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Vidarbha has a total population of 23,003,179 according to the 2011 India census. [21] The region occupies 31.6% of the total area and is home to 21.3% of the total population of Maharashtra. [ 22 ] According to the 2011 census, Hinduism was the principal religion in the state at 76.91% of the total population, while Buddhists constituted 13.08 ...
Vidarbha and Marathwada: Trapped in a vicious cycle -Hindustan Times; Cane cultivation leaving Marathwada bone dry: Study -The Times of India; Photo-essay on the 2016 drought in Marathwada; Have India's farm suicides really declined? -BBC article; In worst drought year, Marathwada emerges new suicide region -Indian Express
Vidarbha is an easternmost region of Indian state of Maharashtra comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra. Nagpur is the largest city of Vidarbha as well as in central India followed by Amravati. A total of 4 cities of Vidarbha region have municipal ...
Marathwada (Aurangabad division) Vidarbha ... Population data are extracted from the 2011 Census of India. No Name Code Formed Headquarters Administrative division
Amravati Division, also known as Varhad, is an Indian one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. Amravati and Nagpur divisions constitute the ancient Vidarbha region. Amravati Division is bound by Madhya Pradesh state to the north, Nagpur Division to the east, Telangana state to the southeast, Marathwada region ...
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
The rainfall patterns in the state vary by the topography of different regions. The state can be divided into four meteorological regions, namely coastal Konkan, Western Maharashtra, Marathwada, and Vidarbha. [104] The southwest monsoon usually arrives in the last week of June and lasts till mid-September. Pre-monsoon showers begin towards the ...
The educated middle class in West Vidarbha (Amravati administrative division) says that the concept of a separate Vidarbha is in fact a ploy of Hindi speakers from North-Central India and traders from Gujarati, Marwadi and Jain community. While former want greater access to political power the latter wants to cultivate economic interests.