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.
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]