Nanded district (Marathi pronunciation: aːn̪d̪eɖ is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

state in central

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. The city of

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populous city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded distri ...

is the district headquarters.

Officer

Members of Parliament

* Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (

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)
* Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare (

)
* Hemant Patil ( BSS)

Guardian Minister

list of Guardian Minister

District Magistrate/Collector

list of District Magistrate / Collector

History

is mentioned in historical accounts since 1st century. Upon reorganization of states in 1956, the district of Nanded came to comprise six

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

s namely Kandhar, Hadgaon, Biloli,

Degloor Deglur (also locally known as Degloor) is a city and a municipal council in Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the largest tehsil of Nanded and is known for its socio-cultural history. The town was once part of erstwhile ...

Mudhol Mudhol is a city previously known as "'Muduvolalu"' in the Bagalkote District in the northern part of the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is about from the district headquarters of Bagalkot and from subdivision of Jamakhandi. It is famous ...

whereas Mukhed and

Bhokar Bhokar is a town, tehsil, municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town cou ...

were called Mahals (revenue headquarters). As a result of reorganization of states, Bichkunda, Jukkal villages of Degloor taluka as well as the whole of

taluka (excluding

Dharmabad Dharmabad is a town and a municipal council in Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located near the state border with Telangana. Dharmabad has an average elevation of . It is connected by railway. An industrial training i ...

) were merged with

Nizamabad District Nizamabad district is a district located in the north-western region in the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Nizamabad is the district headquarters.It was known as " Indur " which was supposed to have originated from the name of the King ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

. In lieu of them,

Kinwat Kinwat is a city which falls under the municipal council of the Nanded District, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Kinwat Taluka came into existence in 1905 when a number of villages from Narsapur,Tamsi, and Nirmal Talukas from the Adilabad ...

and Islapur villages were separated from Adilabad District and made part of Nanded District again. Islapur village was combined with

taluka and

came to be merged with Biloli taluka.

Geography

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. Nanded District lies in the eastern part of Maharashtra state as well as the eastern portion of

Marathwada Marathwada () is a proposed state and geographical region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed during the Nizam's rule and was part of the then Hyderabad State. The region coincides with the Aurangabad division of Maharashtra. I ...

region, which corresponds to Aurangabad Division. Nanded is bounded on the north by

Yavatmal Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the sta ...

district of the

Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of central India, comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Be ...

region, with

Latur Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by ma ...

on south-west,

Parbhani Parbhani (, IPA ) is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is one of the largest cities in Marathwada region. Parbhani is around away from regional headquarters of Aurangaba ...

and

Hingoli Hingoli is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra with the population of 184,443. Description Hingoli is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Hin ...

districts on the west. On the eastern side lies

Adilabad Adilabad is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu language, Telugu is the native language of Adilabad. Adilabad is famous for its rich cultivation of cotton. Hence, Adilabad is a ...

Nirmal Nirmal is a town and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood. The district headquarters is located in the town of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of A ...

, Nizamabad and

Kamareddy Kamareddy is a town and headquarters of eponymous district in Telangana state in India. It is located about north of the state capital Hyderabad, from Nizamabad and from Karimnagar. Geography Kamareddy is located at . It covers an area ...

districts of

state, and on the south lies

Bidar Bidar (/ biːd̪ər/) is a city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. It is the headquarters of Bidar district, which borders Maharashtra and Telangana. It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider ''Bidar Metropolitan area ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

state. The area presents undulating topography with uneven hills, plateau, gentle slopes and valley planes. The

Godavari River The Godavari (IAST: ''Godāvarī'' �od̪aːʋəɾiː is India's second longest river after the Ganga river and drains into the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakeshwa ...

flows through the district. Physio-graphically, 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the district has an area of 10,502 km² and its population is 3,361,292 of which 27.19% were urban. roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 99th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.7%. Nanded has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 937

females Female (symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...

for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 76.94%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19.05% and 8.38% of the population respectively.

Languages

At the time of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...

, 75.46% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 9.63%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

, 5.23%

Lambadi Lambadi, Gor Boli, Banjara, Labanki or Banjari is a language spoken by the once nomadic Banjara people across India,Ancient Pastoral Nomadic Community of India Ancient Warrior Community/Raajputs Medieval Traders/Grain Carriers Modern Grain Tra ...

, 2.10%

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode ...

and 0.83% Gondi as their first language. Urdu is mainly concentrated in Nanded city, while Gondi is mainly in Mahur and Kinwat taluks.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
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Economy

In 2006 the

Ministry of Panchayati Raj The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a ...

named Nanded one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Industrial Estates are located in Nanded, Dharmabad, Loha, Degloor, Kinwat, Krushnoor (SEZ).

Culture

Nanded is mentioned in the

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...

, as the place where Bharat's mother came from. Mahur fort was a major fort in ancient times. In Mahur, the Goddess Renuka temple is the major attraction for pilgrims. It is part of the ''Saade Teen Shaktipeeth'' (three and a half seats of power of the deity). There are many temples in Mahur viz Datta & Lord

Parashuram Parashurama (), also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Veerarama, is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu in Hinduism. He is believed to be one of the ''Chiranjeevis'' (Immortals), who will appea ...

temples. Kedarguda Temple in Hadgaon district is dedicated to Lord Kedarnath, known for Devrai (the forest dedicated to God). Another ancient Temple at Gaitond (mouth of cow) in Hadgaon taluka of Nanded district dedicated to Lord Shiva is a pilgrimage site. The Sahasrakund Waterfall located at Islapur village, Kinwat is a favourite destination for tourists during the monsoon. Hot water springs with containing sulphur and phosphate are believed to have medicinal properties. Unkeshwar village in Kinwat taluka has a Shiva temple. Malegaon Yatra dedicated to Lord Khandoba in Malegaon taluka is considered one of biggest in India. The 10th and last living guru of

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sin ...

spent his last days and here he transferred the title of

Guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan- Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...

to "Aad Granth" as "

Guru Granth Sahib The Guru Granth Sahib ( pa, ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and Guru Maneyo Granth, eternal Guru following the lineage of the Sikh gur ...

". A gurdwara was built on the site of Guru Gobind Singh's cremation. The gurdwara is part of the

Hazur Sahib Hazur Sahib (; ), also known as Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib, is one of the five takhts in Sikhism. The gurdwara was built between 1832 and 1837 by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839). It is located on the banks of the Godavar ...

. File:Mahur temples and forts.jpg, Temples and forts in Mahur, Nanded district File:SidhheshwarTemple Hottal.jpg, Sidhheshwar Temple near Hottal, Nanded district File:Hazur Sahib.jpg,

, a Sikh shrine located in the Nanded city

Education

Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMU) was established in 1994 as a state public university of Maharashtra state. Named after Swami Ramanand Teerth, it is located at Latur Road Nanded in Maharashtra, India. History The universi ...

(SRTMU), located in

, was established in 1994 as a state public university of Maharashtra state. *

Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College , caption = , former_names = Govt. Medical College , motto = Service for Humanity , established = 1988 , type = Education and Research Institution , endowment = Government Funded , president = , dean = Dr. Mha ...

Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (SGGSIE&T) is an institute of Engineering and technology in Nanded, Maharashtra, India. The institute was accorded full autonomous status in June 2004. It offers training in ten ...

Notable people

Vaman Pandit Vaman Pandit (born Vaman Tanaji Sesha) ( mr, वामनपंडित) (1608–1695) was a Marathi scholar and poet of India. Vaman Pandit from the house of Sesha was a great poet whose poetry made quite an impact on the whole Maharashtra. Vam ...

, a Marathi scholar and a poet. *

, the last

Sikh Guru The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the found ...

who died in Nanded. *

Banda Singh Bahadur Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev) (27 October 1670 – 9 June 1716), was a Sikh warrior and a commander of Khalsa army. At age 15, he left home to become an ascetic, and was given the name Madho Das Bairagi. He established a monastery ...

, the Sikh military commander. *

Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 ...

, the former Chief minister and former Home minister of Maharashtra state. *

Ashok Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 D ...

, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra state and former Member of Parliament of the Nanded Loksabha constituency. * Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar, current Member of Parliament and former MLA *

Kamalkishor Kadam Kamalkishor Kadam is an Indian politician who formerly served as Education Minister in the Government Of Maharashtra. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party from Nanded, Maharastra. He is chairman and trustee of the Mahatma Gandhi Missi ...

, a former minister of education. * Chandreshekhar Sonwane, Indian American Rocket Scientist who is supporting NASA's Artemis and

Lunar Gateway The Lunar Gateway, or simply Gateway, is the first planned extraterrestrial space station in lunar orbit intended to serve as a solar-powered communication hub, science laboratory, and short-term habitation module for government-agency astr ...

human habitat. * Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle, former Vice-chancellor of BAMU, an educationalist and an author. *

Datta Bhagat Datta Ganpat Bhagat (born 13 June 1945 in Waghi village of Nanded district, Maharashtra) is an Indian Marathi playwright, Ambedkarite thinker and one of the leaders of the Dalit theater movement in Marathi. He is a professor of Marathi at the ...

, an Ambedkarite author. * Narhar Ambadas Kurundkar, a scholar, critic and author. *

Vivek Ram Chaudhari Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, is an air officer of the Indian Air Force. He currently serves as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). He took over as the 27th CAS succeeding Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on 30 September 2 ...

, Indian Airforce chief marshal.

References

External links

* {{Coord, 19, 09, 36, N, 77, 19, 12, E, region:IN-MH_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-nowiki, display=title Districts of Maharashtra 1956 establishments in Bombay State Marathwada Aurangabad division