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District - Nalgonda
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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	14240	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	3238.44	"
Male	In Thousands	1646.55	"
Female	In Thousands	1591.89	"
Urban	In Thousands	429.45	"
Rural	In Thousands	2808.99	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+13.55	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	227	"
Literacy	%	57.84	"
Male	%	70.19	"
Female	%	45.07	"
Urbanisation	%	11.87	Census 1991
Relative Index of Development	%	38	"
Workers as % of total population	%	76.55	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	0.34	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	4.13	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	5.3	"
Household industries	%	1.51	"
Construction	%	12.16	"
Services	%	6.05	1997-98
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	44.62	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita	Rs.	195	"
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	61.58	1996-97
Road length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	1.25	"
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	25.67	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	6.28	1994-95
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	1117.43	"
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	807.06	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	328.39	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	1626	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	65.22	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	174.4	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	36.81	520	1997-98
Jowar	5.56	11	"
Cotton *	8.85	65	"
Maize	0.35	7	"
Arhar	4.51	3	"
Chillies	0.87	10	"
Sugar cane	N	19	"
Sesame	1.04	N	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Major Mineral Production

Mineral	Quantity (Tonnes)	Value (millions)	Source
Limestone	6271000	396.4	1996-97

Tourist Attractions

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