Mahbubnagar district

Mahbubnagar, also Mahabubnagar ( Telugu: మహబూబ్ నగర్ జిల్లా; Urdu: محبوب نگر ضلع ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Mahabubnagar.

Geography

The district lies to the west of Andhra Pradesh. It is to the west by the state of Karnataka, surrounded to the north by Rangareddy district, in the east of the districts of Nalgonda and Guntur and Prakasam districts in the south of the and Kurnool.

The district has an area of ​​18,432 km 2 and is the second largest district in Andhra Pradesh (6.7 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 3033 km 2 of the area is forested ( 16.5 percent). The most important rivers in the district are the Krishna, Tungabhadra, Vendi, Peddavaagu and Chinnavaagu.

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 southwest monsoon from the second week of June until the second week of October brings the most plentiful rain. The northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of 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 692 mm per year. The district is one of the areas with the lowest rainfall in Andhra Pradesh. The southwest monsoon brings 519 mm and the northeast monsoon 114 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 22.72 ° - 17 ° day minimum, maximum 29 ° ), the warmest May (average 32.56 ° - 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 4.042.191 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,046,247 were men ( 50.1 percent) and 1,995,944 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 600.927 ( 17.1 percent), the Adivasi 278 709 ( 7.9 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 606.423 persons (15 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Mahbubnagar speaks Telugu. Other important languages ​​are Urdu and Hindi. In the whole district there are 1,475 inhabited villages.

Population of the district according to confessions

A clear majority of the population belongs to the Hindus. The only significant religious minority are Muslims with a little over 8 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 Mahbubnagar decades strongly. The increase was between the last two censuses nearly 15 percent and is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by nearly 530,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Mahabubnagar with about 130,000 residents. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Gadwal and Wanaparti.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly sorghum ( sorghum), rice, cotton, maize, pigeon peas, peanuts and sugar cane are grown. In addition, hand weaving is an important industry. There is little industry. In mineral resources one can find different types of rocks ( limestone, granite, etc.) and sand, which are used industrially. In the cities, people live from trade in goods and services.

History

Mahbubnagar is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. The district is part of the land of the Cholas, " Cholawardi ". The present name given district and the capital on December 4, 1890 in honor of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the then Nizab of Hyderabad. By 1956, the area was a region in the Hyderabad State. Since then, Mahbubnagar is an administrative unit within the then newly created State of Andhra Pradesh.

Management

The district comprises 64 Mandals Mahbubnagar ( talukas ) and 1,475 inhabited villages.

Politically the district is now divided into five control districts Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Nagar Karnul, Narayanpet and Wanaparti.