Latur Taluka is an administrative subdivision (
taluka
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
) of
Latur District
Latur district (Marathi pronunciation: aːt̪uːɾ is a district in Maharashtra state of India. Latur city is the district headquarters and is the 16th largest city in the state of Maharashtra. The district is primarily agricultural. Urban p ...
in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
, India.
Latur Taluka is in the western part of Latur District, with
Renapur Taluka to the north,
Chakur Taluka
Chakur Taluka is a taluka, administrative subdivision, of Latur District in Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arab ...
and
Shirur Anantpal Taluka to the east,
Ausa Taluka
Ausa Taluka is a taluka, or an administrative subdivision, of Latur District in Maharashtra, India. The administrative center for the taluka is the town of Ausa. In the 2011 census there were 108 panchayat villages in Ausa Taluka.
Geography
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to the south,
Osmanabad District
Osmanabad District (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, smaːnabaːd̪ (Transliteration: Usmanabad Jil'hā), officially known as Dharashiv District, is an administrative district in the Marathwada, Marathwada region in the States and union te ...
to the southwest and west, and
Beed District
Beed district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, iːɖ is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a popu ...
to the northwest. The main river in the taluka is the
Manjara River
The Manjira river is a tributary of the river Godavari. It passes through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana. It originates in the Balaghat range of hills near the Ahmednagar district at an altitude of 823 metres (2,700 ft ...
, together with its tributary the Tawarja, which originates near
Murud.
In the 2011 census, there were 109
panchayat villages in Latur Taluka.
and
Latur Rural constituencies of the
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...
(''Vidhan Sabha'') are located in Latur Taluka. The Latur Rural Constituency also covers other talukas.
Points of interest in taluka
In the village of Mahapur, about 8 km from the town of
Latur
Latur (ISO: ''Lātūra''; formerly Ratnapur) is a city located in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state of India country. Before 1982 Latur was a part of the Osmanabad district (now Dharashiv). The city is a tourist hub surrounded by many ...
, there is the Ashram of Namanand Maharaj. Also next to Mahapur is a small island in the Manjara River with an ancient temple of
Dattatreya
Dattatreya (, ), Dattā or Dattaguru, is a paradigmatic Sannyasi (monk) and one of the lords of yoga, venerated as an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Three Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, who are also collectively known as the Trimurti, incarna ...
.
See also
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Tourism in Marathwada
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity onl ...
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Talukas in Latur
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