Muktainagar (formerly Edlabad) is a town in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India. It is the administrative headquarter of its

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. It is located in

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region. It located near bank of

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and is highest populated town in 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 during British rule of India, the district was made up of present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra ...

'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

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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 (SC) constituted 10.75% of the population of Muktainagar village, while scheduled tribes (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 non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both ...

is expected to start in 2020.

Politics

The former

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Pratibha Patil Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A m ...

started her political career in Muktainagar in the early 1960s. The former revenue minister of Maharashtra,

Eknath Khadse Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive ter ...

, 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 Member of Legislative Assembly (India), MLA from the Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Muktainagar Vidhan Sabha constituency a ...

is the current MLA from the Muktainagar Vidhan Sabha constituency. He narrowly defeated Rohini Eknath Khadse of the BJP in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.

References

{{Jalgaon district topics Jalgaon district Cities and towns in Jalgaon district Talukas in Maharashtra

History

Demographics

Education facilities

Politics

See also

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