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Nilanga is a town with a municipal council in Latur District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is also the headquarters for Nilanga Taluka.
Nilanga
Nirlingpur | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Nilanga Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°06′58″N 76°45′09″E / 18.11611°N 76.75250°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Latur |
| Taluka | Nilanga |
| Elevation | 583 m (1,913 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 72,000[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PINCODE | 413521 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-24 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Latur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nilanga[2] |
Demographics
editAs of 2011[update] India census,[3] Nilanga had a population of 36,112.[1] Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Literacy rate of Nilanga is 80%, lower than the state average of 82.34%. In Nilanga, literacy among males is around 85.84% while the female literacy rate is 73.71%. In 2011 in Nilanga, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Schedule Castes (SC) constitute 19.42% while Schedule Tribes (ST) were 1.98% of the total population in Nilanga.[1]
Education
edit- Maharashtra College of Engineering Nilanga[4]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Nilanga town population". census2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Latur District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ↑ "About Us". Maharashtra College of Engineering Nilanga. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.