Ahmedpur, Latur

Ahmedpur

अहमदपूर
Ahmedpur अहमदपूर
Town
	Azaad Chowk, Ahmedpur
	Ahmedpur Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 18°42′00″N 76°56′00″E / 18.700008°N 76.933292°E / 18.700008; 76.933292
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Founded by	Ahmed
Named for	Ahmed
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	AMC
• nagar adhyaksh	Bharat Chame
Population (2011)
• Total	44,000
Demonyms	Ahmedpurkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	413515
Telephone code	02381
Vehicle registration	MH-24

Ahmedpur is a town in Latur district of Maharashtra state of India.^[5] Ahmedpur is 66 kms away from district headquarter Latur. Ahmedpur is the third largest city in Latur district .

Demography

Ahmedpur's population of 23,936 of which 12,796 are males while 11,140 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.^[2]

Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against Maharashtra state average of 929. Literacy rate of Ahmedpur city is 82.67% higher than state average of 82.34%. In Ahmedpur, Male literacy is around 88.33% while female literacy rate is 76.61%.^[2]

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.84% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.27% of total population in Ahmedpur.^[2]

Religions in Ahmedpur
Religion			Percent
Hindus			59.57%
Muslims			33.90%
Buddhists			5.85%
Christians			0.18%
Jains			0.12%
Atheist			0.29%
Others			0.00%
Distribution of religions Includes Sikhs (0.8%).

Transport

Ahmedpur lies on NH 361 Nagpur Tuljapur road. Recently,a bypass road was constructed in Ahmedpur on NH 361.

Also,NH 548D originates at Ahmedpur & terminates at Talegaon Dabhade near Pune.

Nearest railway station to Ahmedpur is Latur Road junction railway station which is 31 kms away & Hazur Sahib Nanded railway station which has better connectivity to almost every state in India which is 68 kms from Ahmedpur.

Education

Ahmedpur is a famous education center in Maharashtra, especially Marathwada region.

Mahatma Gandhi College & Yeshwant Vidyalaya are the two foremost popular education centers in Ahmedpur.

However, quality of education here & Ahmedpur's popularity as good education center has decreased a lot.

Government and politics

Ahmedpur comes under Latur (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is Sudhakar Shringare of Bhartiya Janata Party.^[6]

Ahmedpur comes under Ahmedpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil .^[7]

References

^ "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ a b c d "Ahmedpur Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Ahmedpur Pin Code". Pin Code. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Ahmedpur STD code". Trace Phone Number. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Latur district". Latur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Latur Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Ahmedpur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[IndiaMapia-1] "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[Census2011-2] "Ahmedpur Demography". Census 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[3] "Ahmedpur Pin Code". Pin Code. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[4] "Ahmedpur STD code". Trace Phone Number. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[Latur-5] "Latur district". Latur.nic.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[6] "Latur Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

[7] "Ahmedpur Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 23 May 2015.