Ahmedpur is a town in Latur district of Maharashtra state of India.[5] Ahmedpur is 66 kms away from district headquarter Latur. Ahmedpur is the third largest city in Latur district .
Ahmedpur
अहमदपूर | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur | |
  Ahmedpur Location in Maharashtra, India[1] | |
| Coordinates: 18°42′00″N 76°56′00″E / 18.700008°N 76.933292°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Latur |
| Founded by | Ahmed |
| Named for | Ahmed |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | AMC |
| • nagar adhyaksh | Bharat Chame |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 44,000[2] |
| Demonyms | Ahmedpurkar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 413515[3] |
| Telephone code | 02381[4] |
| Vehicle registration | MH-24 |
Demography edit
Ahmedpur's population of 23,936 of which 12,796 are males while 11,140 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.[2]
Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against Maharashtra state average of 929. Literacy rate of Ahmedpur city is 82.67% higher than state average of 82.34%. In Ahmedpur, Male literacy is around 88.33% while female literacy rate is 76.61%.[2]
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.84% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.27% of total population in Ahmedpur.[2]
Transport edit
Ahmedpur lies on NH 361 Nagpur Tuljapur road. Recently,a bypass road was constructed in Ahmedpur on NH 361.
Also,NH 548D originates at Ahmedpur & terminates at Talegaon Dabhade near Pune.
Nearest railway station to Ahmedpur is Latur Road junction railway station which is 31 kms away & Hazur Sahib Nanded railway station which has better connectivity to almost every state in India which is 68 kms from Ahmedpur.
Education edit
Balaghat Engineering College is located in Rudha, Ahmedpur
Mahatma Gandhi College & Yeshwant Vidyalaya are also located in Ahmedpur.
Government and politics edit
Ahmedpur comes under Latur (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is Sudhakar Shringare of Bhartiya Janata Party.[6]
Ahmedpur comes under Ahmedpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil .[7]
See also edit
- Shirur Tajband, major village in Ahmedpur taluka
References edit
- ^ "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Ahmedpur Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Ahmedpur Pin Code". Pin Code. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Ahmedpur STD code". Trace Phone Number. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Latur district". Latur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Latur Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Ahmedpur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.