Beed district

District Magistrate / Collector Beed
District Magistrate / Collector Beed
जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हादंडाधिकारी बीड
	Emblem of India
	Incumbent; Shri. Radhabinod A. Sharma (IAS)'; since 2020
Residence	At Beed district
Appointer	Government of Maharashtra
Term length	No time limit
Website	beed.gov.in/en/

Guardian Minister Beed
Guardian Minister Beed
पालकमंत्री बीड
	Emblem of India
	Incumbent; Atul Save; since 27 September 2022
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Term length	5 years / No time limit
Website	beed.gov.in/en/

Beed district
Beed district
District
	Top: Kankal Eshwar temple in Beed; Bottom: Hatikhana in Ambajogai
	Location in Maharashtra
	Beed district
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Aurangabad
Headquarters	Beed
Tehsils	1. Beed,; 2. Ashti,; 3. Patoda,; 4. Shirur Kasar,; 5. Georai,; 6. Ambajogai,; 7. Wadwani,; 8. Kaij,; 9. Dharur,; 10. Parali,; 11. Majalgaon
Government
• Body	Beed Zilla Parishad
• Guardian Minister	Dhananjay Munde; (Cabinet Minister Mha)
• President Zilla Parishad	President; Mrs.; Vice President; Mr. ;
• District Collector	Shri. Avinash Pathak (IAS);
• CEO Zilla Parishad	Shri. ;
• MPs	Bajrang Manohar Sonwane; (Beed);
Area
• Total	10,693 km2 (4,129 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,585,049
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
• Urban	17.91%
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH 23, MH44
Official Language	Marathi
Per capita income(Beed district)	INR 1,21,515(2020-21)
Nominal gross domestic product(Beed district)	INR 37,672crores (2020-21)
Website	beed.nic.in

Beed district (Marathi pronunciation: [biːɖ]) is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a population of 2,161,250 of which 17.91% were urban (as of 2001).^[3]

History

History of Maharashtra

Beed district has a long history of many rulers and kingdoms. In the ancient era, this city was called as Bhir. The city still proudly shows some old monuments showing the signs of past glory in the form of many city entry doors (called Ves or Darwaza in local language) and city protection walls. Until the 1st May 1960, this part of Marathwada was under Hyderabad State, but was later included into the Indian Republic after a fierce struggle between Indian Government and Nizam soldiers (Razakars). as The name of Bhir is given by Mohammad Tughlaq.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	481,140	—
1911	606,104	+2.34%
1921	453,844	−2.85%
1931	616,675	+3.11%
1941	691,946	+1.16%
1951	784,920	+1.27%
1961	949,673	+1.92%
1971	1,223,694	+2.57%
1981	1,412,990	+1.45%
1991	1,822,072	+2.58%
2001	2,161,250	+1.72%
2011	2,585,049	+1.81%
source:^[4]

Religions in Beed district (2011)^[5]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			84.12%
Islam			12.39%
Buddhism			2.65%
Other or not stated			0.84%

According to the 2011 census Beed district has a population of 2,585,049,^[6] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait^[7] or the US state of Nevada.^[8] This gives it a ranking of 160th in India (out of a total of 640).^[6] The district has a population density of 242 inhabitants per square kilometre (630/sq mi) .^[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.65%.^[6] Beed has a sex ratio of 912 females for every 1000 males. 19.90% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.59% and 1.27% of the population respectively.^[6]

Languages in Beed district (2011)^[9]

Marathi (83.38%)

Urdu (8.62%)

Hindi (3.93%)

Lambadi (2.53%)

Others (1.54%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 83.38% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.62% Urdu, 3.93% Hindi and 2.37% Lambadi as their first language.^[9]

Economy

Agriculture is the main business in Beed, and it is largely dependent on monsoon rain. Beed also is a district which provides a large number sugarcane cutters. A large area of Beed is Rocky and hilly especially the Georai, Ashti, Ambajogai, Kaij and Patoda Taluka, these are the places where custard apple is cultivated.