. This generally increases from west to east, with in the western region of the district and in the east. Almost all of the rain falls during the southwest monsoon season. In recent years heavy rainfall has destroyed crops or left the land unsuitable for planting. The average daily temperature in May reaches . The average daily minimum temperature is in December. The district temperature may fall below due to the humidity of cool northern air. Demographics According to the 2011 census Yavatmal district had a population of 2,772,348, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Utah. Its population ranking was 141st in India (out of a total of 640), and 21st in the state (out of 35). The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.9%. Yavatmal had a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.7%. 21.58% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.85% and 18.54% of the population respectively. Religion Languages At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 67.57% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 13.29% Lambadi, 5.41% Urdu, 4.99% Hindi, 2.77% Kolami, 2.41% Gondi and 1.69% Telugu as their first language. Marathi is the major language. Other languages spoken are Urdu, Hindi, Telugu, Banjari, Gondi, Kolami and Andh, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 100,000 people. People here speak with the Varhadi dialect. Divisions Yavatmal district forms the southeast corner of Amravati Division, which corresponds to the former British Raj province of Berar. Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Yavatmal district comprises sixteen tehsils: Arni Babhulgaon Darwha Digras Ghatanji Kalamb Mahagaon Maregaon Ner, Yavatmal Pandharkawada (Kelapur) Pusad Ralegaon Umarkhed Wani Yavatmal Zari Jamani There are seven Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Digras Arni (ST) Pusad Ralegaon (ST) Umarkhed (SC) Wani Yavatmal Transport Yavatmal City and District has good connectivity of Transport to all major city in India and Maharastra i.e. Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nanded, Aurangabad, Amravati, Adilabad, Hyderabad. National Highway 7 (NH7) passes through the district. National Highway 361 passes through Yavatmal City and district. Proposed National Highway from Khandwa(MP) to Karanji is passing via Paratwada, Amravati, Yavatmal. Yavatmal to Amravati route needs to be buid newly via Pimpalgaon, Sawar, Dabha(pahur), Rajura, Bankhead as the existing are unnecessarily