Nilanga

Nilanga
Nilanga ; Nirlingpur
	Town
	Nilanga Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 18°06′58″N 76°45′09″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Taluka	Nilanga
Elevation	583 m (1,913 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	36,112[1]
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PINCODE	413521
Vehicle registration	MH-24
Lok Sabha constituency	Latur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nilanga[2]

Nilanga is a town with a municipal council in Latur District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is also the headquarters for Nilanga Taluka. The city being small is the Taluka Headquarter.

History of Nilanga Nilanga is geographically located on borders with Andra Pradesh ,it was under the Nizam regime until the Nizam territory merged with India. Nizam of Hyderabad had appointed vatandars under the landlord system and had appointed vatandars one of essentially managing all administrative work and tax collection. The Vatandars or essentially landlords were extremely rich people who had authority to manage the areas and ensure well being. Until Nizam merged this territory in India.

Agriculture Nilanga is a agricultural town as a fact most of people in this town are in agriculture also it is one of the most drought affected districts in Maharashtra and also is one of highest no of farmer suicides in Maharashtra.

Political importance This town is famous as it is hometown of former chief minister of Maharashtra.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[3] Nilanga had a population of 36,112.[1] Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Literacy rate of Nilanga city is 80% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Nilanga, Male literacy is around 85.84% while female literacy rate is 73.71%. In 2011 in Nilanga, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age. The majority of the people of this town are engaged either in agriculture or traditional retail business. Muslim, Maratha and Lingayat, Yellam communities have dominated this town by their influence in business and politics. Being a part of Maharashtra's dry zone, Nilanga faces frequent Water Crisis. It ranks 11th Taluka in Maharashtra for Farmer Suicides.

Marathi is widely spoken in the region. Kannada and Hindi are also spoken by some in the town.

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.42% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.98% of total population in Nilanga.[1]

Religions in Nilanga
Religion			Percent
Hindus			70%
Buddhists			10%
Muslims			16%
Christians			0.2%
Jains			3.4%
Others†			0.4%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), OBC, VJNT (<0.2%).

References

"Nilanag city population". census2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
"Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[census2011-1] "Nilanag city population". census2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[2] "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.

[3] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.