Khammam district
Khammam ( Telugu: ఖమ్మం జిల్లా, Hindi: खम्मम जिला ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Capital of the district is Khammam.
History and Origins
The district Khammam originated from five districts of the then district Warangal on 1 October 1953. In 1959 the district was created in its present form by inclusion of other areas of the districts of East Godavari and West Godavari.
Geography
The district lies to the north of Andhra Pradesh. It is in the north of the states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, framed to the east by the district East Godavari, in the southeast of the districts of West Godavari and Krishna, in the southwest of the district Nalgonda and to the west by the district of Warangal.
The district has an area of 16,029 km 2, making it the sixth largest district in Andhra Pradesh ( 5.8 per cent of Andhra Pradesh ). From the surface is 8437 km 2 ( 52.6 percent), forested ..
Climate
The climate is divided into four seasons. In April and May is summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The south-west monsoon from June to mid-October brings the most plentiful rain. The northeast monsoon from mid-October to the end of December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. The amount of rainfall increases towards the northeast in the district of south-west. Winter is in the months of January to March with slightly cooler temperatures. The long-term average rainfall in the district is 1059 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 872 mm and the northeast monsoon 101 mm of annual rainfall. Otherwise falls only a little rain. This leads to dehydration of the cultivated land in the dry season, which runs from January to Mai. The coldest month is January ( average 22.85 ° - 17 ° day minimum, maximum 29 ° ), the warmest May (average 33.33 ° - 27 ° Minimum, maximum 39 °). During Mosunzeit there is a relative humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls in the dry season to 30 percent.
Population
At the last census 2011 2.798.214 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,391,936 were men ( 49.7 percent) and 1,406,278 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 426.692 ( 16.5 percent), the Adivasi 682 617 ( 26.5 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 655.674 persons ( 23.43 percent) in urban areas. Thus, more than 3 out of 4 residents lived in the countryside. The majority of the population of the district of Khammam speaks Telugu. Throughout the district there are 1,101 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
The residents are committed almost entirely to Hinduism. The only significant religious minority are Muslims with a little over 5 percent of the population. A smaller minority are the Christians. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:
Demographics
As everywhere in India is growing, the population in the district Khammam decades strongly. Although the increase was in the years 2001-2011, only less than 10 percent ( 8.5%), but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population grew still around 220,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Khammam. They are followed Kotthagudem and Palwanchal, each with over 50,000 inhabitants.
Management
The district comprises 46 Mandals Khammam ( talukas ) and 1101 inhabited villages.
The district is also divided into 4 groups. These are: