Ahmedpur,_Latur
Ahmedpur, Latur
Town in Maharashtra, India
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 | |
Location in Maharashtra, India[1] | |
| Coordinates: 18.700008°N 76.933292°E / 18.700008; 76.933292 | |
| 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 |
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]
| Religions in Ahmedpur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Hindus | 59.57% | |||
| Muslims | 33.90% | |||
| Buddhists | 5.85% | |||
| Christians | 0.18% | |||
| Jains | 0.12% | |||
| Atheist | 0.29% | |||
| Others | 0.00% | |||
| Distribution of religions Includes Sikhs (0.8%). | ||||
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.
Ahmedpur is a famous education center in Maharashtra, especially Marathwada region.
Mahatma Gandhi College & Yeshwant Vidyalaya are the two foremost popular education centers in Ahmedpur.
However, quality of education here & Ahmedpur's popularity as good education center has decreased a lot.
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]
- Shirur Tajband, major village in Ahmedpur taluka
- "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- "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.