Tuljapur Tahsil | |
Settlement Type: | tehsil |
Pushpin Map: | India Maharashtra |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates: | 17.85°N 85°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Osmanabad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 279277 |
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: | Tuljapur[1] |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 413601 |
Tuljapur Tahsil is a tahsil/taluka (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Tuljapur is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are 107 panchayat villages in Tuljapur Tahsil.[2]
In the 2001 Indian census, Tuljapur Tahsil had a population of 250,149, with 129,622 (51.8%) males and 120,527 (48.2%) females, for a gender ratio of 930 females per thousand males.[3] The tahsil was 80.9% rural in 2001.
In the 2011 census, Tuljapur Tahsil had 279,277 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 919 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 81.2% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 75.66% overall in Tuljapur Tahsil, with a rate of 84.53% for males and 66.06% for females.[6] In 2011 in Tuljapur Tahsil, 12.3% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.
There are two towns in Tuljapur Tahsil, Taljapur and Naldurg, both of which have municipal councils. Among the eighty-seven villages in the tahsil are:[7]