Ahmedpur, Latur

Ahmedpur is a town in Latur district of Maharashtra state of India.[5] Ahmedpur is 60 km away from district headquarter Latur.

Ahmedpur Rajur
Town
Aazad Chowk Ahmedpur Latur
Ahmedpur Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates: 18.700008°N 76.933292°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Population  (2011)
• Total	44,000[2]
Demonym(s)	Ahmedpurkar, Ahmedpuri
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	413515[3]
Telephone code	02381[4]
Vehicle registration	MH-24

Demography

Ahmedpur has 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]

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]

See also

• Shirur Tajband, major village in Ahmedpur taluka

References

1. "Location of Ahmedpur". India Mapia. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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.
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.