Khargone (district)

Khargone District ( Hindi खरगोन ज़िला )
State	Madhya Pradesh
Division :	Indore
Administrative headquarters :	Khargons
Area :	8025 km²
Residents :	1,873,046 (2011)
Population density :	178 inhabitants / km²
Website :	Khargone district

The Khargone District ( Hindi खरगोन ज़िला - also known as West Nimar District ) is a district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . The administrative and economic center is the city of Khargone (also known as Khargaon ) with around 125,000 inhabitants .

geography

The district of Khargone borders on the districts of Buldhana and Jalgaon in the state of Maharashtra to the south . To the west the district is bounded by the Barwani district ; it is bordered by the Dhar district to the north-west, the Indore district to the north, the Dewas district to the northeast, the Khandwa district to the east and the newly created 2003 district of Burhanpur to the south-east .

The Khargone district is divided into nine administrative districts ( Tehsils or subdivisions ): Barwaha, Bhagwanpura, Bhikangaon, Gogaon, Jhiranya, Kasrawad, Khargone, Maheshwar and Segaon with a total of well over 1300 villages and - besides the city of Khargone - only five medium-sized or smaller ones Cities: Barwaha (approx. 30,000), Bhikangaon (approx. 18,000), Kasrawad (approx. 25,000), Maheshwar (approx. 30,000) and Sanawad (approx. 42,000).

The northern part of the 150 to 450 m high district with the pilgrimage town of Maheshwar is traversed by the Narmada River in an east-west direction . The Satpura Mountains rise in the south of the district ; from here flow u. a. the Kunda River and the Beda River to the north. The annual rainfall amounts to approx. 1200 mm / year, of which approx. 90% are accounted for by the summer monsoon months .

population

As a result of the sustained population growth in large parts of northern India and due to immigration, the population of the district has increased enormously in recent decades:

Temple city of Maheshwar on the Narmada River

Maheshwar temple city

year	1991	2001	2011
Residents	1,192,520	1,524,637	1,872,046

Hindus dominate the rural villages (about 98%); about 15 to 20% of the urban population are Muslims . In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by a good 20% to around 1.87 million, with the male population exceeding the female population by around 5%. About 85% of the population lives in rural villages. According to the 2011 census, 62.7% were literate (among women 53%). The values ​​were below the average for Madhya Pradesh (70.6%, or 60.0%) and all of India (74.0%, or 65.5%). The predominantly spoken language is Hindi and various Bhil dialects.

economy

The Khargone district is characterized to a very high degree by agriculture, with migrant workers - especially in the numerous cotton fields - playing a not unimportant role to this day. Only in the few cities are there a few larger shops and craft businesses as well as banks, hospitals and secondary schools. Most of the villages are connected to the regional transport network by bus routes; There are only smaller regional train stations in Sanawad and Barwaha.

history

The Nimar region (old name) formerly belonged to the Sultanate of Malwa , which was ruled from the royal seat of Mandu and was subjugated in 1531 by Bahadur Shah , Sultan of Gujarat . In 1561, the region was the Mughal emperor Akbar I conquered and the Mughal Empire annexed; in 1740 it fell to the Marathas Empire and was ruled by the Holkar dynasty. The area had been under British control since 1818 . After the independence of India (1947) or after the States Reorganization Act of 1956, the area came to the newly created state of Madhya Pradesh . Within Madhya Pradesh, the two districts East Nimar and West Nimar emerged . On May 25, 1998, the West Nimar district was divided into the two districts of Barwani and Khargone.

Attractions

In the area of ​​the Khargone district, which is otherwise hardly developed for tourism, is the temple city of Maheshwar , which is particularly sacred to the followers of the Hindu god Shiva .

Web links

Commons : Khargone district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Khargone district - map etc.
2. ↑ Khargone District - Cities
3. ↑ Khargone District - Villages
4. ↑ Khargone District - Map with elevation information
5. ↑ Khargone - climate diagrams
6. ↑ Khargone District - Population 1991–2011
7. ↑ Khargone district - population (the census figures vary slightly depending on the website)
8. ↑ Welcome to Barwani. Barwani District Administration, accessed December 25, 2017 . 

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