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 .
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]
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.
Balaghat Engineering College is located in Rudha, Ahmedpur
Mahatma Gandhi College & Yeshwant Vidyalaya are also located in Ahmedpur.
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]