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District - Nizamabad
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Headquarters: Nizamabad

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	7956	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	2342.80	"
Male	In Thousands	1161.90	"
Female	In Thousands	1180.89	"
Urban	In Thousands	422.53	"
Rural	In Thousands	1920.27	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+14.98	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	294	"
Literacy	%	53.26	"
Male	%	66.27	"
Female	%	40.57	"
Urbanisation	%	20.27	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	49.65	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	66.42	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.2	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	4.96	"
Household industries	%	13.61	"
Construction	%	1.09	"
Services	%	13.72	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	20.97	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	63.06	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	178	"
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	57.76	1996-97
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	23.45	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.85	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	2137.09	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	1084.4	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	484.62	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	3144	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	83.45	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	179.95	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	32.8	184	1997-98
Jowar	9.24	18	"
Cotton *	5.41	18	"
Turmeric	2.87	62	"
Maize	16.58	145	"
Arhar	0.64	N	"
Chillies	0.64	4	"
Sugar cane	5.1	1208	"
Sesam	0.32	N	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information