Nandurbar (District)

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Nandurbar District
District map
State Maharashtra
Division : Nashik
Administrative headquarters : Nandurbar
Area : 5,955 km²
Residents : 1,648,295
Population density : 277 inhabitants / km²
Website : nandurbar.nic.in

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

The city of Nandurbar is the administrative seat of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 1,648,295 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) became the capital. 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. In 1998 the Dhule district split . On July 1, 1998, the new district of Nandurbar emerged from the northern part.

population

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Nandurbar district has been growing rapidly for decades. The growth in the years 2001–2011 was more than 25 percent (25.66%). In those ten years the population increased by nearly 340,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district is the main town of Nandurbar. Other major cities with a population of more than 10,000 people are Shahade , Nawapur , Talode and Akkalkuwa. The urban population makes up only 16.71 percent of the total population.

Population of the district by confession

A clear vast majority, over 91 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 5,161 0.39% 17,953 1.37% 1,198,481 91.37% 5,949 0.45% 71,215 5.43% 580 0.04% 7,056 0.54% 5,314 0.41% 1,311,709 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

District population by language

The district is a multi-ethnic mix. A relative majority of around 45 percent of the population speaks Bhili / Bhilodi (a Bhil language). There are a number of larger minorities. Significant linguistic minorities with more than 100,000 native speakers are Ahirani (a Khandeshi language) and Marathi. Pawri / Pauri (a Bhil language), Mawchi (a Bhil language), Urdu, Konkani, Gujarati (36,471), Hindi (33,003; with Hindi dialects 80,500 people), Gujrao / Gujrau (a Gujarati language; 26,270) and Banjari (a Hindi dialect; 10,702) are spoken as mother tongues by over 10,000 people each. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Bhili / Bhilodi Ahirani Marathi Pawri / Pauri Mawchi Urdu Konkani Other Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 592.935 45.20% 168,074 12.81% 110,544 8.43% 87,704 6.69% 77,831 5.93% 46,622 3.55% 39,981 3.05% 188.018 14.33% 1,311,709 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Web links

Commons : Nandurbar 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)