Nanded is a typical mid sized city in Maharashtra.Having a population of 430000 in 2001. However due in part to its location and history, it is more diverse than its peers. About 55% population is Hindu, 40% Muslim.Another 4% is Punjabi/Hindi speaking Sikhs.And rest 1% are from other parts of India. Also there is substantial amount of Telugu speakers.
Nanded is home to various communities migrated from all over India. Most of the businesses are run by Marwari (Rajasthani) community. In addition it has Gujrati (Hindu and Bohra-Muslim), Sindhi, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada and South Indian Christian minorities. As a result of this microcosm, Nandedites tend to speak a peculiar version of Dakhani Urdu influenced version of Hindi on street in addition to its main language Marathi.
- Weather
- Hot Weather in April and May. Heavy rains in August and September, whereas frost in December–January. It experiences all three extreme weathers.
- The city is surrounded by hills and river Godavari, Aasna and Purna from all directions.
- Climate Classification: Nanded features a semiarid climate under the Koppen climate classification.
- Temperature: Annual temperatures in Nanded range from 9 to 44 °C, with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter - October to February. The highest maximum temperature ever recorded was 48 °C in May 2009. The lowest recorded temperature was 2 °C (36 °F) on in the year 1911. In the cold season, the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about 2 °C to 4 °C (35.6 °F to 39.2 °F).[4]
- Rainfall: Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.
| Climate data for Nanded | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.9 (94.8) | 39.8 (103.6) | 42.9 (109.2) | 38.9 (102) | 35.3 (95.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.9 (84) | 25.5 (77.9) | 32.67 (90.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 22.2 (72) | 31 (88) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.0 (77) | 22.8 (73) | 21.1 (70) | 20.9 (69.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 20.61 (69.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 2.2 (0.087) | 2.9 (0.114) | 5.1 (0.201) | 6.3 (0.248) | 25.5 (1.004) | 131.4 (5.173) | 167.0 (6.575) | 165.0 (6.496) | 135.3 (5.327) | 52.6 (2.071) | 29.3 (1.154) | 8.4 (0.331) | 731 (28.78) |
| Source: IMD    | |||||||||||||
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