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Gondia district
गोंदिया जिल्हा
—  District of Maharashtra  —
MaharashtraGondiya
Location of Gondia district in Maharashtra
Country India
State Maharashtra
Administrative division Nagpur Division
Established
Headquarters Gondia
Tehsils 1. Gondia, 2. Goregaon, 3. Tirora, 4. Arjuni Moregaon, 5. Deori, 6. Amgaon, 7. Salekasa, 8. Sadak Arjuni
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies 1. Bhandara-Gondiya shared with Bhandara district, 2. Gadchiroli-Chimur (shared with Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts)
 • Assembly seats 4
Area
 • Total 4,843 km2 (1,870 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,200,151
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
 • Urban 11.95%
Demographics
 • Literacy 67.67%
 • Sex ratio 1005
Average annual precipitation 1197 mm
Website Official website

Gondia district (Marathi: गोंदिया जिल्हा), also known as Gondiya district, is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Gondia (Gondiya). The district occupies an area of 5,431 km² and has a population of 1,200,707 of which 11.95% were urban (as of 2001).[1] The district is part of Nagpur Division.

History[]

This district was carved out of Bhandara district in 1999.

Gondia is also known as Rice City, as it is a rice producing district and has about 250 rice mills near the vicinity of city. it is also a major trading place. The Bombay-Nagpur-Calcutta Road is the only national highway passing through the district, which covers to a total distance of 99.37 km. Gondia has bus connectivity to Jabalpur, Nagpur and Balaghat.

It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.[2]

Divisions[]

The district is divided into 2 sub-divisions, Gondia and Deori which are further divided into 8 talukas. Each sub-division consists of 4 talukas. The Gondia sub-division consists of Gondia, Goregaon, Tirora and Arjuni Moregaon talukas while Deori sub-division consists of Deori, Amgaon, Salekasa and Sadak Arjuni talukas. The district consists 556 Gram panchayats, 8 Panchayat Samitis and 954 revenue villages. Two municiplities in this district are Gondia and Tiroda.

The district has 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Arjuni-Morgaon (SC), Gondiya, Tirora and Amgaon (ST). While the first three are part of Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency, the last one is part of Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) Lok Sabha constituency.[3]

Economy[]

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Gondia one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census Gondia district has a population of 1,322,331,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[6] or the US state of New Hampshire.[7] This gives it a ranking of 369th in India (out of a total of 640).[5] The district has a population density of 253 inhabitants per square kilometre (660 /sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.13 %.[5] Gondiya has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 85.41 %.[5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme". IntelliBriefs. 2009-12-11. http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
  3. ^ "Districtwise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  6. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est." 
  7. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "New Hampshire 1,316,470" 

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