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Muktainagar is a town in the eastern part of Jalgaon district in northern Maharashtra and is the
administrative seat An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of Muktainagar taluka.


History

During British rule, Muktainagar taluka was known as Edlabad petha and was part of East Khandesh district. Around 1880, Muktainagar taluka was made part of
Khandesh district Khandesh District (or Kandesh, Khandeish) was a district, administrative division of Bombay presidency of British India under British rule, which includes the present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra. In the 18th and e ...
's Bhusaval subdivision. Muktainagar taluk (then known as Edlabad mahal) was part of Bhusaval taluka.


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Muktainagar had 5,352 households and a population of 23,970, of which 12,433 were males and 11,537 females. The population of children below six years of age was 3,201, making up 13.35% of the total population of the village. The sex ratio of Muktainagar village is 928, which is close to the Maharashtra state average of 929. The child sex ratio is 820, lower than the Maharashtra average of 894. In 2011, the literacy rate of Muktainagar village was 84.41% compared to an average of 82.34% in Maharashtra. In Muktainagar male literacy stands at 88.86% and female literacy at 79.70%. Members of
scheduled castes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
(SC) constituted 10.75% of the population of Muktainagar village, while
scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
(ST) made up 5.25%.


Education Facilities

G.G. Khadse College is college offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses. A
veterinary college Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
is expected to start in 2020.


Politics

The former
President of India The president of India ( IAST: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Mur ...
Pratibha Patil Prathibha DeviSingh Patil (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India spanning from 2007 to 2012. She is the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National ...
started her political career in Muktainagar in the early 1960s. The former revenue minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Khadse, was MLA from Muktainagar from 1989 to 2019. Shiv Sena's
Chandrakant Nimba Patil Chandrakant Nimba Patil is a politician from Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. Political career Patil is current MLA from the Muktainagar Vidhan Sabha constituency as an independent member. He narrowly defeated Rohini Eknath Khadse of the BJP ...
is the current MLA from the Muktainagar Vidhan Sabha constituency. He narrowly defeated Rohini Eknath Khadse of the
BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.


See also

* Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


References

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