Ahmedpur, Latur Explained

Ahmedpur
Native Name:अहमदपूर
Native Name Lang:mr
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates:18.7°N 76.9333°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Name2:Latur
Founder:Ahmed
Named For:Ahmed
Government Type:Municipal council
Governing Body:AMC
Leader Title: nagar adhyaksh
Leader Name:Bharat Chame
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:44000[2]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonyms:Ahmedpurkar
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:413515[3]
Area Code:02381[4]
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:MH-24
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi

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 .

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.

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

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

Balaghat Engineering College is located in Rudha, Ahmedpur

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location of Ahmedpur. India Mapia. 23 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Ahmedpur Demography. Census 2011. 23 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Ahmedpur Pin Code. Pin Code. 23 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Ahmedpur STD code. Trace Phone Number. 23 May 2015.
  5. Web site: Latur district. Latur.nic.in. 23 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150608094557/http://latur.nic.in/html/distprofile.htm. 8 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Latur Lok Sabha. Elections. 23 May 2015.
  7. Web site: Ahmedpur Vidhan Sabha. Elections. 23 May 2015.