Ahmedpur, Latur

Ahmedpur is a town in Latur district of Maharashtra state of India.[5] rajur is 60 km away from district headquarter Latur.

Ahmedpur
अहमदपूर
Town
Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur
Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur
Ahmedpur is located in Maharashtra
Ahmedpur
Ahmedpur
Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates: 18.700008°N 76.933292°E / 18.700008; 76.933292
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictLatur
Founded byKing Ahmed
Named forMG College
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • BodyAMC
 •  nagar adhyakshBharat Chame
Population
 (2011)
 • Total44,000[2]
DemonymsAhmedpurkar, Ahmedpuri
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
413515[3]
Telephone code02381[4]
Vehicle registrationMH-24

Demography

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 Jalna
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%).

Government and politics

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

References
  1. "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. "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.
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