur 322,823 1035.11 5.94% Rahuri
Sangamner Sangamner 487.939 1705.06 9.79% Sangamner
Shevgaon Ahmednagar 245.714 1031.85 5.93% Shevgaon
Shrigonda Karjat 315.975 1605.61 9.22% Shrigonda
Shrirampur Shrirampur 287,500 569.87 3.27% Shrirampur

Web links

Commons : Ahmednagar District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • [1] - Map of Ahmednagar District
  • [2] - Ahmednagar District
  • [3] - Some background information about the district
  • [4] - Economy, nature and sights

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census
  2. ^ History of the district up to 1900 in the Imperial Gazeteer Of India
  3. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  4. ↑ Census of India 2001 (PDF; 54 kB)