Yavatmal district explained

Yavatmal district
Settlement Type:District of Maharashtra
Total Type:Total
Coor Pinpoint:Yavatmal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Amravati
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Yavatmal
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
P1:1.Arni, 2.Umarkhed, 3.Kalamb, 4.Pandharkaoda-Kelapur, 5.Ghatanji, 6.Zari Jamani, 7.Darwha, 8.Digras, 9.Ner, 10.Pusad, 11.Babhulgaon, 12.Mahagaon, 13.Maregaon, 14.Yavatmal, 15.Ralegaon 16.Wani
Area Total Km2:13582
Population As Of:2011[1]
Population Total:2,772,348
Population Urban:17%
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Info1:82.72%
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics1 Info2:951 women per 1,000 men
Governing Body:Yavatmal Zilla Parishad
Leader Title:Guardian Minister
Leader Name:Sanjay Rathod
Leader Title1:President Z. P. Yavatmal
Leader Name1:NA
Leader Title2:District Collector
Leader Name2:Mr. Pankaj Ashiya IAS
Leader Title3:CEO Z. P. Yavatmal
Leader Name3:Mr. Mandar Patki IAS
Leader Title4:MPs
Leader Name4:Bhavana Gawali
Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar
Hemant Patil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Blank Name Sec1:Major highways
Blank Info Sec1:NH7,NH361
Blank Name Sec2:Average annual precipitation
Blank Info Sec2:911.34 mm

Yavatmal district, [jəʋət̪maːɭ] formerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by population, after Nagpur and Amravati.[2] Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Officer

Members of Parliament

Guardian Minister

Post:Guardian Minister Yavatmal
Native Name:पालकमंत्री यवतमाळ
Insignia:Emblem_of_India.svg
Insigniasize:50px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of India
Incumbent:Sanjay Rathod
Incumbentsince:24 September 2022
Style:The Honourable
Termlength:5 years / No time limit
Appointer:Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Residence:Yavatmal

list of Guardian Minister

NameTerm of office
Ajit Pawar
11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014
Sanjay Rathod5 December 2014 - 8 November 2019
Sandipanrao Bhumre9 January 2020 - 27 June 2022
Shankarrao Gadakh Additional Charge27 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
Sanjay Rathod24 September 2022- Incumbent

District Magistrate/Collector

Post:District Magistrate / Collector Yavatmal
Native Name:जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हदंडाधिकरी यवतमाळ
Insignia:Emblem_of_India.svg
Insigniasize:50px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of India
Incumbent:Mr. Amol Yedge (IAS)
Incumbentsince:November 2021
Termlength:No time limit
Appointer:Government of Maharashtra
Residence:At Yavatmal district

list of District Magistrate / Collector

History

It is believed that Yavatmal, along with the rest of the former Berar province, was part of the legendary kingdom of Vidarbha mentioned in the Mahabharata. Berar also formed part of the Mauryan Empire during the reign of Ashoka (272 to 231 BCE). Berar later came under the rule of the Satavahana dynasty (to), the Vakataka dynasty (3rd to 6th centuries), the Chalukya dynasty (6th to 8th centuries), the Rashtrakuta dynasty (8th to 10th centuries), the Western Chalukya (10th to 12th centuries), and finally the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri (late 12th to early 14th centuries). A period of Muslim rule began when Ala ud din Khilji, Sultan of Delhi, conquered the region in the early 14th century. The region was part of the Bahmani Sultanate, which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate in the mid-14th century. The Bahmani Sultanate broke into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century, and in 1572 Berar became part of the Nizam Shahi sultanate, based at Ahmednagar. The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to the Mughal Empire in 1595. As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century, Asaf Jah I, Nizam of Hyderabad, seized the southern provinces of the empire (including Berar) in 1724, forming an independent state.

A detailed account of Berar was added to the Ain-i-Akbari in 1596–97, immediately after the treaty of Ahmadnagar under which the province was ceded to the Mughal Empire; this account may be regarded as a description of the province as it was administered by the Nizam Shahi and Imad Shahi kings, and probably also by the Bahamani Sultans. The account notes that Berar was divided into thirteen sarkars or revenue districts. The Yavatmal district comprised the greater part of Akbar's sarkars of Kalam and Mahur. But some few mahals of these sarkars lay beyond the present limits of the district. Yavatmal appears in the record as the headquarters of a pargana under the name of Yot-Lohara – Yot being the Urdu or Persian corruption of Yevata, the original name of the town; and Lohara the name of a village about 3miles to the west of Yavatmal. The suffix mal is a corruption of mahal (pargana-town). A rough estimate makes the land revenue demand in Akbar's time for the area now occupied by the district more than ten lakhs (one million) rupees, while it is certain that collection must have fallen far short of the nominal demand.

In 1853 the district, together with the rest of Berar, came under the administration of the British East India Company. Berar was divided into East Berar and West Berar with Yavatmal district included in the former. In 1864 Yavatmal, along with some other talukas, was formed into the district initially called Southeast Berar and later renamed Wani. In 1903, Berar was leased by the Nizam of Hyderabad to the British Government of India.

Geography

Yavatmal District is situated in the south-western part of Wardha Penganga-Wainganga basin. The geographical location of the district falls in 19.26 and 20.42 north latitudes and 77.18 to 7.9.9 in the eastern line. Amravati and Wardha districts, from east to Chandrapur district, Telangana and Nanded district are from the north whereas Parbhani and Akola districts are surrounded by west.[3]

The district covers 13582km2 (4.41 percent of the state). The total length of the district is 120miles, and the maximum width from north to south is 100order=flipNaNorder=flip. The district occupies the southeastern part of Berar.

Yavatmal district is in the southern mountain ranges of Berar, situated on a wide plain surrounded by hilly terrain and mountain ranges running east to west. The central part is a plateau 300to above sea level. On its northern border is the Panighat, called the valley of Berar, which is 65to wide; only a 8to portion of the valley is within Yavatmal district.

The two main rivers are the Penganga and Wardha. The Wardha originates in Madhya Pradesh. The Penganga river is the main tributary of the Wardha, and marks the southern boundary of the district before joining the Wardha. The Wardha's other tributaries include the Bembala and Nirguda, which flow only during the monsoon season. Other rivers include the Bembala and Nirguda rivers on the Yavatmal Plateau.

Climate

The climate is dry and hot in summer with a moderately cold winter. The year is divided into four seasons: summer (March to May), southwest monsoon season (June to September), northern monsoon season (October to November), and winter (December to February).

The district receives an average annual rainfall of 911.340NaN0. This generally increases from west to east, with 8890NaN0 in the western region of the district and 11250NaN0 in the east. Almost all of the rain falls during the southwest monsoon season. In recent years heavy rainfall has destroyed crops or left the land unsuitable for planting.[4]

The average daily temperature in May reaches . The average daily minimum temperature is in December. The district temperature may fall below due to the humidity of cool northern air.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Yavatmal district had a population of 2,772,348,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica[6] or the US state of Utah.[7] Its population ranking was 141st in India (out of a total of 640), and 21st in the state (out of 35).[5] The district had a population density of 204PD/sqkm.[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.9%.[5] Yavatmal had a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 80.7%. 21.58% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.85% and 18.54% of the population respectively.[5]

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 67.57% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 13.29% Lambadi, 5.41% Urdu, 4.99% Hindi, 2.77% Kolami, 2.41% Gondi and 1.69% Telugu as their first language.[8]

Marathi is the major language. Other languages spoken are Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Banjari, Gondi, Kolami and Andh, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 100,000 people.[9] People here speak with the Varhadi dialect.

Divisions

Yavatmal district forms the southeast corner of Amravati Division, which corresponds to the former British Raj province of Berar. Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of this district.

Yavatmal district comprises sixteen tehsils:

There are seven Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district:

Transport

Yavatmal City and District has good connectivity of Transport to all major city in India and Maharastra i.e. Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nanded, Aurangabad, Amravati, Adilabad, Hyderabad.

National Highway 361 passes through Yavatmal City and district.

Proposed National Highway from Khandwa(MP) to Karanji is passing via Paratwada, Amravati, Yavatmal. Yavatmal to Amravati route needs to be built newly via Pimpalgaon, Sawar, Dabha(pahur), Rajura, Bankhead as the existing are unnecessarily too long to travel.

Jawaharlal Darda Yavatmal Airport, Bhari, Yavatmal.

Yavatmal-Murtijapur Railway Line (Work in Progress)

Wardha-Yavatmal-Nanded Railway Line (Work in Progress)

India's first Broad Gauge Metro will run from Nagpur to Yavatmal

In future Maharashtra's Nagpur or Chandrapur to Pune expressway if propose can be pass via Yavatmal, washim, Lonar, Paithan, Ahmednagar.

Economy

As Yavatmal is Cotton City Jowar and cotton are the main produce of the district, cotton and teakwood the chief exports. Other items exported include lime, wooden furniture and oranges. soybean crop is an important crop as major soybean plants have come up in the area.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Yavatmal 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).[10]

Mining

The geology of the district is transitional with Deccan trap rocks (lava bed) predominating, displaying characteristic step-like hills and ridges. These have been eroded through in places, exposing older Puranic and Aryan sediments.

Forestry

Forsts are located at Bitargaon, Tipeshwar, Tiwsala and Umbarda. Trees include teak, tendu, hirda, apta and moha, as well as bamboo. Wild-bear, deer, nilgai, sambar, hyena and peacock are among the animals found in the forests. There are wildlife sanctuaries at Tipeshwar and Painganga.Tipeshwar is in way to become Tiger Reserve in India.

Tourism

Arni and Digras tehsils are pilgrimage locations, important for the journeys of Baba Kambalposh R.A. Shrine and Shri Ghantibaba Temple. They also have the Shri Chintamani temple of Kalamb, Ghatanji Maroti Maharaj Yatra and the Shree Datta Jayanti festival at Jambhora Mahur.

Ner tehsil have temple called Shri Fakirji Maharaj Sansthan, Dhanaj Manikwada which is Grade 'B' pilgrimage by Gramvikas Department of Maharashtra State Government.[11] [12]

Shree Chintamani Ganesh Temple is at Kalamb on the bank of the Chakravati.[13]

The district has various entrenched cultures and tribal communities, including the Gond Raja, Gond Pardhan, Kolam, Aandh and Banjara. Various religious fairs take place in the district including:

There are also forest locations for tourists and hot springs at Kapeshwar on the banks of Penganga.

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yavatmal District Information. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130125201636/http://yavatmal.nic.in/mDist_glance.htm . 25 January 2013 .
  2. Web site: Census GIS India . 2012-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm . 11 January 2010 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Yavatmal District Geographical Information. mr.
  4. Web site: Yavatmal District Information. en.
  5. Web site: District Census Hand Book – Yavatmal . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  6. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . 2011-10-01 . Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead .
  7. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. 2011-09-30. Utah 2,763,885 .
  8. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra . censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. Encyclopedia: M. Paul Lewis . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . Andh: A language of India . 2011-09-28 . 16th . 2009 . SIL International . Dallas, Texas.
  10. Web site: Ministry of Panchayati Raj. 8 September 2009. A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme. National Institute of Rural Development. 27 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. 5 April 2012. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Shri Fakirji Maharaj Sansthan, Dhanaj Manikwada . 25 July 2022 . 25 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025165921/https://fakirjimaharaj.com/ . dead .
  12. Web site: फकिरजी महाराज संस्थानचा गौरव सोहळा. 19 September 2018. Lokmat. mr.
  13. Web site: Yavatmal District Information. mr.