Warangal district

Warangal ( Telugu: వరంగల్ జిల్లా; Urdu: وارنگل ضلع ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Warangal.

Geography

The district lies to the north of Andhra Pradesh. He is on the west by Medak district, surrounded in the north by the district Karimnagar, in the east and southeast by the district Khammam and in the south and south-west by the district Nalgonda.

The district has an area of ​​12,847 km 2, and thus belongs to the area the medium-sized districts in Andhra Pradesh (4.7 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 3710 km 2 of the area is forested ( 28.9 percent). The most important rivers in the district are Godavari, Vijakeru, Pakeru, Aleru, Munneru and Vaira.

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 rainfall is 1059 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 879 mm and the northeast monsoon 101 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 22.03 ° - 16 ° day minimum, a maximum of 28 ° ), the warmest May (average 33.46 ° - 27 ° 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 3.522.644 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,766,257 were men ( 50.1 percent) and 1,756,387 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 551.385 ( 17.0 percent), the Adivasi 457 679 ( 14.1 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 998.146 persons ( 28.34 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Warangal speak Telugu. A significant number of people speak Urdu as their mother tongue. In the whole district there are 984 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 grows, the population in the district of Warangal in decades strongly. However, the increase was between the last two censuses is just 8.5 percent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by nearly 280,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town of Warangal with about 530,000 residents.

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 by trade in goods and services.

History

Warangal is part of the Telangana region and shares its history. Originally it was called Orugallu, which means in Telugu A STONE. From 1724 to 1956 the area was a region in the Hyderabad State. Since then, Warangal is an administrative unit within the then newly created State of Andhra Pradesh.

Management

The district comprises 50 Mandals of Warangal ( talukas ) and 984 inhabited villages.

Politically the district is now divided into the three control districts Mahbubabad, Parkal and Warangal.