Nandurbar district

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

Nandurbar district (Marathi pronunciation: [nən̪d̪uɾbaːɾ]) is an administrative district in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India. On 1 July 1998 Dhule was bifurcated as two separate districts now known as Dhule and Nandurbar. Nandurbar is a tribal-dominated district, The district headquarters are located at Nandurbar city. The district occupies an area of 5,955 square kilometres (2,299 sq mi) and has a population of 1,648,295 of which 16.71% were urban (as of 2011).^[2]

Nandurbar district
District
Kathi Holi, Toranmal-Nandurbar, Yeshwant Lake
Location in Maharashtra
Nandurbar district
Coordinates: 21°23′N 74°22′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Nashik
Named after	Aadivasi (tribal)
Headquarters	Nandurbar
Talukas	Shahada Nandurbar Navapur Taloda Akkalkuwa Dhadgaon
Government
• Body	Nandurbar Zilla Parishad
• Guardian Minister	Anil Bhaidas Patil (Cabinet Minister)
• President Zilla Parishad	*President Mrs. Adv. Seema Padmakar Valavi *Vice President Mr. Adv. Ram Chandrakant Raghuvanshi
• District Collector	Dr. Mittali Sethi (IAS)
• CEO Zilla Parishad	Mr. Raghunath Gawde (IAS)
• MPs	*Adv. Gowal Padvi (Nandurbar)
Area
• Total	5,955 km2 (2,299 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,648,295
• Density	260/km2 (700/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Marathi
• Spoken	Aadivasi, Bhili, Gujar and various dialects of bhili and kokani tribal language s
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	91-2564
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH-NB
Vehicle registration	MH-39[1]
Sex ratio	975 ♂/♀
Literacy	64.38%%
Website	nandurbar.gov.in

Nandurbar district is bounded to the south and south-east by Dhule district, to the west and north is the state of Gujarat, to the north and north-east is the state of Madhya Pradesh. The northern boundary of the district is defined by the Narmada River.

Politicians

Members of Parliament

• *Gowaal Kagada Padavi (INC^[3])
• (Nandurbar)

Guardian ministers

Guardian Minister of Nandurbar
पालकमंत्री नंदुरबार
Emblem of India
Incumbent Anil Bhaidas Patil Cabinet Minister since 4 October 2023
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Term length	5 years – No time limit
Website	nandurbar.gov.in/en/

list of Guardian Minister

Name	Term of office
Girish Bapat Cabinet Minister	31 October 2014 - 23 May 2019
Ram Shinde Cabinet Minister Additional Charge	23 May 2019- 8 November 2019
Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi Cabinet Minister	9 January 2020 - 29 June 2022
Dr.Vijaykumar Gavit Cabinet Minister	24 September 2022 - 4 October 2023
Anil Bhaidas Patil Cabinet Minister	4 October 2023 - Incumbent

District Magistrate/Collector

District Magistrate – Collector Nandurbar
जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हदंडाधिकरी नंदुरबार
Emblem of India
Incumbent Dr. Mittali Sethi (IAS) since 2024
Residence	At Nandurbar district
Appointer	Government of Maharashtra
Term length	No time limit
Website	nandurbar.gov.in/en/

list of District Magistrate – Collector

Name	Term of office
Dr Mittali Sethi(IAS)	2024 - Incumbent

Divisions

The district comprises six talukas. These talukas are Nandurbar, Navapur, Shahada, Taloda, Akkalkuwa and Akrani Mahal (also called Dhadgaon).

There is one Lok Sabha constituency in the district which is Nandurbar (ST) reserved for Scheduled Tribes. There are four Maharashtra Assembly seats namely Akkalkuwa (ST), Shahada (ST), Nandurbar (ST), Nawapur (ST).

Sakri and Shirpur assembly seats from Dhule district are also part of Nandurbar Lok Sabha seat. Nandurbar is primarily a tribal (Adiwasi) district.

History

Nandurbar is a part of Satpuda Pradesh, meaning Seven Hills Region. The district was part of the district with Dhule and Jalgaon till July 1998. The ancient name of the region was Rasika, when Nandurbar was also called Nandanagri after the name of its king Nandaraja.^[4]

On 3 June 1818 the Maratha Peshwa surrendered Khandesh to the British rule.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	191,238	—
1911	238,612	+2.24%
1921	253,399	+0.60%
1931	304,918	+1.87%
1941	360,685	+1.69%
1951	452,166	+2.29%
1961	565,958	+2.27%
1971	692,467	+2.04%
1981	848,010	+2.05%
1991	1,062,545	+2.28%
2001	1,311,709	+2.13%
2011	1,648,295	+2.31%
source:[5]

Religions in Nandurbar district (2011)[6]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			92.31%
Islam			5.84%
Christianity			0.51%
Other or not stated			0.34%

According to the 2011 census Nandurbar district has a population of 1,648,295,^[2] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau^[7] or the US state of Idaho.^[8] This gives it a ranking of 304th in India (out of a total of 640).^[2] The district has a population density of 276 inhabitants per square kilometre (710/sq mi) .^[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 25.5%.^[2] Nandurbar has a sex ratio of 972 females for every 1000 males,^[2] and a literacy rate of 64.38%. 12.25% of the population live in ruban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2.91% and 69.28% of the population respectively The Bhils form the major group in the district.^[2]

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[9] Nandurbar District had a population of 1,309,135, being 50.62% male and 49.38% female. Nandurbar District has an average literacy rate of 46.63%: male literacy is 55.11%, and female literacy is 37.93%.

Languages

Languages in Nandurbar district (2011)^[10]

1. Bhili (45.45%)
2. Marathi (16.06%)
3. Khandeshi (10.46%)
4. Pawri (7.34%)
5. Mawchi (4.4%)
6. Urdu (3.79%)
7. Kukna (2.61%)
8. Hindi (2.55%)
9. Gujarati (1.9%)
10. Gujari (1.62%)
11. Others (3.82%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 45.45% of the population in the district spoke Bhili, 16.06% Marathi, 10.46% Khandeshi, 7.34% Pawri, 4.40% Mawchi, 3.79% Urdu, 2.61% Kukna, 2.55% Hindi, 1.91% Gujarati and 1.62% Gujari^[a] as their first language.^[10]

Aadivasi (tribal) Languages spoken include Ahirani, a Khandeshi tongue with approximately 780,000 speakers, similar to Marathi and Bhili.^[11] and Pauri Bareli, a Bhil and other tribal language with approximately 175 000 speakers, written in the Devanagari script.^[12]

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Nandurbar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 districts).^[13] It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[13]

Notable people

• Heena Gavit^[14] (Present Member of Parliament from Nandurbar Constituency)
• Vijaykumar Gavit (Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nandurbar Constituency)
• Adv. K. C. Padavi (Member of the Legislative Assembly from Akkalkuwa Constituency)
• Rajesh Padvi (Member of the Legislative Assembly from Shahada Constituency)
• Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik (Member of the Legislative Assembly from Navapur Constituency)
• Manikrao Hodlya Gavit (Former member of parliament from Nandurbar Constituency and former member of the Legislative Assembly from Navapur Constituency)

Climate

Nandurbar
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     7     25 11     1.2     27 13     1.4     32 18     1.8     37 22     9.2     38 25     109     33 25     374     28 23     135     27 22     123     30 21     40     31 19     16     28 15     3.5     25 12 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [15]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.3     77 52     0     81 55     0.1     90 64     0.1     99 72     0.4     100 77     4.3     91 77     15     82 73     5.3     81 72     4.8     86 70     1.6     88 66     0.6     82 59     0.1     77 54 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

The climate of Nandurbar District is generally Hot and Dry. As the rest of India Nandurbar District has three distinct seasons: summer, monsoon (rainy) and the winter season.

Summer is from March to mid of June. Summers are usually hot and dry. During the month of May the summer is at its peak. Temperatures can be as high as 45 °C (113 °F) during the peak of Summer. The Monsoon sets in during the mid or end of June. During this season the weather is usually humid and hot. The northern and western regions receive more rainfall than the rest of the region. The average rainfall is 767 mm (30.2 in) through the district.^[16] Winter is from the month of November to February. Winters are mildly cold but dry.

Seasons	Start	End
Summer	March	Mid June
Monsoon	mid June	October
Winter	November	February

Climate data for Nandurbar
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	25 (77)	27 (81)	36 (97)	42 (108)	43 (109)	35 (95)	28 (82)	27 (81)	30 (86)	31 (88)	28 (82)	25 (77)	31 (89)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11 (52)	13 (55)	18 (64)	22 (72)	25 (77)	25 (77)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	19 (66)	15 (59)	12 (54)	19 (66)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	7.00 (0.28)	1.18 (0.05)	1.42 (0.06)	1.79 (0.07)	9.15 (0.36)	108.62 (4.28)	373.63 (14.71)	134.91 (5.31)	122.75 (4.83)	40.40 (1.59)	16.39 (0.65)	3.49 (0.14)	820.73 (32.33)
Source: [15]

Notes

1. Gujari refers to the Leva Gujars, who speak a mixed language between Gujarati and Marathi.