Hingoli district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Hingoli}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hingoli district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Maharastra|District]] of [[Maharashtra]]
| total_type = Total
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| image_skyline = Aundha nagnath temple, hingoli, maharastra, India.jpg
| image_caption = [[Aundha Nagnath Temple]]
| image_map = Hingoli in Maharashtra (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Hingoli district in Maharashtra
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| coor_pinpoint = Hingoli
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aurangabad Division|Aurangabad]]
| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Hingoli]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Hingoli]], [[Kalamnuri]], [[Sengaon]], [[Aundha Nagnath]], [[Basmath]]
| area_total_km2 = 4,526
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1177345<ref name="districtcensus"/>
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| population_urban = 15.60
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
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| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
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| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 3
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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'''Hingoli district''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ɦiŋɡoliː]]]) is an administrative [[Districts of Maharashtra|district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. The district is headquartered at [[Hingoli]]. The district occupies an [[area]] of 4,526 km<sup>2</sup> and has a [[population]] of 11,77,345 of which 15.60% were urban ({{as of|2011|lc=y}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=11 January 2010 }}</ref> Hingoli was actually known as the [[Nizam]]s military base as it was bordered with [[Vidharbha]]. In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli. Being a military base the city was one of the important and famous places of the Hyderabad state. One of the twelve [[Jyotirlinga]] shrines, the [[Aundha Nagnath]] is located in Hingoli district about 25 km south-west from district headquarter.

{{as of|2011}} it is the third least populous district of Maharashtra (out of [[Districts of Maharashtra|36]]), after [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg]] and [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|year=2011|title=District Census 2011 - Hingoli|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/27/2716_PART_A_DCHB_HINGOLI.pdf|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, India}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Aundha Nagnath Shiva Temple Jyotirlinga Maharashtra India.jpg|thumb|right|[[Aundha Nagnath Temple]]]]
The territory of the present district became part of [[Bombay state]] in 1956 and [[Maharashtra]] state in 1960 as part of [[Parbhani district]]. This district was carved out from Parbhani district on 1 May 1999 with five own tehsils: Hingoli, Kalamanuri, Sengaon, Aundha Naganath, and Basamat.

==Geography==
Hingoli is situated at the northern part of Marathwada in Maharashtra. Borders of Hingoli are surrounded by districts [[Washim district|Washim]] and [[Yavatmal district|Yavatmal]] in northern side, [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]] in western side, and [[Nanded district|Nanded]] at south-eastern side. There are two medium-sized dams present on both East and West sides of the district namely [[Isapur]] dam and [[Yeldari]] dam, Isapur dam provides water to irrigation purpose whereas Yeldari dam caters to irrigation as well as production of [[hydroelectricity]]. One minor dam named [[Siddheshwar]] also used for irrigation purpose in district.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Hingoli district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,177,345,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Timor-Leste]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Timor-Leste 1,177,345 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=1 January 2011
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 401st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 244 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.43%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Hingoli has a [[sex ratio]] of 942 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 78.17%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.51% and 9.51% of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus"/>
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Hingoli district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hindus]]|darkorange|73.32}}
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{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|#008000|10.83}}
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At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 83.53% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 6.86% [[Urdu]], 4.81% [[Hindi]] and 3.23% [[Lambadi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Governance==
This district is divided into two sub-divisions, which are further divided into five talukas. Hingoli sub-division is divided into three talukas: [[Hingoli]], [[Kalamnuri]] and [[Sengaon]]. Basmath sub-division is divided into two talukas: [[Aundha]] and [[Basmath]].

There are three [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: Basmath, Kalamnuri and Hingoli. All three are part of [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |title=Districtwise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website |access-date=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055304/http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |archive-date=18 March 2010 }}</ref>

==Economy==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,26,384|13=1911|14=2,72,785|15=1921|16=2,67,991|17=1931|18=2,98,807|19=1941|20=3,19,200|21=1951|22=3,52,856|23=1961|24=4,30,986|25=1971|26=5,33,595|27=1981|28=6,55,199|29=1991|30=8,23,931|31=2001|32=9,87,160|33=2011|34=11,77,345|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Hingoli one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Places of interest==
{{Main|Tourism in Marathwada}}

===Hindu temples and shrines===
Some of the notable [[Hindu]] temples are as follows:<ref>http://hingoli.nic.in/Ntouristplace.html</ref><ref>https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/docs/default-source/district-draft-toursim-plans/hingoli-district.pdf</ref>
*Mallinath Digambar Jain Temple, Shirad Shahpur
*[[Aundha Nagnath]] is one of the twelve [[jyotirlinga]]s from Hindu mythology. It is situated in the town of same name, Aundha, in Hingoli district.
*Tulja Devi Sansthan, Ghota
*[[Sant Namdev Sansthan Narsi]], Narsi
*Tulja Bhavani Devi Temple, or Tulaja Devi Sansthan, Kalamnuri
*Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple (built in the lake), Hingoli
*Shri Datta Mandir, Mangalwara, Hingoli
*Dakshinmukhi Hanuman Temple, Khatkali
*Barashiv Hanuman Mandir, Barashiv
*Kanifnath Temple, Khairi Ghumat, Sengaon
*Jagdamba Devi Temple, Sengaon
*Chintamani Ganapati Temple, Hingoli

==See also==

*[[Make in Maharashtra]]
*[[Tourism in Marathwada]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://hingoli.nic.in Hingoli district website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hingoli district
|North = [[Washim district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Yavatmal district]]
|Southeast = [[Nanded district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Parbhani district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Buldana district]]
}}
{{Maharashtra}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Godavari basin}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|19.7167|N|77.15|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=title}}

[[Category:Hingoli district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Minority Concentrated Districts in India]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathwada]]
[[Category:Aurangabad division]]

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