Bhoom Tahsil

Bhum Tahsil
भूम तालुका
Bhoom Tahsil
tehsil
Bhum Tahsil

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 18°29′N 075°36′E / 18.483°N 75.600°E / 18.483; 75.600Coordinates: 18°29′N 075°36′E / 18.483°N 75.600°E / 18.483; 75.600
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Population (2011)
  Total 137,217
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 413504
Vehicle registration MH25
Lok Sabha constituency Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Paranda[1]

Bhum Tahsil is a tahsil/taluka (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra on the Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Bhum is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are seventy-four panchayat villages in Bhum Tahsil. Bhoom was a under Nizam territory during the British raj in India. However it was independently ruled by the Thorat Royal family. Shrimant Raje Vijaysinh Amarsinh Thorat is the present Raja of Bhoom. He was the President of Bhoom Municipal Council from 1991 -2006.[2]

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Bhum Tahsil had a population of 116,894, with 60,620 (51.9%) males and 56,274 (48.1%) females, for a gender ratio of 928 females per thousand males.[3]

In the 2011 census, Bhum Tahsil had 137,217 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 905 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 86.4% rural.[4] The literacy rate in 2011 was 73.08% overall in Bhum Tahsil, with a rate of 82.86% for males and 62.45% for females.[6] In 2011 in Bhum Tahsil, 11.5% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[4]

Economy

The primary occupation is farming, with the principle crops being millet, wheat, gram (chickpeas), sunflower seeds, and groundnuts (peanuts). Second, in terms of income, is government service.

Monuments and attractions

Villages

Bhoom is the only town in Bhum Tahsil. Villages there include:

References

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