Gadchiroli district

The district Gadchiroli ( Marathi: गडचिरोली जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts in the state of Maharashtra in India. The town of Gadchiroli is the administrative center of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 1,072,942 people.

History

From pre-Christian times to the year 1345, the area - such as the whole region - ruled by various Buddhist and Hindu rulers. The first known state was the Mauryan Empire, the last non-Muslim dynasty were the Gond. After decades of military conflict with Muslim rulers in northern India took place in 1345 occupation by Muslim soldiers. After that prevailed until the year 1724 various Muslim dynasties ( Sultanate of Delhi, Bahmani, Deccan sultanates and the Mughals Gross ). In 1739 the area known as Nagpur Kingdom as part of the Hindu Marathenreichs became independent. After the defeat of the Marathas against the British was in 1818 as an independent state part of the British Empire. After the last ruler of the kingdom was passed in 1853, it came to the annexation of the Kingdom of Nagpur in the British Administrative Region Central Provinces ( Central Provinces and Berar since 1903 ). With the independence of India in 1947 and the reorganization of the country in 1950 was part of the new state of Madhya Pradesh. In 1956, the Indian state was divided and the area came to Bombay State. This state was also dissolved in 1960 and the district Chanda part of the new Indian state of Maharashtra. In 1964 the district received its present name Chandrapur. On August 26, 1982, a part of the district was separated, forming the new district Gadchiroli.

Population

At the last census 2011 1.072.942 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 541 328 were men ( 50.45 percent ) and 531,614 women. Among the Dalits were 2011 120.745 ( 11.3 percent), the Adivasi 415 306 ( 38.7 per cent ) people. 2011 From the total number of inhabitants lived only 118 033 people ( 11.00 percent) in urban areas. Thus lived almost 9 out of 10 residents in the country. The majority of the population of the district of Gadchiroli speaks Marathi. In the whole district there are 1,521 inhabited villages.

Population of the district according to confessions

A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. The Buddhists and other religions ( animists ) are significant minorities. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:

Demographics

As everywhere in India grows, the population in the district of Chandrapur for decades strong. The increase has, however, slowed in the years 2001-2011 and was only slightly more than 10 percent ( 10.58% ). In these ten years, the population grew by about 100,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Gadchiroli. Other important cities with a population of more than 10,000 people are Desaiganj and Aheri.