Ruikheda (or Ruikhede) is a village in Muktainagar taluka of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra,

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Geography

The village is situated at an elevation of 252 meters above sea level. Ruikheda is in

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. Ghodasgaon is present to the northeast of the village. The village of

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is to the southeast of the village. The village of

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is to the northeast.

Jalgaon Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the “''Banana City of India' ...

is from Ruikheda.

Demographics

According to

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, the population of the village consists of 831 families. It has 1853 males and 1764 females. There are 398 kids under the age of six, out of whom 190 are girls and 208 are boys. 2537 people are literate in this village, out of whom 1076 are female and 1461 are male. 598 people are from

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, while 183 are from

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Administration

Ruikheda is part of the

Muktainagar Muktainagar is a town in the eastern part of Jalgaon district in northern Maharashtra and is the administrative seat of Muktainagar taluka. History During British rule, Muktainagar taluka was known as Edlabad petha and was part of East K ...

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constituency and Raver

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constituency. It is in the Nashik division of Maharashtra and is part of the Bhusaval subdivision.

Education

This village has a Marathi-medium

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, which teaches first to fourth grade. ''Manjabai Mahadu Narkhede Vidyalaya'', established in 1972, is a high school.

References

Villages in Jalgaon district {{Maharashtra-geo-stub