Dharangaon

Dharangaon
City
Dharangaon Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Dharangaon Dharangaon (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°01′N75°16′E / 21.02°N 75.27°E / 21.02; 75.27
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Elevation	213 m (699 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	33,618
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Dharangaon is a city and a municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Dharangaon is also the tehsil headquarters in Jalgaon district.

Demographics

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[1] Dharangaon had a population of 33,625. Males constituted 51% and females 49%. Dharangaon has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and, female literacy is 57%. In Dharangaon, 13% of the population is under 6.

Most of the people communicate in Ahirani, a dialect of Marathi.

Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Religion (%)
					Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikhs	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions	Religion not stated
2001 [1]	17275	16350	33625	-	73.487	23.973	0.205	0.107	0.851	1.312	0.000	0.065
2011 [2]	18211	17164	35375	0.052	73.015	24.851	0.161	0.099	0.481	1.368	0.000	0.025

Economy

Agriculture is the main occupation. Major crops include cotton, corn, wheat, jawar, banana and sugarcane.

Trade in cotton and oilseed is conducted with Jalgaon, a railway station about twenty miles to the east. Many Dharangaon merchants have agents in Jalgaon. In the past Dharangaon paper and cloth were in high demand, and while the weaving of coarse cloth still gives employment to more than 100 looms, paper manufacture has since ceased. ^[3]

References

1. Census India 2001.
2. Census India 2011.
3. "maharashtra" . Retrieved 2 September 2011.