Nilanga is a town with a

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Latur District Latur district (Marathi pronunciation: aːt̪uːɾ is a district in Maharashtra state of India. Latur city is the district headquarters and is the 16th largest city in the state of Maharashtra. The district is primarily agricultural. Urban p ...

in the

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Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. It is also the headquarters for Nilanga Taluka.

History of Nilanga

Nilanga is located on the border with Karnataka . It was under the

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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 an 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 number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra.

Political importance

This town is famous as it is Hometown For Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar.

Demographics

India

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, Nilanga had a population of 36,112. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Literacy rate of Nilanga 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

's dry zone, Nilanga faces frequent

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. It ranks 11th

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for Farmer Suicides.

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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.

References

Cities and towns in Latur district {{Latur-geo-stub