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| Population (2001 census): |
1,472,256 |
Literacy rate (2001): |
70.24% |
| Below poverty line: |
49 % |
Infant
mortality rate (IMR): |
12 |
| Air: |
Nearest
airport is at Aurangabad (246 kms). Aurangabad
is linked to Mumbai by air. Pune is the other
airport. |
| Rail: |
Not connected by rail.
Nearest railway stations are Solapur (65 kms) or
Latur (84 kms). Pune is 292 kms and Mumbai is
452 kms away from Osmanabad. |
| Road: |
State highways and
roads from the district headquarters at
Osmanabad link all 8 tehsils (subdistricts) and
major towns. A national highway passes through
the district from Solapur, connecting Karnataka
to Andhra
Pradesh. | | |
| Geographical location: |
Between 17°35' and 18°40' North
latitudes and 75°16' and 76°40' East
longitudes |
| Area: |
7,369 sq km |
| Adjoining
districts: |
North: Beed district; northeast
and east: Latur district; southwest: Solapur
district; northwest: Ahmednagar district;
southeast and south: Bidar and Gulbarga
districts of Karnataka |
| Major
urban centres: |
Osmanabad, Kalamb, Umerga, Murum,
Tuljapur, Naldurg, Paranda, Bhum |
| Major
crops: |
Millets, wheat, gram, sunflower,
groundnut |
| Major
rivers: |
Manjra, Sina,
Bhima,Godavari |
| Total no.
of sub-districts: |
8 | | |
| Population: |
1,472,256 |
| Density of
population (persons/sq km): |
195 |
| Men: |
762,947 |
| Women: |
709,309 |
| Total
rural population: |
1,239,009 |
| Total
urban population: |
233,247 |
| % of
Scheduled castes: |
16.34 % |
| % of
Scheduled tribes: |
1.76 % |
| Sex-ratio
(females/1000 males): |
930 | | |
| Below poverty line: |
49 % |
| Infant
mortality rate (IMR): |
12 |
| Maternal
mortality rate: |
0.8 |
| Birth
rate: |
3.9 |
| Death
rate: |
3.9 | | |
| Max temp in °C: |
43°C |
| Min temp
in °C: |
8°C |
| Average
rainfall in mm: |
770.7
mm | | |
| Industries: |
Oil mills, sugar industries,
handlooms, clayware |
| Industrial
centres: |
Omarga, Dhoki, Yedshi, Tamalwadi,
Turori, Bhum, Kalamb, Naldurg, Murum |
| Main
markets: |
Osmanabad, Tuljapur, Bhum,
Umarga |
| Main
banking centres: |
Osmanabad, Tuljapur, Umarga,
Kalamb | | |
| Flood: |
Medium probability |
| Earthquake: |
Ranks first in disasters in the
state. Large-scale property and loss of life in
the 1993 earthquake. |
| Cyclone: |
No |
| Drought: |
Yes |
| Relief
machinery: |
Earth-moving equipment: 3 (GSDA
& Irrigation dept); drilling rigs: 8 (GSDA
& private); mobile X-ray units: 22 (Health
Dept); mobile trauma care centre: 1 (Health
Dept) | | |
| Hospitals: |
2 government hospitals, 24
private hospitals; Ambulances- 9 (government), 2
(private) |
| Health
facilities: |
The district has a network of
government-run health facilities consisting of
the district hospital offering tertiary-level
care, with rural hospitals at the secondary
level and primary health centres, sub-centres
and dispensaries providing basic healthcare to
the rural population. Nearly 54% of the villages
have such primary health facilities (1991).
Osmanabad has 2.88 beds per 1,000 persons in
urban medical institutions (1991). |
| Blood
banks: |
1 | | |
| Language: |
Marathi is the principal language
spoken in the
district. | | |
| Food: |
The staple food of the people is
millets, wheat and
rice. | | |
| Post and telegraph services: |
Nearly 34.64% of the villages
covering 60.39% of the rural population have
postal facilities. Of the total inhabited
villages, around 82% have access to transport
services, covering 91% of the rural
population. |
| State
highways passing through the district and road
services: |
Two national highways pass
through the district:
Bombay--Pune--Solapur--Naldurg—Umarga to
Hyderabad; and
Bombay--Pune--Solapur--Tuljapur--Osmanabad-Ydshi--Yermala--Bid--Aurangabad.
Apart
from these, the following state highways pass
through the district: No 2,
Vasai--Kalyan--Ahmednagar--Bhum; No 7A,
Nagpur--Bori--Ardhapur--Tuljapur; No 33,
Daund--Barshi--Osmanabad--Borfar--Ausa; No 50A,
Malkapur-- Solapur; No 60,
Miraj--Pandharapur--Barshi--Latur; No 100,
Deogaon--Pathri--Majalgaon--Dhoki; No 110,
Ausa--Umarga--Kasagi. |
| Important
railway stations and railway services: |
There is no railway station in
Osmanabad.
The Miraj-Latur narrow gauge
passes through Osmanabad for 30 kms via Ter
Dhokli and
Yedshi. | | |
| |
Unique Service Trust
Latur
Parbhina Society For Education
in Values
and Action Charthana, Dist Parbhani
Gram Vikas Sanstha
Post Jintur, Dist
Parbhani
Jankallyan Sevabhavi Sanstha
Basmath
Nager
Dist Parbhani
Gramine Samajik Vikas Santha
Pimbaldari,
Gangakhed
Dist Parbhani
| | |
| Fairs and festivals: |
The main annual fairs held in the
district are: Tulja Bhavani at Tuljapur during
Navaratri (September-October); Yermala fair at
Kalamb tehsil during January; Sant Gorob fair at
Ter; Ramlinga fair at Osmanabad; and Bhairvanath
fair at Sonari Paranda. |
| Religious places: |
Tuljapur, Ramling, Andur, Sonari,
Domgaon, Bhum, Kunthalgiri,
Siddheshwar |
| History: |
Osmanabad forms part of the
Marathawada region of Maharashtra. In ancient
times the place was known as Dharasiva. Recently
the state government renamed Osmanabad with its
ancient name Dharasiva.The region in ancient
times was ruled by the Satavahanas, the Yadavas,
and in the medieval period by the Delhi
Sultanate and the Mughals till 1724, when it
passed on to the Nizam of Hyderabad. For a brief
period from 1853, it was under the control of
the British, but in 1860 the region reverted to
Hyderabad. Osmanabad was part of Naldurg
district, but in 1905 the new district of
Osmanabad was created. It remained part of
Hyderabad till 1948 when Hyderabad was merged
with the Indian Union. In 1956 with the
reorganisation of states, Osmanabad was
transferred to Bombay state, and thence to
Maharashtra in 1960. In 1982 Osmanabad was
bifurcated into Osmanabad and the new district
of
Latur. | | |
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