Dhule (district)

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Dhule district
District map
State Maharashtra
Division : Nashik
Administrative headquarters : Dhule
Area : 7,195 km²
Residents : 2,050,862
Population density : 285 inhabitants / km²
Website : dhule.nic.in

The Dhule district ( Marathi : धुळे जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts of the state of Maharashtra in India .

The city of Dhule is the administrative seat of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 2,050,862 people.

history

From pre-Christian times to the year 1345, 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 Yadava. After a campaign by the troops of the Delhi Sultanate under the command of Ala-ud-din, the region became tributary to Muslim rulers. In 1318 Muslim armies ravaged the area after the tribute payments had ceased. Various Muslim dynasties ruled from 1345 to 1760 (Tuglukh, Bahmani - effectively their governors, the Farukis - Dekkan sultanates, the Mughals and the Nizam of Hyderabad). With the victory of the Marathas in the Battle of Bhalki, the area came under the rule of the Marathas in 1760 . After the defeat of the Marathas, the colonial era began for the area on June 3, 1818 with the handover to the British East India Company . The district belonged to the Khandesh region, in 1906 by the division of the area to West Khandesh, within the Bombay presidency . The city of Dhule (then Dhulia Town) became the capital. With the independence of India in 1947 and the reorganization of the country, it became part of the new state of Bombay State in 1950 . In 1960, Bombay State was divided and the area came to the newly created state of Maharashtra. On July 1, 1998, the northern part of the district split off to form the new district of Nandurbar .

population

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Dhule district has been growing rapidly for decades. However, growth slowed slightly in 2001–2011 to around 20 percent (20.08%). In these ten years the population increased by more than 340,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous village in the district is the main town of Dhule. Other important cities with a population of more than 10,000 people are Shirpur-Warwade , Dondaicha-Warwade , Walwadi and Sakri . The urban population makes up only 27.84 percent of the total population.

Population of the district by confession

A clear vast majority of almost 90 percent of the population are Hindus. The only 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 14,613 0.86% 4,902 0.29% 1,522,895 89.17% 13,099 0.77% 149,466 8.75% 1,439 0.08% 619 0.04% 914 0.05% 1,707,947 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

District population by language

A relative majority of nearly 41 percent of the population speaks Ahirani (a Khandeshi language). There are some major minorities. Significant linguistic minorities with more than 100,000 native speakers are Marathi, Bhili / Bhilodi and Urdu. Konkani, Hindi (with Hindi dialects 128,000 people), Pawri (a Bhili language), Pawari / Powari (a Hindi dialect; 29,326), Mawchi (a Bhili language; 20,527) Marwari (Hindi dialect with Marathi influences ; 20,334) and Telugu (17,280) are spoken as mother tongues by over 10,000 people each. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Ahirani Marathi Bhili / Bhilodi Urdu Konkani Hindi Pavri Other Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 695.826 40.74% 408,688 23.93% 155.054 9.08% 109,098 6.39% 86,898 5.09% 57,698 3.38% 50,567 2.96% 144.118 8.44% 1,707,947 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Web links

Commons : Dhule District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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)