Beed district

Beed district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a population of 2,585,049 of which 17.91% were urban (as of 2011).[1]

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Beed.

Beed district
District of Maharashtra
Location of Beed district in Maharashtra
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DivisionAurangabad Division
HeadquartersBeed
Tehsils1. Beed,
2. Ashti,
3. Patoda,
4. Shirur Kasar,
5. Georai,
6. Ambajogai,
7. Wadwani,
8. Kaij,
9. Dharur,
10. Parali,
11. Majalgaon
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesBeed (Based on Election Commission website)
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies6
Area
 • Total10,693 km2 (4,129 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,585,049
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
 • Urban
17.91%
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitebeed.nic.in

History

Beed district has a long history of many rulers and kingdoms. In the ancient era, this city was called as Champavati nagari. The city still proudly shows some old monuments showing the signs of past glory in the form of many city entry doors (called Ves in local language) and city protection walls. Until the 19th century, this part of Marathwada was under the Nizam monarchy, but was later included into the Indian Republic after a fierce struggle between Indian freedom fighters and Nizam soldiers. The name of Bhir is given by Mohammad Tughlaq.

Economy

Agriculture is the main business in Beed, and it is largely dependent on monsoon rain. Beed also is a district which provides a large number of laborers in India specially in the form of sugarcane cutters.

Divisions

This district is divided into eleven talukas (or tehsils). These are:

  1. Beed
  2. Ashti
  3. Gevrai
  4. Ambajogai
  5. Kaij
  6. Parali (Vaijnath)
  7. Majalgaon
  8. Patoda
  9. Shirur (Kasar)
  10. Wadwani
  11. Dharur

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Beed district has a population of 2,585,049,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[3] or the US state of Nevada.[4] This gives it a ranking of 160th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 242 inhabitants per square kilometre (630/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.65%.[2] Beed has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males.[2]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 83.38% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.62% Urdu, 6.88% Urdu and 0.48% Telugu as their first language.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901481,140—    
1911606,104+2.34%
1921453,844−2.85%
1931616,675+3.11%
1941691,946+1.16%
1951784,920+1.27%
1961949,673+1.92%
19711,223,694+2.57%
19811,412,990+1.45%
19911,822,072+2.58%
20012,161,250+1.72%
20112,585,049+1.81%
source:[6]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Kuwait 2,595,62
  4. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Nevada 2,700,551
  5. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  6. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901


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