Terkheda Explained

Terkheda
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:18.445°N 75.8367°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Osmanabad
Subdivision Type3:Tahsil
Subdivision Name3:Washi
Government Type:Panchayati raj (India)
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:9568
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank Info Sec1:Osmanabad
Blank1 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Paranda[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:413525

Terkheda is a panchayat village[2] in Washi taluka of Osmanabad district in India.[3] Terkheda is the only village listed in its gram panchayat, but it is surrounded by twelve small villages and has an old history; Hindus, Lingayats and Muslims all live together there. The village is surrounded by many hills and is next to the Tirna River (Terna River). National Highway 211 runs just south of the main village.

This village is an industrious and prosperous village. The economy is mainly based upon agriculture, but firecrackers are also manufactured there, inverter manufacturing, pipe manufacturing, fabrication manufacturing, Hotels these are the main businesses. The village has several temples and a durgah (Sufi shrine).

Terkheda have 6 schools named Ganesh Vidyalaya, Subodh Vidyamandir, Swami Vivekanand English Medium School, Parivartan School. And has One D.ed College also.

All villagers celebrate Chaitri Utsav for the goddess Yedai at a temple which is situated 8 km away. Every year after Hanuman Jayanti, Yedai is worshiped for 4 days.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the village of Terkhead had 6,060 inhabitants, with 3,135 males (51.7%) and 2,925 females (48.3%), for a gender ratio of 933 females per thousand males.[4]

In the 2011 census, the population of Terkhead had decreased to 4,762 inhabitants.[5]

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad 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. 2011 Village Panchayat Code = 186430, Web site: Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130503155511/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4494&parenttype=B&ptype=V. 3 May 2013. dmy-all.
  3. 2011 Census Village code = 561281, Web site: Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Terkheda Gram Panchayat, Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20130503195415/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=186430&rlbtype=V. 3 May 2013. live.
  4. Web site: Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi. Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  5. Web site: NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi. 2011. National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.