Nalgonda district

Nalgonda, also Nallagonda ( Telugu: నల్లగొండ ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Nalgonda.

Geography

The district lies to the north of Andhra Pradesh. It is in the west of the district Rangareddy, in the northwest of the district Medak, in the northeast of the district Warangal, Khammam district bordered to the east by, in the southeast of the district Krishna, Guntur district and on the south by the south and west by the district Mahbubnagar.

The district has an area of ​​14,240 km 2 and is one of the geographically medium-sized districts in Andhra Pradesh (5.2 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 837 km 2 of the area is forested ( 5.9 percent). The most important rivers in the district are the Krishna, Music and Dindi.

Climate

The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in general dry except during the monsoon season. April and May is 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 subsequent northeast monsoon to early December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. During the months of January to March is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average of rainfall is 753 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 562 mm and the northeast monsoon 140 mm. 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 22.06 ° - 16 ° day minimum, a maximum of 28 ° ), the warmest May (average 32.61 ° - 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 3.483.648 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,758,061 were men (50.5 percent) and 1,725,587 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 575.788 ( 17.7 percent), the Adivasi 342 676 ( 10.6 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 661.743 persons ( 19 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Nalgonda speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 1,155 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 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 Nalgonda decades strongly. However, the increase was between the last two censuses, only 7.3 percent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011 the population increased by around 235,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the capital Nalgonda with about 110,000 residents. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Suriapet, Miryalaguda, Bhongir and Kodad.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly (Sorghum ), pearl millet, rice, cotton, corn, legumes (groundnuts, pigeon peas, etc.), chili and sugarcane are grown. In addition, hand weaving is an important industry. There are throughout the district only a few small-scale industries (cement, rice and sugar mills ). In mineral resources one can find different types of rocks ( limestone, granite, etc. ), which are used industrially. In the cities, people live from trade in goods and services.

History

Nalgonda is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. Previously the area was under the name Nilagiri (also Neelagiri and Nilgiri ) known. By 1956, the area was a region in the state of Hyderabad. Since then, Nalgonda is an administrative unit within the then newly created state of Andhra Pradesh.

Management

The district comprises 59 Mandals Nalgonda ( talukas ) and 1,155 inhabited villages.

On the fiscal side, the district is now divided into the four control districts Bhongir, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda and Suriapet.