Aurad Shahajani Explained

Aurad Shahajani
Nickname:Aurad
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:18.0958°N 76.8881°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Latur
Subdivision Type3:Taluka
Subdivision Name3:Nilanga
Governing Body:Grampanchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:20154
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Auradkar
Blank Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank Info Sec1:Latur
Blank1 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Nilanga[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:MH 24
Iso Code:IN-MH

Aurad Shahajani is a Town located in the Nilanga Taluka of Latur District It's 20 kilometres Away From the City Of Nilanga And 68 Kilometres Away From The City Of Bidar And It's Situated In Maharashtra And Karnataka Border. Its located at the banks of terna river. Its One of the Most Developed Places in Nilanga Taluka.

Languages

Marathi is widely spoken in the region. Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Telgu are also common in the village.

Location

Aurad Shahajani is located on the banks of Terna River in central west India. It is closer (approximately) to Hyderabad in the state of Telangana than it is to the capital of Maharashtra state, Mumbai.

Geography and climate

Aurad Shahajani is situated 636 metres above mean sea level, on the Balaghat plateau, near the Maharashtra–Karnataka state boundary. It receives its drinking water from the nearby Terna River,Terna joins to Manjra river here at this village and then named Wanjara by the name of Wanjarkheda (a village at the other bank of river in Karnatka state) which suffered from environmental degradation and silting in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Mahavidyalaya and some other villagers tried successfully to wide shape of river.

Temperature : Annual temperatures in range from 13C41C, with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter, Aurad Shahajani is October to February. The highest temperature ever recorded was 45.6°C. The lowest recorded temperature was4.5. 2.2°C. In the cold season the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about 2C4C.[2]

Rainfall : Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Rainfall varies from 9.0 to 693 mm/month. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.

Culture

There is a temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhavani that is associated with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj jayanti.

Media and Communication

Newspapers

In Aurad Shahajani, the most widely read Marathi newspapers are:

  1. Lokmat
  2. Loksatta
  3. Sakal
  4. Ekmat
  5. Punyanagri

Additionally, some residents read English newspapers such as:

  1. •Times of India
  2. •The Hindu

Other Marathi daily newspapers available include:

  1. •Lokman
  2. Marathwada Neta
  3. Rajdharma
  4. Sanchar
  5. Sarathi Samachar
  6. Tarun Bharat
  7. •Yashwant

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the suburb of Aurad shahajani recorded inhabitants, males (51.4%) and females (48.6%), for a gender ratio of 945 females per 1000 males.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130429055319/https://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Mah_Maps/Latur.pdf. 29 April 2013. dmy-all.
  2. https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/gazetteer.php?level=2&showFile=1&gazetteerSqlId=20020423103801&gazetteerMainId=&gazetteerFile2Id=20020423105420&distId=19&gazId=20020422121541&pubYear=&fileExists=1&headingSqlName=General&chapter= Maharashtra government web site
  3. Web site: Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Latur:Nilanga:Aurad shahajani. Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 1 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301010109/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Population_Finder.aspx. 1 March 2018. dead.