Rewa (district)

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Rewa District
( Hindi रीवा ज़िला )
District map
State Madhya Pradesh
Division : Rewa
Administrative headquarters : Rewa
Area : 6314 km²
Residents : 2,365,106 (2011)
Website : Rewa district

The district of Rewa ( Hindi रीवा ज़िला ) is a district in the historic Baghelkhand region in the northeast of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . The administrative center is the town of Rewa, with a population of around 250,000 .

geography

The district of Rewa is located in the northeastern foothills of the Vindhyagebirge . The average height is between 150 (on the Tamsa River) and 350  m . The average annual rainfall is about 1130 mm, of which about 90% falls during the summer monsoon season . The Tamsa River is the only major river in the district.

Administrative division

The district of Rewa is divided into eleven administrative districts ( Tehsils or subdivisions ): Huzur, Hanumana, Teonthar, Mangawan, Jawa, Sirmour, Mauganj, Naigarhi, Semaria, Gurh and Raipur-Karchuliyan. It consists of the city of Rewa, three smaller towns - Mauganj (approx. 30,000 inhabitants), Teonthar (approx. 20,000 inhabitants) and Hanumana (approx. 20,000 inhabitants) and approx. 2,400 smaller and larger villages.

Neighboring districts are Sidhi District in the south and Satna District in the west ; to the north and northeast borders the state of Uttar Pradesh .

population

Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.

year 1991 2001 2011
Residents 1,554,987 1,973,306 2,365,106

Hindu and tribal population ( scheduled tribes ) dominate in the villages in rural areas (about 95%); A not inconsiderable number of Muslims also live in the cities (around 20%). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by almost 20% to around 2.36 million, with the male population exceeding that of the female by around 8%. Almost 85% of the population lives in rural villages; an average of around 30% of people (even more in rural regions) are illiterate. They speak Hindi and the local dialect Bagheli .

economy

The Rewa district is still largely agricultural; only on the outskirts of the city of Rewa are there small industries (cement, paper, plastic, etc.). Only the city of Rewa has a rail connection.

history

Stupas in Deur Kothar
Bhairava Temple, Gurh

The region around Rewa belonged to the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. To the Maurya Empire and in the 4th / 5th centuries BC . Century AD to the Gupta Empire , which was later replaced by the kings of the Kalachuri dynasty. In the High Middle Ages, the Gond rulers took power; However, from 1577 they came under the political and cultural influence of the Mughal Empire under Akbar I. In the 14th century, the Bagheli- Rajputs from Gujarat immigrated . In the 17th and 18th centuries, the region came under the influence of the Marathas ; since the middle of the 19th century the area belonging to the princely state of Rewa was under British control. After India's independence (1947), the region belonged to the princely states of the Central Provinces , from which the state of Madhya Pradesh emerged from 1950 to 1956.

Attractions

The entire district Rewa there is only a place of greater historical importance - that about 65 km northeast of the city Rewa located Deur Kothar (also Deorkothar , 24 ° 55 '35 "  N , 81 ° 39' 47"  O ), whose stupas in the time of Emperor Ashoka or shortly thereafter, d. H. in the 3rd or 2nd century BC BC, to be dated. There are no medieval temples or forts; The most important sights are the palace of the Princes of Rewa in the Govindghar Fort , built in the 18th or 19th century, as well as the 4.50 m long reclining figure of Shiva (here called Bhairava ) in Gurh, about 20 km to the east, which was created around the same time (or Gudh ).

literature

  • DEU Baker: Baghelkhand, or, the tigers' lair: region and nation in Indian history. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2007, OCLC 607768237.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ District Rewa - climate tables
  2. ^ District Rewa - administrative districts and villages
  3. ^ District Rewa - map
  4. ↑ District Rewa - Census 1991 to 2011
  5. ^ District Rewa - Census 2011
  6. ↑ Madhya Pradesh - Languages
  7. ^ Rewa district - train stations
  8. ↑ District Rewa - Stupas of Deur Kothar (location)

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