Gondiya district General information

Gondia district, 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).The district is part of Nagpur Division.

History

Gondia district was carved out by division of Bhandara district.  Gondia district is situated on North-Eastern side of Maharashtra state having state borders of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

Population

The total population of the District is 1200151. The made and female population is 598447 and 601704 respectively.  The SC and ST population in the district is 355484 and 309822.  The literacy rate of district is 67.67%.

Economy

This is underdeveloped district and most of land is covered with forest.  Paddy is main agriculture produce.  The other agriculture produce in the district are Jawar, Linseed, wheat, tur.  The main profession of people is farming.

There is no large scale industry in the entire district due to this district is economically backward.  There are many rice mills in the district as paddy is the main agriculture produce here.  Gondia city is popularly known as RICE CITY due to large number of rice mills.

Division

The district is divided inot two subdivisions namely Gondia and Deori.  Each subdivisiion has 4 talukas, 556 Grampanchayat 954 revenue villages exist in the district.   The district area is divided into six legislative assembly constituencies namely Gondia, Tiroda, Goregaon, Amgaon, Lakhandur and Sakoli.  Lakhandur and Sakoli constituencies has an area of Gondia and Bhadara district.

Basically district is divided into 8 talukas and 8 Panchayat Samiti.  Only two mucipalities are existing at Gondia and Tiroda.

River

Wainganga river is the largest and most important river. Rivers like Bagh, Chulbandh, Gadhavi and Bavanthadi are the tributaries of river Vainganga.

Culture

The tribals in the district have their own culture. They are used to perform the worships of their God "Persa Pen" and others. They do the dance "Rela" on auspicious occasions and when new crops come. Rela dance is popular dance among the tribals. The other dance is "Dhol" dance. Holi, Dashehara and Deewali are the main festivals of tribals. The tribal community is resides in the dense forest of District.

The other community peoples are having their own Festival such as Ganpati, Dashera, Diwali and Holi. In some area of the district, peoples are interested in playing a role in "Natak" or arranges the culture programes "Natak" after Diwali or on Festival days.

Climate

Gondia District experiences extreme variations in temperature with very hot Summers and very cold Winters and an average relative humidity of 62 percent