Bodwad is a small town in Jalgaon district of

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in India. It is the administrative center of the state Maharshtra in Bodwad

Taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 population census, Bodwad has a population of 24,221, of which 12,588 are males and 11,633 are females. There are 3,118 children between the ages of 0 and 6, which comprises 12.87% of the population. Bodwad is known for Cotton production and corn. Dry area.

Politics

Former president of India

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 ...

hails from this taluka. Her ancestral village, Nadgaon, is a few miles away from Bodwad and is part of Muktainagar assembly constituency. From 1989-2019 former Revenue Minister of Maharashtra,

Eknath Khadse Eknath Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019 ...

was MLA of this constituency. Before splitting from Bhusawal, Bodwad was part of Bhusawal Taluka.

Education facilities

The taluka contains the Government ITI institute at Nadgaon village.

References

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