Nandurbar district

The district Nandurbar ( Marathi: नंदुरबार जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts in the state of Maharashtra in India. The city is the administrative center of the district of Nandurbar. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 1,648,295 people.

History

From pre-Christian times to the year 1345, the area was - 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 Yadava. After decades of paying tribute to Muslim rulers in northern India took place in 1345, the occupation by Muslim soldiers. After that ruled until 1795 various Muslim dynasties ( Bahmani, Deccan sultanates, the Great Mughals and the Nizam of Hyderabad ). In the following nearly two decades, the area was under the rule of the Marathas. On 3 June 1818, the colonial era of the area with the handover began on the British East India Company after the defeat of the Marathas. The district was part of the region of Khandesh, and later to West Khandesh, in the Bombay Presidency. This was in 1937 to the province of Bombay - until 1960 the state of Maharashtra was created. In 1998, the district Dhule split. From the northern part of the new district Nandubar was established on 1 July 1998.

Population

The urban population accounts for only 16.71 percent of the total population. A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. Smaller minorities are the Muslims and Christians. In 2001, of 1,311,709 inhabitants, 1,198,481 Hindus ( 91.37 percent), 71 215 Muslims ( 5.43 percent) and 17,953 Christians (1.37 per cent).

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Nandurbar. Other important cities with a population of more than 25,000 people are Shahade, NAWAPUR and Talode.

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