Nashik (District)

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Nashik District
District map
State Maharashtra
Division : Nashik
Administrative headquarters : Nashik
Area : 15,530 km²
Residents : 6.107.187
Population density : 393 inhabitants / km²
Website : nashik.nic.in

The Nashik District ( Marathi : नाशिक जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts of the Maharashtra state in India .

The city of Nashik is the administrative seat of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 6,107,187 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 in 1295 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 area initially belonged partly to Khandesh , partly to Ahmednagar of the Central Division within the Bombay presidency . In 1869 the new Nasik (Nashik) district was created from parts of these districts. 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 Nashik district has been growing rapidly for decades. But growth slowed slightly in the years 2001–2011 to around 22 percent (22.3%). In these ten years, the population increased by more than 1.1 million people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district is the metropolis of Nashik (Nasik). With Malegaon, another place is one of the big cities. Other major cities with a population of more than 40,000 people are Manmad , Sinnar , Deolali Cantonment , Ozar , Yevla and Dyane . The urban population makes up 42.53 percent of the total population.

View of the city of Nashik

Population of the district by confession

The Jain Mandir Temple in Nashik

A clear vast majority of more than 86 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 84.044 1.68% 22,849 0.46% 4,306,179 86.23% 35,135 0.70% 525.983 10.53% 8,766 0.18% 2,495 0.05% 8,345 0.17% 4,993,796 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

District population by language

A clear majority of over 71 percent of the population speaks Marathi. There are some major minorities. Significant linguistic minorities with more than 100,000 native speakers are Urdu, Ahirani (a Khandeshi language) and Hindi (284,000 people with Hindi dialects). Konkani, Bhili / Bhilodi, Marwari (a Rajasthani dialect), Gujarati (41,424), Telugu (14,402), Sindhi (14,100), Malayalam (11,698), Banjari (a Hindi dialect; 10,936) and Punjabi (10,342) are from each spoken by over 10,000 people as their mother tongue. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Marathi Urdu Ahirani Hindi Konkani Bhili / Bhilodi Marwari Other Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 3,558,268 71.25% 422.814 8.47% 378.253 7.57% 214.610 4.30% 106,927 2.14% 86,975 1.74% 42,620 0.85% 183,329 3.67% 4,993,796 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Web links

Commons : Nashik 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)