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Bhoom

Bhoom
town
Bhoom is located in Maharashtra
Bhoom
Bhoom
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°27′35″N 75°39′39″E / 18.45972°N 75.66083°E / 18.45972; 75.66083
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictDharashiv
TahsilBhoom
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
413504
Telephone code912478
Vehicle registrationMH25
Nearest citiesLatur, Beed, Barshi and Solapur
Lok Sabha constituencyDharashiv
Vidhan Sabha constituencyParanda[1]

Bhoom is a town with a municipal council in Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, India, and it is the headquarters of Bhoom tahsil. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the Bhima.

Demographics

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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, 11.5% of the population of Bhum Tahsil was 0 to 6 years of age. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Dharashiv 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. ^ a b c "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.