Kalamnuri is a city and a
municipal council
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in
Hingoli district
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in the
India
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n
state
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of
Maharashtra
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. Known for 500 year old
Dargah
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of
sufi
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saint
Hazrat Sarkar Sayyad Nooruddin Noori Shahid Chisti.
Geography
Kalamnuri is located at . 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
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. 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.
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.
*Kalamnuri comes under
Kalamnuri assembly constituency for
Assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current member of Assembly representing Kalamnuri is
Santosh Bangar of
Shivsena who defeated
Ajit Magar of
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in
2019 assembly elections of Maharashtra.
*Kalamnuri comes under
Hingoli parliamentary constituency for
parliamentary elections of India. Current representative from this area to
Parliament of India
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is
Hemant Patil of
Shiv Sena
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. He defeated
Subhash Wankhede of
Indian National Congress
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in
2019 Indian General Elections
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.
See also
*
Akhada Balapur
References
Cities and towns in Hingoli district
Talukas in Maharashtra
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