Loha is a town with

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in the

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. Malegaon Yatra, is held every year in honour of Lord Khandoba in Malegoan, a village situated in Loha Taluka that is located 35 km from

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. Being on national highway 361 and 361F this is very well connected for the transportation for Mumbai,Goa-Raypur and Hyderabad.

Demographics

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, Loha had a population of 24,125. Males constitute 12,334 of the population and females 11,791. Literacy rate of Loha city is 78.64% lower than

state average of 82.34%. In Loha, Male literacy is around 86.94% while female literacy rate is 69.96%. In Loha, 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age. In Loha Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 956 higher than state average of 929. Loha has Tehsil and it is a Taluka separated from Kandhar. It is 448 km far from its State Main City Mumbai. There are around 62 sub villages in loha. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.07% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18% of total population in Loha.

Hospitals

There is a Government Hospital and several private hospitals in the town. Dr. Bharati's Moraya Hospital, Accident Orthopedics and diabetes care center.k Dr.Milind Dhansade's Medicare Hospital and care center(Near vyanktesh Mangal karyalay,Loha)

Schools / Colleges

There are good schools and colleges serving good quality educations to the students from city as well as surroundings. * Global English School & Junior College, Mote Patil Nagar, Loha * Janta High School, Dagad Sangvi * Shri Sant Gadge Maharaj College, Loha * Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Jr College, Loha * k.v.NALGE High school loha * Shiv chhatrapati secondary and higher secondary school loha * Shri Sharad Pawar High School, Chitali * ShivNiketan secondary and higher secondary Vidhyalaya,Sawargaon(N.)

References

Cities and towns in Nanded district Talukas in Maharashtra {{Nanded-geo-stub