Buldhana is the district headquarters and a Municipal Council in the
Buldhana District
Buldhana district (Marathi pronunciation: ulɖʰaːɳa is located in the Amravati division of Maharashtra, India.
It is situated at the western border of Vidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital, Mumbai. The district ha ...
of
Amravati division in the Indian State of Maharashtra.
Climate
Demographics
As of the 2011 India census,
Buldhana had a population of 67,431. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Buldhana has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy at 82% and female literacy at 72%. 13% of the population is under six years of age.
Languages and Culture
The most common language spoken in Buldhana is the
Marathi language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state o ...
. More than 98 percent of cities population speak Marathi as first language. Marathi is a compulsory subject taught in English and Hindi Medium school. Hindi is spoken by 1 percent of population. All Hindi speakers in Buldhana can speak fluent Marathi due to its commercial status.
Transport
![Buldhana road by Hrushikesh Kulkarni](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Buldhana_road_by_Hrushikesh_Kulkarni.jpg)
There is a
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation abbreviated as (MSRTC, or simply ST), is the state run bus service of Maharashtra, India which serves routes to towns and cities within Maharashtra as well as to its adjoining states. It has a flee ...
bus stand in the city. There are State Transport bus depots at Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhali, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, and Jalgaon-Jamod. Buldhana is connected to
National Highway 6 through Khamgaon Nandura Malkapur town by NH753A.
Malkapur, Khamgaon Terminus;
Shegaon
Shegaon is a city and municipal council in the Buldhana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Shegaon has become a pilgrimage centre due to the influence of Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj, who is considered a saint by Hindus.
Transportation ...
,
Nandura
Nandura is a city municipal council in the Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. It is the headquarters of Nandura taluka and is situated on the National Highway No. 6 and the Mumbai-Howrah railway line. Nandura is an important city in the Bu ...
are the nearest railway station.
The nearest airport is at
Aurangabad
Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...
, which is from the city.
See also
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Make In Maharashtra
Make in India is an initiative by the Government of India to create and encourage companies to develop, manufacture and assemble products made in India and incentivize dedicated investments into manufacturing. The policy approach was to creat ...
References
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Talukas in Maharashtra
Cities in Maharashtra