Nandurbar district


Nandurbar district is an administrative district in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India. On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. Nandurbar is a tribal-dominated district with its headquarters located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of and has a population of 1,648,295 of which 16.71% were urban.
Nandurbar district is bounded to the south and south-east by Dhule district, to the west and north is the state of Gujarat, to the north and north-east is the state of Madhya Pradesh. The northern boundary of the district is defined by the Narmada River.
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Divisions

The district comprises six talukas. These talukas are Nandurbar, Navapur, Shahada, Taloda, Akkalkuwa and Akrani Mahal (also called Dhadgaon).
There is one Lok Sabha constituency in the district which is Nandurbar (ST) reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There are four Maharashtra Assembly seats namely Akkalkuwa (ST), Shahada (ST), Nandurbar (ST), Nawapur (ST).
Sakri and Shirpur assembly seats from Dhule district are also part of Nandurbar Lok Sabha seat. Nandurbar is primarily a tribal district.

History

Nandurbar is a part of Satpuda Pradesh, meaning Seven Hills Region. The district was part of the district with Dhule and Jalgaon till July 1998. The ancient name of the region was Rasika, when Nandurbar was also called Nandanagri after the name of its king Nandaraja.
On 3 June 1818 the Maratha Peshwa surrendered Khandesh to the British rule.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Nandurbar district has a population of 1,648,295, roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau similar to the US state of Idaho. This gives it a ranking of 304th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 25.5%. Nandurbar has a sex ratio of 972 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 64.38%. 12.25% of the population live in ruban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.91% and 69.28% of the population respectively The Bhils form the major group in the district.
India census, Nandurbar District had a population of 1,309,135, being 50.62% male and 49.38% female. Nandurbar District has an average literacy rate of 46.63%: male literacy is 55.11%, and female literacy is 37.93%.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 45.45% of the population in the district spoke Bhili, 16.06% Marathi, 10.46% Khandeshi, 7.34% Pawri, 4.40% Mawchi, 3.79% Urdu, 2.61% Kukna, 2.55% Hindi, 1.91% Gujarati and 1.62% Gujari as their first language.
Aadivasi Languages spoken include Ahirani, a Khandeshi tongue with approximately 780,000 speakers, similar to Marathi and Bhili. and Pauri Bareli, a Bhil and other tribal language with approximately 175 000 speakers, written in the Devanagari script.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Nandurbar one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Notable people

Climate

The climate of Nandurbar District is generally Hot and Dry. As the rest of India Nandurbar District has three distinct seasons: summer, monsoon and the winter season.
Summer is from March to mid of June. Summers are usually hot and dry. During the month of May the summer is at its peak. Temperatures can be as high as during the peak of Summer. The Monsoon sets in during the mid or end of June. During this season the weather is usually humid and hot. The northern and western regions receive more rainfall than the rest of the region. The average rainfall is through the district. Winter is from the month of November to February. Winters are mildly cold but dry.
SeasonsStartEnd
SummerMarchMid June
Monsoonmid JuneOctober
WinterNovemberFebruary