Geographical Area : 10,528 km² Total Population : 3,661,292 Male : 14.81 Lakhs Female : 13.94 Lakhs Urban to Total Population : 27.19% Normal Rainfall : 901 mm Taluka or Mandal : 16 Per Capita Income : Rs 23,801 Population : 2,330 Density : 319 per km² Literacy : 75.45% Male Literacy : 84.27% Female Literacy : 66.15% Amenities and infrastructural facilities Total inhabited villages: 1,546 AmenitiesNo. of villages Drinking water facilities: 1,538 Important Towns Safe Drinking water: 1,537 Population Electricity : 1,531 Primary school: 1,536 Middle schools: 768 Secondary/Sr Secondary schools: 504 College: 26 Medical facility: 209 Primary Health Centre: 71 Primary Health Sub-Centre: 111 Bus services: 1,141 Paved approach road: 1,049 Mud approach road: 4 Historical Importance : Sachkhand Gurudwara, Renuka Devi Mandir Mahur, Dargah at Kandhar Commercial Banks : 132 Industrial Estates : Nanded, Dharmabad, Loha, Degloor, Kinwat, Krushnoor.
History
Even though Nanded is only mentioned in historical accounts since 4th century, the evidence of human habitation in this area has been found for the past 40 to 50 thousand years. Upon reorganization of states in 1956, the district of Nanded came to comprise six talukas namely Kandhar, Hadgaon, Biloli, Degloor, Mudhol whereas Mukhed and Bhokar were called Mahals. As a result of reorganization of states, Bichkunda, Jukkal villages of Degloor taluka as well as the whole of Mudhol taluka were merged with Nizamabad District of Andhra Pradesh. In lieu of them, Kinwat and Islapur villages were separated from Adilabad District and made part of Nanded District again. Islapur village was combined with Kinwat taluka and Dharmabad came to be merged with Biloli taluka. some of Nanded's Temples and Fort From Top: The 10th and last living guru of Sikhs, Shri. Guru Gobind Singhji stayed in Nanded for 14 months and from here that he transferred the title of Guru to "Aad Granth" as "Guru Granth Sahib ji". Nanded is mentioned in the Ramayana, as the place where Bharat's mother came from. Recently Mahur was declared as a tourist place. The Goddess Renuka temple is the major attraction for tourist from religious views. Also, there are lot many religious temples in nearby areas in Mahur viz Datta & Lord Parashuram temples. Kedarguda Temple in Hadgaon district is one of the best tourist spot dedicated to Lord Kedarnath, known for Devrai. Another ancient Temple at Gaitond in Hadgaon taluka of Nanded district dedicated to Lord Shiva is a pilgrimage site for nearby villagers. The temple has been renovated recently but it has lost its ancient or medieval period identity and remains has been put outside the temple which proves its ancient period identity. Malegaon Yatra dedicated to Lord Khandoba in Malegaon taluka is considered one of biggest in south India. Merchants from all India come here to buy or sell animals like horse, camel, sheep, goats, cow, dog etc. One of the well known poems explains about the Nanded District Periphery and its cultural and historical importance is given here. One of the former university students of SRTMUN Pinnalwar D.K. wrote the Marathi named Nandigram in marathi in 2003 which is popular with local people. The poem best explains the District Cultural and historical importance.
The District of Nanded lies between 180 15 ' to 190 55' North latitudes and 770 to 78025' East longitudes. It covers an area of 10,332 sq km. It is located in the South Eastern part of the state. Nanded is bounded on the North by Yavatmal district, on the Eastern side lies Adilabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts of Telangana state, and on the South lies Bidar of Karnataka state. Nanded also shares its boundaries with Latur on South West, Parbhani and Hingoli districts on the West.
The area presents undulating topography with uneven hills, plateau, gentle slopes and valley planes. Physiographically, the district can be divided into 2 major parts, the hilly region on the North and North East and low-lying area on the banks of the rivers Godavari, Manjra, Manyad, Penganga etc.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Nanded district has a population of 3,361,292, roughly equal to the nation of Uruguay or the US state of Connecticut. This gives it a ranking of 99th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.7%. Nanded has a sex ratio of 937 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.94%. In terms of religion, the population is 50% Hindu, 33% Muslim, 15% Buddhist, and 2% other religions.
Languages
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 75.46% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 11.07% Hindi, 9.63% Urdu, 2.16% Telugu and 0.83% Gondi as their first language. Marathi is the most widely spoken language in the district. Other languages used in the district are Deccani Urdu, Banjara, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Andh, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 100,000 people.
