Bhoom

Bhoom
Bhum
town
Bhoom
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°27′35″N 75°39′39″E / 18.45972°N 75.66083°E / 18.45972; 75.66083Coordinates: 18°27′35″N 75°39′39″E / 18.45972°N 75.66083°E / 18.45972; 75.66083
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tahsil Bhoom
Population (2011)
 • Total 20,762
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 413504
Telephone code 912478
Vehicle registration MH25
Nearest cities Latur, Beed and Barshi
Lok Sabha constituency Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Paranda[1]

Bhoom is a town with a municipal council in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra, India, and it is the headquarters of Bhoom taluka.Bhoom municipal corporation is established in 1946.Bhoom is a small town situated in a valley of the Banashankar hill ranges of Sahyadri. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the Bhima.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Bhum Tahsil had a population of 116,894, with 60,620 (51.9%) males and 56,274 (48.1%) females, for a gender ratio of 928 females per thousand males.[2]

In the 2011 census, Bhum Tahsil had 137,217 inhabitants[3] and a gender ratio of 905 females per thousand males.[4] The tahsil was 86.4% rural.[3] The literacy rate in 2011 was 73.08% overall in Bhum Tahsil, with a rate of 82.86% for males and 62.45% for females.[5] In 2011 in Bhum Tahsil, 11.5% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Bhum". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  3. 1 2 3 "Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 40.
  4. ↑ "Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. p. 17.
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