Warangal (district)

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Warangal
District map
State Telangana
Administrative headquarters : Warangal
Area : 12,847 km²
Residents : 3,522,644 (2011)
Population density : 274.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : Official website of the district

Warangal , ( Telugu : వరంగల్ జిల్లా; Urdu : وارنگل ضلع) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana . The administrative seat is the city of Warangal .

geography

The district is located in the center of Telangana . It is framed to the west by the Medak district , to the north by the Karimnagar district , to the east and southeast by the Khammam district and to the south and southwest by the Nalgonda district .

The district has an area of ​​12,847 km 2 . 3,710 km 2 (28.9 percent) of the area are forested. The main rivers in the district are Godavari, Vijakeru, Pakeru, Aleru, Munneru and Vaira.

climate

The district's climate is characterized by hot summers and is generally dry, except during the monsoons. April and May is summer time with great drought and high temperatures. The southwest monsoon from the second week of June to the second week of October brings the most abundant rain. The subsequent northeast monsoon until the end of December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. The months of January to March are winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average of the amount of precipitation is 1059 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 879 mm and the northeast monsoon 101 mm. Otherwise there will be little rain. This leads to the drying up of the cultivated areas in the dry season, which lasts from January to May. The coldest month is December (average 22.03 ° - daily minimum 16 °, maximum 28 °), the warmest May (average 33.46 ° - minimum 27 °, maximum 40 °). During the Mosun season there is a humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls to 30 percent in the dry period.

population

The last census in 2011 counted 3,522,644 inhabitants. 1,766,257 of these were men (50.1 percent) and 1,756,387 women. In 2001, the Dalit numbered 551,385 (17.0 percent) and the Adivasi 457,679 (14.1 percent) people. Of the total number of residents, 998,146 people (28.34 percent) lived in urban areas in 2011. The majority of the population of Warangal District speaks Telugu . A significant number of people speak Urdu as their first language. There are 984 inhabited villages in the entire district.

Population of the district by confession

A clear majority of the population is Hindu. The only significant religious minority are the Muslims with a little over 5 percent of the population. The Christians form a smaller minority. 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 % number %
2001 69 0.00% 33,354 1.03% 3,028,537 93.30% 307 0.01% 177.217 5.46% 1,099 0.03% 48 0.00% 5,373 0.17% 3,246,004 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Warangal district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase was only 8.5 percent between the last two censuses, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011 the population increased by almost 280,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous place in the district is the capital Warangal with around 530,000 inhabitants.

economy

1000 pillar temple in Warangal

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. The main crops are rice, corn, soybeans, mung beans , sugar cane, sunflowers, cotton, ancient beans , black millet (sorghum) and turmeric . In addition, hand weaving is an important branch of business. There are only a few small industrial companies (power generation, granite mills and sugar factories) in the entire district. Various types of rock (limestone, granite, etc.) that are used industrially can be found in natural resources. In the cities, people live from trading in goods and services.

history

Warangal is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. Originally it was called Orugallu , which means ONE STONE in Telugu. From 1724 to 1956 the area was a region in Hyderabad State. After that, Warangal was an administrative unit within the then newly created state of Andhra Pradesh . When the state of Telangana was split off in June 2014, Warangal came to this.

administration

The Warangal district comprises 50 mandals (talukas) and 984 inhabited villages.

Politically, the district is now divided into the three tax districts Mahbubabad, Parkal and Warangal.

Web links

Commons : Warangal (district)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administrative areas of India (PDF; 399 kB)
  2. ↑ Forest Report, page 3 ( Memento of October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.6 MB)
  3. ↑ Climate in the main town
  4. ↑ Climate-average rainfall, page 1 ( Memento from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 395 kB)
  5. ↑ Information on climate and water ( Memento of May 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.5 MB)
  6. ↑ Data on the climate
  7. ↑ Census of India 2001, Warangal District (PDF; 55 kB)
  8. ↑ AP Online: Warangal District ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )