Sonpeth
Sonpeth is a city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Sonpeth | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Sonpeth Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 19°1′34″N 76°28′18″E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Parbhani |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | SMC |
| Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 15,765 |
| Demonym | Sonpethkar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN code | 431516 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-22 |
| Website | www.parbhani.nic.in |
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Sonpeth has population of 15,765 of which 8,120 are males while 7,645 are females. Female Sex Ratio is of 942 higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Literacy rate of Sonpeth city is 74.86% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Sonpeth, Male literacy is around 82.45% while female literacy rate is 66.94%.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.40% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.64% of total population in Sonpeth.
Transport
Sonpeth is located 55 km (34 mi) towards west from district headquarters Parbhani.
Parli 22 km (14 mi), Ambajogai 45 km (28 mi) , Beed 79 km (49 mi) , Dharur 55 km (34 mi) , Pathri 33 km (21 mi) , Majalgaon 45 km (28 mi) , Manwath 41 km (25 mi) are the nearby cities to Sonpeth.
Major city Aurangabad is 171 km (106 mi) and Nanded is 109 km (68 mi) from Sonpeth.
Governance
Sonpeth comes under Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav of Shiv Sena.[1]
Sonpeth comes under Pathri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[2] for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Suresh Warpudkar who was Indian National Congress.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Sonpeth | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
35.4 (95.7) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
34.7 (94.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.1 (0.20) |
6.0 (0.24) |
9.7 (0.38) |
9.2 (0.36) |
23.4 (0.92) |
145.0 (5.71) |
238.1 (9.37) |
265.9 (10.47) |
184.3 (7.26) |
73.8 (2.91) |
16.1 (0.63) |
10.6 (0.42) |
957.2 (37.69) |
| Source: IMD | |||||||||||||
References
- "Parbhani Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- "List of Polling Stations by Constituency". Maharashtra Election Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- "Pathri Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.