Nizamabad district

Nizamabad, also Indhooru ( Telugu: నిజామాబాదు జిల్లా; Urdu: نظام آباد ضلع ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Nizamabad.

Geography

The district lies to the north of Andhra Pradesh. It is in the west of the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra, surrounded to the north by Adilabad district, on the east by the district Karimnagar and Medak district in the south of.

The district has an area of ​​7956 km ² and is one of the smaller area districts in Andhra Pradesh ( 2.9 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 1812 km ² ( 22.8 percent) of the area is forested. The most important rivers in the district are Godavari, manjira, top Maneru, Phalungi and Yedlakattavagu. In addition, there are two major lakes in (or partially in) the district: the Nizam Sagar Lake and the Upper ManAir reservoir.

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 northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of 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 813 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 696 mm and the northeast monsoon 72 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 21.64 ° - day minimum 15 °, maximum 28 °), the warmest May (average 32.83 ° - 26 ° Minimum, maximum 40 °). 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 2.552.073 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,252,191 were men ( 49.1 percent) and 1,299,882 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 348.158 ( 14.8 percent), the Adivasi 165 735 ( 7.1 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 587.800 persons ( 23.03 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Nizamabad speaks Telugu. A significant number of people speak Urdu as their mother tongue. In the whole district there are 922 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 14 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 Nizamabad decades strongly. However, the increase was between the last two censuses, only 8.8 percent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by more than 200,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Nizamabad with nearly 290,000 residents. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Bodhan and Kamareddy.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly rice, corn, soybeans, mung beans, sugar cane, sunflower, cotton, black grams, sorghum ( sorghum) and turmeric are grown. In addition, hand weaving is an important industry. There are throughout the district only a few small-scale industries ( energy, granite works and sugar refineries ). In mineral resources one can find different types of rocks ( limestone, granite, etc. ) that are used industrially. In the cities, people live from trade in goods and services.

History

Nizamabad is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. The present name given district and the main town 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, Nizamabad is an administrative unit within the then newly created State of Andhra Pradesh.

Management

The district comprises 36 Mandals Nizamabad ( talukas ) and 922 inhabited villages.

On the fiscal side, the district is now divided into the three control districts Bodhan, Nizamabad and Kamareddy.