Kurnool district
Kurnool ( Telugu: కర్నూల్ జిల్లా, Urdu: کرنول ضلع ) is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Capital of the district is Karnul.
History and Origins
The Kurnool District was formerly part of Andhra State and came up with this 1956 to the new state of Andhra Pradesh. He lost in 1970 a part of its territory to the newly created district Prakasam.
Geography
The district lies to the west of Andhra Pradesh. It is to the west by the state of Karnataka, surrounded in the north by the district Mahbubnagar, Prakasam district in the east of and south of the districts of YSR ( Kadapa to 2010 ) and Anantapur.
The district has an area of 17,658 km 2 and is the third largest district in Andhra Pradesh (6.4 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 3515 km 2 of the area is forested ( 19.9 percent).
Climate
The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in general dry except during the monsoon season. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The south-west monsoon from June to early October brings the most plentiful rain. The subsequent northeast monsoon to early December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. During the months of January and February is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average rainfall in the district is only 670 mm per year. The district is one of the areas with the lowest rainfall in Andhra Pradesh. The southwest monsoon brings 455 mm and the northeast monsoon 149 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 22.90 ° - 17 ° day minimum, maximum 29 ° ), the warmest May (average 32.15 ° - 26 ° Minimum, maximum 39 °). During the monsoon season there is a humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls in the dry season to 30 percent.
Population
At the last census 2011 4.046.601 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,040,101 were men ( 50.4 percent) and 2.0065 million women. Among the Dalits were 2001 628.637 ( 17.8 percent), the Adivasi 69 635 (2.0 per cent) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 1.143.724 persons ( 28.26 percent) in urban areas. Thus, more than 7 out of 10 residents live in rural areas. Main languages in the district are Telugu, Urdu and Kannada. In the whole district there are 884 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
The inhabitants profess majority to Hinduism. The only significant religious minority are Muslims with a little over 16 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. The increase was in the years 2001-2011 over 11 percent (11.5%) and is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by more than 500,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Karnul. Behind Adoni and Nandyal follow, each with over 100,000 residents.
Management
The Kurnool District comprises 54 Mandals ( talukas ) and 884 inhabited villages.
The district is also divided into three control circuits. These are: