Kalamnuri

Kalamnuri
Kalamnuri
	city
	Kalamnuri Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 19°40′N77°20′E / 19.67°N 77.33°E Coordinates: 19°40′N77°20′E / 19.67°N 77.33°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Hingoli
Government
• Body	Municipal council
Elevation	480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2011 [1] )
• Total	24,784
Demonym(s)	Kalamnurikar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MH-38

Last updated September 30, 2019

Kalamnuri is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality such as a city council or a town council.

Hingoli district District of Maharashtra in India

Hingoli district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district is headquartered at Hingoli. The district occupies an area of 4,526 km² and has a population of 11,77,345 of which 15.60% were urban. Hingoli was actually known as the Nizams military base as it was bordered with Vidharbha. In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli. Being a military base the city was one of the important and famous places of the Hyderabad state.One of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines, the Aundha Nagnath is located in Hingoli district about 25 km south-west from district headquarter.

India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Geography

Kalamnuri is located at 19°40′N77°20′E / 19.67°N 77.33°E / 19.67; 77.33 .^[2] It has an average elevation of 480 metres (1574 feet).

Demography

As per 2011 census, Kalamnuri city has population of 24,784 of which 12,952 were males while 11,832 were females.
Average Sex Ratio of city was 914 which is lesser than Maharashtra state average of 929.
Literacy rate of Kalamnuri city was 85.37 % compared to 82.95 % of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate was 90.34 % while female literacy rate was 80 %.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.29 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5 % of total population.^[1]

Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km² (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity.

Government and Administration

Kalamnuri Municipal Council has total administration over 4,350 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.^[1]
Kalamnuri comes under Kalamnuri assembly constituency for Assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current member of Assembly representing Kalamnuri is Santosh Tarfe of Indian National Congress who defeated Gajanan Ghuge of Shiv Sena in 2014 assembly elections of Maharashtra.^[3]
Kalamnuri comes under Hingoli parliamentary constituency for parliamentary elections of India. Current representative from this area to Parliament of India is Hemant Patil of Shiv Sena. He defeated Subhash Wankhede of Indian National Congress in 2019 Indian General Elections.^[4]

Kalanuri is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the three located in the Hingoli district.

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

Shiv Sena, is a far-right based Marathi regional and Hindu nationalist political organisation in India founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray. The party originally emerged from a movement in Mumbai demanding preferential treatment for Maharashtrians over migrants to the city. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray. Members of Shiv Sena are referred to as Shivsainiks.

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References

1 2 3 "Kalamnuri City Population Census 2011 - Maharashtra". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kalamnuri
↑ "Kalamnuri (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA". Elections.in. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ "Hingoli(Maharashtra) Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 with Sitting MP and Party Name". Elections.in. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

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[census1-1] 1 2 3 "Kalamnuri City Population Census 2011 - Maharashtra". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[2] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kalamnuri

[3] "Kalamnuri (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA". Elections.in. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[4] "Hingoli(Maharashtra) Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 with Sitting MP and Party Name". Elections.in. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

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