Muktainagar

Muktainagar
Town
Jalgaon district
Muktainagar
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°3′8″N 76°3′18″E / 21.05222°N 76.05500°E / 21.05222; 76.05500Coordinates: 21°3′8″N 76°3′18″E / 21.05222°N 76.05500°E / 21.05222; 76.05500
Country India
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Named for Muktabai
Government
 • Type City Council
 • Body City council Committee
Elevation 243 m (797 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 23,970
 • Density 258/km2 (670/sq mi)
Languages-Marathi
 • Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 425306
Telephone code 91-02583
Vehicle registration MH-19
Lok Sabha constituency Raver
Vidhan Sabha constituency Muktainagar

Muktainagar (formerly known as Edlabad) is a small town situated near the National Highway 6 (or Asian Highway 46), in Jalgaon district near the northern border of Maharashtra State, India. Muktainagar is located in the Khandesh region of North Maharashtra.

Administration

Muktainagar is one of 15 tehsils in the Jalgaon district (formerly known as East Khandesh) and is in the Bhusawal subdivision for administrative purposes. It recorded a population of 60,853 in the 2017 census. Muktainagar town is the administrative center of Muktainagar taluka,[1] and contains a police station, a government hospital and the panchayat samiti offices.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India Muktainagar contained 5,352 households and a population of 23,970, of which 12,433 were males and 11,537 females.[1] The population of children aged 0–6 was 3,201, making up 13.35% of the total population of the village. The sex ratio of Muktainagar village is 928 which is close to the Maharashtra state average of 929. The child sex ratio is 820, lower than the Maharashtra average of 894.

Muktainagar village has a high literacy rate compared to Maharashtra; in 2011, the literacy rate of Muktainagar village was 84.41% compared to 82.34% in Maharashtra. In Muktainagar male literacy stands at 88.86% and female literacy at 79.70%.

Members of scheduled castes (SC) constituted 10.75% of the population of Muktainagar village, while scheduled tribes (ST) made up 5.25%.[1]

Politics

The Indian National Congress (INC) has dominated Muktainagar politics since India's independence. Former president of India Pratibha Patil started her political career in Muktainagar in the early 1960s.[2]

The revenue minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Khadse, has been the MLA representative from Muktainagar since 1989. He was an opposition leader from 2009 to 2014.[3] Khadse was Patbandhare Mantri in the earlier Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Maharashtra Government around 2000. His daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse is also a well-known member of Parliament who came from Muktainagar.[3]

The Shiv Sena far-right party fielded Chandrakant Patil against the BJP in the 2014 assembly election.

Election results

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Muktainagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Eknathrao Ganpatrao Khadse 85,657 46.68 −4.24
Shiv Sena Chandrakant Nimbaji Patil 75,949 41.39 +41.39
NCP Arun Pandurang Patil 6,499 3.55 −36.45
INC Yogendrasing Bhagwan Patil 4,495 2.45 +2.45
BSP Suresh Shivram Thakare 2,895 1.58 +1.58
NOTA None of the above 2,264 1.24 +1.24
Margin of victory 9,708 5.29 −5.63
Turnout 1,83,527 69.47 −4.71
BJP gain from INC Swing
General Election, 2009: Muktainagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Eknath Khadse 85,708 50.92
NCP Adv. Ravindra Patil 67,319 40.00
MNS Dr. Jagdish Patil 5,786 3.44
Majority 18,389 10.92
Turnout 1,68,332 74.23
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Census of India: Search Details". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "PERSONAL PROFILE". pratibhapatil.info.
  3. 1 2 "Rise and fall of former BJP minister Eknath Khadse". The Economic Times. 5 June 2016.
  • "Census 2011 of India: Muktainagar". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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