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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Hingoli}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hingoli district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Maharashtra|District of Maharashtra]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Aundha nagnath temple, hingoli, maharastra, India.jpg
| image_caption = [[Aundha Nagnath Temple]]
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| map_caption = Location in Maharashtra
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Hingoli
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aurangabad Division|Aurangabad]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Hingoli]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = [[Hingoli]], [[Kalamnuri]], [[Sengaon]], [[Aundha Nagnath]], [[Basmath]]
| area_total_km2 = 4,526
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1177345<ref name="districtcensus"/>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 15.60
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 =
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 =
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| governing_body = '''Hingoli Zilla Parishad'''
| leader_title = Guardian Minister
| leader_name = '''[[Abdul Sattar (Maharashtra politician)|Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]''' {{small|([[Government of Maharashtra|Cabinet Minister Mha]])}}
| leader_title1 = President Zilla Parishad
| leader_name1 = *President '''Mr. Ganaji Belle'''
*Vice President '''Mr. Manish Akhre'''
| leader_title2 = District Collector
| leader_name2 = *'''Shri. Jitendra Papalkar (IAS)'''
| leader_title3 = CEO Zilla Parishad
| leader_name3 = *'''Mrs. Anjali Ramesh (IAS)'''
| leader_title4 = [[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha|MPs]]
| leader_name4 = *'''[[Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar|Nagesh Patil]]''' {{small|([[Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency|Hingoli]])}}
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
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| website = {{URL|https://hingoli.nic.in/}}
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'''Hingoli district''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ɦiŋɡoliː]]]) is an administrative [[Districts of Maharashtra|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|lc=y}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title=Census GIS India |access-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=11 January 2010 }}</ref> Hingoli was actually known as the [[Nizam]]s 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}} it is the third least populous district of Maharashtra (out of [[Districts of Maharashtra|36]]), after [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg]] and [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Hingoli |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/794/download/2826/DH_2011_2716_PART_A_DCHB_HINGOLI.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Officer==

===Members of Parliament===

*'''[[Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar|Nagesh Patil]]''' ([[Shiv Sena (UBT)|SHS(UBT)]]) {{small|([[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli]])}}

===Guardian Minister===
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Guardian Minister Hingoli
| native_name = '''पालकमंत्री हिंगोली '''
| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| image =
| incumbent = [[Abdul Sattar (Maharashtra politician)|Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]
| incumbentsince = 27 September 2022
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| imagesize =
| termlength = 5 years / No time limit
| appointer = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| residence =
| formation =
| succession =
| website = {{url|https://hingoli.gov.in/en/}}
}}

====list of Guardian Minister ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Term of office
|-
| '''[[Dilip Kamble]]'''
| 31 October 2014 - 8 November 2019
|-
| '''[[Varsha Gaikwad]]'''
|9 January 2020 - 29 June 2022
|-
|'''[[Abdul Sattar (Maharashtra politician)|Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]'''
| 27 September 2022 - Incumbent
|}

===District Magistrate/Collector===

{{Infobox Political post
| post = District Magistrate / Collector Hingoli
| native_name = '''जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हदंडाधिकरी हिंगोली '''
| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| image =
| incumbent = Shri. Jitendra Papalkar (IAS)
| incumbentsince = 2018
|
| imagesize =
| termlength = No time limit
| appointer = [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| residence = At Hingoli district
| formation =
| succession =
| website =
{{url|https://hingoli.gov.in/en/}}
}}

====list of District Magistrate / Collector ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Term of office
|-
| '''Shri. Abhinav Goel (IAS)'''
|2018 - Incumbent
|}

==History==

[[File:Aundha Nagnath Shiva Temple Jyotirlinga Maharashtra India.jpg|thumb|[[Aundha Nagnath Temple]]|left]]

In 1853, after the administration of the province was assigned to the British East India Company by the Nizam following a treaty, it was divided into two districts, South Berar with its headquarters at Hingoli, and North Berar with its headquarters at Buldana. Both were placed under a deputy commissioner. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Hingoli and its adjoining areas were restored to the Nizam and the province was reconstituted into two districts, East Berar with its headquarters at Amraoti, and West Berar with its headquarters at Akola.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}

The territory of the present district became part of [[Bombay state]] in 1956 and [[Maharashtra]] state in 1960 as part of [[Parbhani district]]. This district was carved out from Parbhani district on 1 May 1999 with five own tehsils: Hingoli, Kalamanuri, Sengaon, Aundha Naganath, and Basamat.

==Geography==
Hingoli is situated at the northern part of Marathwada in Maharashtra. Borders of Hingoli are surrounded by districts [[Washim district|Washim]] and [[Yavatmal district|Yavatmal]] in northern side, [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]] in western side, and [[Nanded district|Nanded]] at south-eastern side. There are two medium-sized dams present on both East and West sides of the district namely [[Isapur]] dam and [[Yeldari]] dam, Isapur dam provides water to irrigation purpose whereas Yeldari dam caters to irrigation as well as production of [[hydroelectricity]]. One minor dam named [[Siddheshwar]] also used for irrigation purpose in district.

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,26,384|13=1911|14=2,72,785|15=1921|16=2,67,991|17=1931|18=2,98,807|19=1941|20=3,19,200|21=1951|22=3,52,856|23=1961|24=4,30,986|25=1971|26=5,33,595|27=1981|28=6,55,199|29=1991|30=8,23,931|31=2001|32=9,87,160|33=2011|34=11,77,345|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Hingoli district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion - Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|73.32}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|yellow|15.01}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|10.83}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|pink|0.45}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.39}}
}}

As of the [[2011 Census of India]], Hingoli district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,177,345,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Timor-Leste]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Timor-Leste 1,177,345 July 2011 est. | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> or the US state of [[Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=1 January 2011
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 401st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 244 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.43%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Hingoli has a [[sex ratio]] of 942 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 78.17%. 15.18% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.51% and 9.51% of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus"/>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in Hingoli district (2011)<ref name="langs"/>
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 83.53 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 6.86 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 4.81 |color3 = orange
|label4 = [[Lambadi]] |value4 = 3.25 |color4 = khaki
|label5 = Others |value5 = 1.55 |color5 = grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 83.53% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 6.86% [[Urdu]], 4.81% [[Hindi]] and 3.25% [[Lambadi]] as their first language.<ref name="langs">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Governance==
This district is divided into two sub-divisions, which are further divided into five talukas. Hingoli sub-division is divided into three talukas: [[Hingoli]], [[Kalamnuri]] and [[Sengaon]]. Basmath sub-division is divided into two talukas: [[Aundha]] and [[Basmath]].

There are three [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: Basmath, Kalamnuri and Hingoli. All three are part of [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |title=Districtwise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website |access-date=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055304/http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |archive-date=18 March 2010 }}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Hingoli one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the twelve districts in Maharashtra currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Places of interest==
{{Main|Tourism in Marathwada}}

===Hindu temples and shrines===
Some of the notable [[Hindu]] temples are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hingoli.nic.in/Ntouristplace.html |title=Hingoli District official page |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=18 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418122948/http://www.hingoli.nic.in/Ntouristplace.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/docs/default-source/district-draft-toursim-plans/hingoli-district.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821060144/https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/docs/default-source/district-draft-toursim-plans/hingoli-district.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Mallinath Digambar Jain Temple, Shirad Shahpur
*[[Aundha Nagnath]] is one of the twelve [[jyotirlinga]]s from Hindu mythology. It is situated in the town of same name, Aundha, in Hingoli district. It is only jyotirling in India is in sanctum or garbhagruha.{{Clarify|date=May 2024}}
*Tulja Devi Sansthan, Ghota
*[[Sant Namdev Sansthan Narsi]], Narsi
*Tulja Bhavani Devi Temple, or Tulaja Devi Sansthan, Kalamnuri
*Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple (built in the lake), Hingoli {{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
*Shri Datta Mandir, Mangalwara, Hingoli
*Shree Sidhnath Temple Gangalwadi, Hingoli
*{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Villages==


*[[Jaipur, Hingoli|Jaipur]]

==See also==

*[[Make in Maharashtra]]
*[[Tourism in Marathwada]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://hingoli.nic.in Hingoli district website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hingoli district
|North = [[Washim district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Yavatmal district]]
|Southeast = [[Nanded district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Parbhani district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Buldana district]]
}}
{{Maharashtra}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Godavari basin}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Minority concentrated districts in India]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:Aurangabad division]]

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