Hadgaon taluka

The Hadgaon taluka or Hadgaon tehsil is a taluka in the Nanded district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. ^[1]

This tehsil includes one municipal council, Hadgaon, and 154 villages.^{[ citation needed ]}

Hadgaon
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded district

The Hadgaon taluka is attached to the Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency and is not included in the Nanded constituency.^{[ citation needed ]}.

Economy

The Hadgaon taluka's economy is mainly agricultural. The taluka does not have a developed industry sector and hence no developed service sector. There is, however, the scope for the development of agro-based and forest-based industries. The major crops grown are cotton, jowar, bajra, soybean, banana, and other horticultural crops like vegetables, flowers, etc. The organic wild custard apple is the major forest produce in the tribal belt, and other forest produce includes firewood, gum, tendu leaf, etc. There is scope for the development of the custard apple powder industry and the dairy industry.

The residents of the taluka face severe unemployment, with 90% of the classified main workers (who have been working for more than 6 months) working in the agriculture sector as cultivators or laborers.

Important pilgrimage centers in the taluka are the Kedarnath temple at Kedarguda, the temple of Lord Datta and Renuka at Datta Bardi, in Hadgaon, the Jain temple near Hadgaon, the Mahadev mandir at Gaitond, and the Ganpati mandir at Hadgaon.

Healthcare

The healthcare facilities are mainly those provided by the government at primary and community health centers. Private healthcare centers can only be found in the district. Health issues such as malnutrition, IMR, MMR, are prevalent in among some families in the taluk. Superstitions such as a preference for treatment by the local Mantrik over doctors in the event of snake bites or dog bites are also popular among the residents.

Education

A progressive education system is present in the taluk, with government schools, ashrams, and private schools being instituted. The 25% quota reserved for socially and economically backward classes in private education institutes under the Right to Education Act has been of help to the underprivileged sections of the taluk.^{[ citation needed ]}

Demographics

According to data from the 2001 census, the total population is 259986. The average sex ratio is 938. About 90% of the population is rural. The child sex ratio (for children between 0 and 6 years of age) for taluka is 910, which is below its average sex ratio, but the tribal village Taroda has 1456 as its child sex ratio (one of the highest in India). The literacy rate in the taluka is 75.68%.

The Scheduled Caste population constitutes 21.7% of the total, and the Scheduled Tribe population constitutes 11.7% of the population of the taluka. Hindus constitute 76.8% of the population, Buddhists 15.96%, and Muslims 6.29%.

Geography

There were 16 talukas in the Nanded district as of November 2014, namely, Nanded, Ardhapur, Bhokar, Biloli, Deglur, Dharmabad, Hadgaon, Himayatnagar, Kandhar, Kinwat, Loha, Mahur, Mudkhed, Mukhed, Naigaon, and Umri. ^[2] In 1981, there were eight talukas in the district, which were Nanded, Hadgaon, Kinwat, Bhokar, Biloli, Deglur (Degloor), Mukhed and Kandhar. ^[3]

Notable people

Vivek Ram Chaudhari, the incumbent Air chief marshal, is originally from the Hadgaon taluka.

See also

• Hyderabad Samajik Sudhar Sangh

References

1. India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Maharashtra; B. A. Kulkarni (1966). District Census Handbook, [Maharashtra]: Nanded. Director, Government Printing and Stationery, Maharashtra State. pp. 2, 10.
2. "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
3. Keshav Dev Gaur (1992). Dynamics of Rural Development in India. Mittal Publications. pp. 258–. ISBN   978-81-7099-396-4.