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Ahmedpur, Latur

Coordinates: 18°42′00″N 76°56′00″E / 18.700008°N 76.933292°E / 18.700008; 76.933292
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Ahmedpur
अहमदपूर
City
Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur
Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur
Ahmedpur is located in Maharashtra
Ahmedpur
Ahmedpur
Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates: 18°42′00″N 76°56′00″E / 18.700008°N 76.933292°E / 18.700008; 76.933292
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictLatur
Founded byAhmed
Named forAhmed
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • BodyAMC
 •  nagar adhyakshBharat Chame
Population
 (2011)
 • Total44,000[2]
DemonymsAhmedpurkar
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
413515[3]
Telephone code02381[4]
Vehicle registrationMH-24

Ahmedpur is a city 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 .

Demography

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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%).

Transport

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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

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Balaghat Engineering College is located in Rudha, Ahmedpur

Mahatma Gandhi College & Yeshwant Vidyalaya are also located in Ahmedpur.

Government and politics

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ahmedpur Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ahmedpur Pin Code". Pin Code. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Ahmedpur STD code". Trace Phone Number. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Latur district". Latur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Latur Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Ahmedpur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.