Bhoom Explained

Bhoom
Other Name:Bhum
Settlement Type:town
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:18.4597°N 75.6608°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Tahsil
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Name2:Dharashiv
Subdivision Name3:Bhoom
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:20762
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:413504
Area Code:912478
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:MH25
Blank Name Sec1:Nearest cities
Blank Info Sec1:Latur, Beed, Barshi and Solapur
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Dharashiv
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Paranda[1]

Bhoom is a town with a municipal council in Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, India, and it is the headquarters of Bhoom tahsil. Bhoom municipal corporation is established in 1948. Bhoom is a small town situated in a valley of the Banashankar hill ranges of Sahyadri. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the Bhima. In 1717, Sambhaji II of Kolhapur gave Bhoom as jagir to Shrimant Senakhaskhel Yashwantrao Thorat (a chief and military leader of his troops) for his bravery. In 19th century Bhoom was under Nizam territory during the British raj in India. However it was independently ruled by the ' Thorat ' royal family. Shrimant Vijaysinh Amarsinh Thorat is the present head of Bhoom. He was the President of Bhoom Municipal Council from 1991 -2006.

History

At the starting of 17th century Bhoom was under Adilshah's territory. After 17th century it was under the Maratha Empire.In 1717 Sambhaji II of Kolhapur gave the Bhoom as Jagir to Shrimant Senakhaskhel Yashwantrao Thorat (a Chief and Military leader) for his bravery. He ruled Bhum till 1719. In 1719 he had died in a battle with Balaji Vishwanath near Panhala fort. After his death his ancestors ruled Bhoom till 15 August 1947.

Rulers of Bhoom

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Bhum Tahsil had a population of 116,894, with 60,620 (51.9%) males and 56,274 (48.1%) females, for a gender ratio of 928 females per thousand males.[2]

In the 2011 census, Bhum Tahsil had 137,217 inhabitants[3] and a gender ratio of 905 females per thousand males.[4] The tahsil was 86.4% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 73.08% overall in Bhum Tahsil, with a rate of 82.86% for males and 62.45% for females.[5] In 2011, 11.5% of the population of Bhum Tahsil was 0 to 6 years of age.In Bhoom City, since 21/07/2000 Hi-Infotech Computer Education Started Computer Education—till today, there are approximately 10,000 students and employees who have successfully completed the Computer Course.

Bhoom is divided into two areas, Kasba and Peth by the Banganga River. Kasba is the more traditional village type area with most of the people involved in farming. Peth is more cosmopolitan where people of various professions live together. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, Bhoom added more white collar jobs due to the educated peoples and new colonies near the college. Banganga and Ramganga dams provide water for drinking. Bhoom has decent educational institutes. S P college has been catering to students from Bhoom and nearby villages for almost 5 decades. Dr S N Singh, a founder and first principal of this educational institute has worked hard with several members to establish this educational institute.

The residences of Bhoom include BIRBALE Galli, veer Sawarkar chowk Gandhi Chowk, Sambhaji Chowk, Maskar-Shendge Galli, Wadar Galli, Bagwan Galli, Nagoba Galli, Koshti Galli, Galib Nagar, Pardhi Pedhi, Ramhari Nagar, Kusum Nagar, Bhim Nagar, Shivaji Nagar and Samarth Nagar, Farshi Galli, Lakshmi Nagar, Kasba.In Bhoom City Samarth Nagar is located in central city.Hi-Infotech Computer Education was started in 21-07-2000. Now 10000+ students successfully education MS-CIT.

Temples

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Dharashiv District. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130505190604/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Mah_Maps/Osmanabad.pdf. 5 May 2013. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Bhum. Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  3. Web site: Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra. 40. Press Information Bureau, Mumbai.
  4. Web site: Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra. 8. Press Information Bureau, Mumbai.
  5. Web site: Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra. 17. Press Information Bureau, Mumbai.