Hingoli district

Hingoli district
Hingoli district
District
	Aundha Nagnath Temple
	Location in Maharashtra
	Hingoli district
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Aurangabad
Headquarters	Hingoli
Tehsils	Hingoli, Kalamnuri, Sengaon, Aundha Nagnath, Basmath
Government
• Body	Hingoli Zilla Parishad
• Guardian Minister	Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi ; (Cabinet Minister Mha)
• President Zilla Parishad	President; Mr. Ganaji Belle; Vice President; Mr. Manish Akhre;
• District Collector	Shri. Jitendra Papalkar (IAS);
• CEO Zilla Parishad	Mr. Sanjay Daine (IAS);
• MPs	Nagesh Patil; (Hingoli);
Area
• Total	4,526 km2 (1,747 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,177,345
• Urban	15.60
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	hingoli.nic.in

Hingoli district (Marathi pronunciation: [ɦiŋɡoliː]) is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district is headquartered at Hingoli. The district occupies an area of 4,526 km² and has a population of 11,77,345 of which 15.60% were urban (as of 2011^[update]).^[2] Hingoli was actually known as the Nizams military base as it was bordered with Vidharbha. In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli. Being a military base the city was one of the important and famous places of the Hyderabad state. One of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines, the Aundha Nagnath is located in Hingoli district about 25 km south-west from district headquarter.

As of 2011^[update] it is the third least populous district of Maharashtra (out of 36), after Sindhudurg and Gadchiroli.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "District Census Hand Book – Hingoli" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "Census GIS India". Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2009.

[districtcensus-1] "District Census Hand Book – Hingoli" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[2] "Census GIS India". Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2009.

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