Nainital district | |
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     Clockwise from top-left:Nainital Lake, Ayarpatta cliffs, Naina Devi Temple,Jim Corbett National Park, view fromMukteshwar | |
.svg) Location in Uttarakhand | |
| Coordinates:29°20′N79°30′E / 29.333°N 79.500°E /29.333; 79.500 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division | Kumaon |
| Headquarters | Nainital |
| Government | |
| • District collector | VandanaIAS[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,860 km2 (1,490 sq mi) |
| Population (2021 according to UIDAI) | |
• Total | 1,260,078 |
| • Rank | 4(Out of 13 districts in Uttarakhand) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Native | Kumaoni |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | nainital |
Nainital district is a district in Kumaon division which is a part ofUttarakhand state inIndia. The headquarters is atNainital.
Nainital District is located inKumaon Division, and is located in the lower Himalayas.Haldwani is the largest city in the district.
The district bordersAlmora andChampawat districts to the north,Udham Singh Nagar district to the south, andBijnor district ofUttar Pradesh andPauri Garhwal district to the west.
Nainital district is located in the Kumaon Himalaya. The district has part of theBhabar tract in its south, which is bordered to the north by theSivalik hills. To the north of this is the Lesser Himalayas, with a maximum altitude of 2600m. The main river in the district is theKosi, which forms part of the border between Almora and Nainital districts before entering Nainital district proper. It then flows through Nainital district to theRamganga.
The southern Terai part of the district was ruled by thePanchalas during the Vedic era. Starting the first century CE, the district was part of theKushan empire for at least 150 years. In the fourth century,Samudragupta conquered the region and theGuptas held it for the next two centuries.
After the downfall of the Kingdom of Brahmapura, theKatyuris fromJoshimath established their rule over most of Kumaon including the Bhabhar parts. Starting in the middle of the 10th century, however, their power began to decline and they were eclipsed by theChand kings ofChampawat.The Chand kings generally had friendly relations with the empires to their south, but were never under their direct political control. The Chand rulers fought many wars with theGarhwal kingdom to their west. In 1790, theGorkhas overran Kumaon including Nainital district and held it for 24 years, until the British took it in 1814 during theAnglo-Nepalese War. The region came under direct British rule and was organised into Nainital district in 1891 as part of theUnited Provinces.
In 1916,Govind Ballabh Pant andHar Govind Pant established the Kumaon Parishad to fight for the grassroots of Kumaoni people. After Independence, Nanital district became part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. In 2000, Nainital district was one of the districts separated to form the new state of Uttarakhand.
According to the2011 census, Nainital district has a population of 954,605. The district has a population density of 225 inhabitants per square kilometre (580/sq mi), and apopulation growth rate over the preceding decade at 25.1%. It has asex ratio of 934females for every 1000 males, and aliteracy rate of 83.9%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.02% and 0.79% of the population respectively.[3]: 12–13
| Religions in Nainital district (2011)[4] | ||||
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| Religion | Percent | |||
| Hinduism | 84.82% | |||
| Islam | 12.65% | |||
| Sikhism | 1.82% | |||
| Christianity | 0.53% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.18% | |||
| Distribution of religions | ||||
As of 2011[update] Indian census, Nainital district had 809,717 (84.82%) Hindus, 120,742 (12.65%) Muslims, and 17,419 (1.82%) Sikhs.[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 182,284 | — |
| 1911 | 182,016 | −0.01% |
| 1921 | 155,790 | −1.54% |
| 1931 | 156,034 | +0.02% |
| 1941 | 164,244 | +0.51% |
| 1951 | 188,736 | +1.40% |
| 1961 | 259,685 | +3.24% |
| 1971 | 319,697 | +2.10% |
| 1981 | 441,436 | +3.28% |
| 1991 | 574,832 | +2.68% |
| 2001 | 762,909 | +2.87% |
| 2011 | 954,605 | +2.27% |
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| Nainital district: mother-tongue of population, according to the2011 Indian Census.[7] | |||
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| Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People | Percentage |
| 002007 | Bengali | 4,174 | 0.4% |
| 006102 | Bhojpuri | 6,688 | 0.7% |
| 006195 | Garhwali | 15,348 | 1.6% |
| 006240 | Hindi | 369,373 | 38.7% |
| 006340 | Kumauni | 462,493 | 48.4% |
| 006439 | Pahari | 683 | 0.1% |
| 014011 | Nepali | 5,984 | 0.6% |
| 016038 | Punjabi | 19,644 | 2.1% |
| 022015 | Urdu | 63,170 | 6.6% |
| 053005 | Gujari | 1,416 | 0.1% |
| – | Others | 5,632 | 0.6% |
| Total | 954,605 | 100.0% | |
At the time of the2011 Census of India, the major first languages of the population wereKumaoni (48%),Hindi (39%),Urdu (6.6%),Punjabi (2.1%),Garhwali (1.6%),Bhojpuri (0.70%), andNepali (0.63%).[8] There are also speakers ofBuksa, found in a number of villages inRamnagar development block.[9]
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