Bhood is a village in

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, India. It is located near the city

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. The population of Bhood is 1,889 according to the 2011 Census, with agriculture being the prime occupation of the village's residents. Some residents are also employed at a Gold

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and the

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business. Bhood is recipient of the ''Nirmal Gram Purskar'' in ''Sant Gadage Baba Gram Swachata Abhiyan''.

Climate

The village has a

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, hot and dry climate consisting of mainly three seasons. Summers are long, ranging almost five months from mid February to June. Temperatures in summer fall between 35 °C (95 °F) - 40 °C (104 °F). However, it may reach higher than 40 °C in searching summer. May is the hottest month of a year with an average day temperature of 37 °C (98.6 °F) in the village. Winters are short with temperatures ranging within 15 °C (59 °F) - 21 °C (69.8 °F). December is the coldest month in a year. Relative humidity in winter is the lowest and December is the driest month in a year with the relative humidity as low as 30%. Rains are scarce and occur only during the

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from mid June to September. Annual average rainfall is about 25.5 inches (647.7 mm). September gets the maximum rainfall in a year while July has the maximum rainy days.

Location

Bhood is located in south-western

at in

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of the

Government and politics

Local administration

The

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Bhood is the administrative body for the village which is directly responsible for the affairs within the village. The village has been divided into 3 Wards, each ward has its 3 elected representatives called 'Gramsadasy' or 'punch'. The gramsadasy elect the 'Sirpunch' of the

which is head of the Grampanchayat. The Grampanchayat elections are held after every five years. The

Bhood is working with Zilla Parishad, Sangli and

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, Vita. Bhood is under the Lengare division for Zilla parishad, Sangli and Panchayat samiti, Vita.

State and central administration

Bhood is under the

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is one of the six administrative

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state in

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. Bhood is under the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency and Khanapur-Atpadi Vidhan Sabha constituency. MDDS e-Governance code for Bhood is 27 531 04299 568523.List of MDDS e-Governance codes of villages in Maharashtra
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Judiciary

Bhood is under the jurisdictional area of

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. District level court is in

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks o ...

(Sangli district court). And tehsil level court is in Vita. The village is under the working area of Vita police station.

Transportation

Road

Bhood is connected by road to the nearest village Lengare located at a distance of (5 km) by the Bhood-Lengare road which further connects to the Vita city. Bhood is at a distance of 275 km south-west of

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, 73 km north of

and 18 km from

. The nearest villages and towns are

(10 km), Lengare, and

Kharsundi Kharsundi is a village located in Atpadi Taluka, Sangli District of Maharashtra, India. Kharsundi is well known for Lord Siddhanath. Siddhanath is believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva and it is believed that he is the protector of Kha ...

(13 km). Bhood has bus stand served by the buses of

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Railway

Nearest railway station is

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(55 km).

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railway junction is 65 km from Bhood. Trains to all major cities in India are available from Karad and Miraj railway stations.

Air

Nearest domestic airport from Bhood is

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(90 km). Kolhapur airport located at Ujalaiwadi, 9 km South-east from the Kolhapur city. Its sole regular service to Mumbai by

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ceased in November 2011 when the airline pulled out of several towns like Kolhapur due to its financial crisis.

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located at a distance of 175 km by road from Bhood is the nearest functional airport. It has regular service to all major cities in India.

Demographics

Bhood has a population of 1,889. With the male population at 898 and the female at 991. There are 1,104 females per 1,000 males in the village amongst 455 households. People of various ethnic groups live in Bhood. The census code for Bhood is 04328200Census code list for villages in Maharashtra.
Census code for Bhood from Census 2001. and its village code according to 2011 Census is 27 35 005 0025.Village code list for Maharashtra according to 2011 Census.
/ref> Because of its gold-refinery and jewellery business many people of Bhood are today spread throughout India. According to 1991 Census, the population of Bhood was 1395.

Places of worship

There are number of temples in Bhood. Some of them are... * Bhoodsiddhanath Temple *Mhaswadsidhanatha Temple * Maruti Temple *

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Temple *

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Temple

Education

Schools

*Zila Parishad School provides primary education from class 1 to class 7. The school is governed by the Zilla Parishad of Sangli with the help of the local

of Vita and the

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of Bhood. The school is located near S.T. Stand of Bhood and is equipped with educational facilities. *New English School provides secondary education from class 8 up to class 10 (

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level). The school is affiliated to the S.S.C. Board. It is situated near the Bhood-Khanapur road.

Colleges

Higher education is available in the colleges in the following localities of Bhood: *Vita, located at the distance of from Bhood *Khanapur, Located away from Bhood

Gallery

File:Bhood Shidhhanath 01.jpg , Lord Bhoodsidhhanath File:Bhoodsiddanath Mandir.JPG, Bhoodsidhhanath temple File:Bullock cart race.jpg, Bullock cart race in Bhood

References

External links

BHOOD (Gram Panchayat) Portal by Department of Panchayati Raj Government of MaharashtraInformation about Bhood from gloriousindia.comVillage profile from indiastudychannel.com
{{Maharashtra Villages in Sangli district