Ahmedpur अहमदपूर | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Azaad Chowk, Ahmadpur | |
  Ahmedpur Location in Maharashtra, India[1] | |
| Coordinates:18°42′00″N76°56′00″E / 18.700008°N 76.933292°E /18.700008; 76.933292 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Latur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | AMC |
| • Municipal President | Vacant |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 44,000[2] |
| Demonyms | Ahmadpurkar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 413515[3] |
| Telephone code | 02381[4] |
| Vehicle registration | MH24 / MH55 |
Ahmedpur is a city inLatur district ofMaharashtra state ofIndia.[5] Ahmedpur is 66 kms away from district headquarterLatur. It is the third largest city in Latur district .
Ahmadpur's population of 23,936 of which 12,796 are males while 11,140 are females as per report released byCensus India 2011.[2]
Female Sex Ratio is of 927 againstMaharashtra state average of 929. Literacy rate of Ahmadpur city is 82.67% higher than state average of 82.34%. In Ahmadpur, 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]
| 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 IncludesSikhs (0.8%). | ||||
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.
Balaghat Engineering College is located in Rudha, Ahmedpur.
Ahmedpur comes underLatur (Lok Sabha constituency) forIndian general elections andcurrent member of Parliament representing this constituency isSudhakar Shringare ofBhartiya Janata Party.[6]
Ahmedpur comes underAhmedpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) forassembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency inMaharashtra state assembly isBabasaheb Mohanrao Patil .[7]