Bhokar

Bhokar
Bhokar
	Town
	Bhokar Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 19.217803°N 77.669392°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Marathwada
District	Nanded
Founded by	Satvahana Kings
Named for	Maharashtra Police Academy
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	BMC
• Administrator	Pavan Vishnu Chandak
• MLA	Mr.Ashok Chavan
• MP	Prataprao Chikhalikar
Elevation	460.00 m (1,509.19 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	32,899
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	431 801
STD Telephone code	02467
Vehicle registration	MH 26
Lok Sabha constituency	Nanded
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bhokar
Nearest city	Nanded

Bhokar is a town, tehsil, municipal council and subdivision of Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

History

Nowdays, The city belongs to Maharashtra State.

In 1725, Bhokar became part of Hyderabad State. It continued to be part of the Nizam of Hyderabad's dominion until 1948. After India gained independence in 1947, The Indian Armed Forces in 1948 annexed Hyderabad and ended the rule of the Nizam in Operation Polo, making Bhokar part of the new Hyderabad State.

Bhokar remained part of the annexed Hyderabad state until 1956 when it was included in the Bombay Presidency. On 1 May 1960, Maharashtra state was created on a linguistic basis and the Marathi dominant Bhokar became part of Maharashtra.

Schools And College

Govt. ITI
Shri Shahu Vidyalaya (School and College)
Digambarrao Bindu College
Laxmanrao Ghisewad High School & Junior College
Gitanjali Vidyalaya
Z.P. School
Nutan School
Manjulabai Kinhalkar Girls School
Madina Tul Uloom High School and Jr. College

Banks

State Bank of India
Bank of Baroda
Maharashtra Gramin Bank
Shankar Nagari sahakari Bank

Demographics

Religions in Bhokar[1]
Religion			Percent
Hindu			56.61%
Muslim			33.48%
Buddhist			09.21%
Sikh			0.15%
Others†			1%
†Includes Jains

As of the 2011 census, Bhokar had a population of 32,899. The Municipal Council had a gender ratio of 924 females per 1,000 males. 12.4 percent of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 87.40 percent. 81.74 percent of women were literate. Male literacy was 92.68 percent.[2]

References

Census 2011.
"Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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[1] Census 2011.

[Census-2] "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 March 2012.