The Hadgaon taluka or

Hadgaon Hadgaon is a town and a municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Kednarth Temple is located at Kedarguda village about 16 kilometres from the town and attracts pilgrims. Also there are religious temples of Lord Dat ...

''tehsil'' is a ''

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 ...

'' in the

Nanded district Nanded district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːn̪d̪eɖ is a districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nanded is the district headquarters. Officer Members of Parliament *Prataprao ...

of the Indian state of

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. This ''tehsil'' includes one municipal council, Hadgaon, and 154 villages. The Hadgaon ''taluka'' is attached to the Hingoli

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constituency and is not included in the

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populous city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded distric ...

constituency..

Economy

The economy is mainly agricultural. The

has neither an industry sector or service sector. The major crops are

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, ''jowar'', ''bajra'',

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, and other crops such as vegetables and flowers. The organic wild custard apple is the major forest produce in the tribal belt. Other forest produce includes firewood, gum, and

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Residents face severe unemployment, with 90% of the workers working in the agriculture sector as cultivators or laborers. Important pilgrimage centers in the ''taluka'' are th
Kedarnath temple at Kedarguda, the temple of Lord Datta and Renuka at Datta Bardi
in Hadgaon, the

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near Hadgaon, the Mahadev ''mandir'' at Gaitond, and the Ganpati mandir at Hadgaon.

Healthcare

The healthcare facilities are primarily government

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and community health centers. Health issues such as malnutrition, IMR, and MMR are common among some families''.'' Superstitions such as a preference for treatment by the local

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over doctors in the event of snake bites or dog bites are also popular among the residents.

Education

A progressive education system is present in the ''taluk'', with government schools,

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has been of help to the underprivileged sections of the ''taluk''.

Demographics

According to data from the 2001 census, the population is 259,986. The average sex ratio is 938. About 90% of the population is rural. The child sex ratio (for children between 0 and 6 years of age) for taluka is 910, which is below its average sex ratio. The literacy rate is 75.68%. The

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population constitutes 21.7% of the total, and the

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population constitutes 11.7% of the population of the ''taluka''. Hindus constitute 76.8% of the population, Buddhists 15.96%, and Muslims 6.29%.

Geography

There were 16 ''talukas'' in the Nanded district as of November 2014, namely, Nanded,

Ardhapur Ardhapur is a town and a municipal council in Nanded Subdivision of Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial por ...

, Bhokar, Biloli,

Deglur Deglur (also locally known as Degloor) is a city and a municipal council in Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the largest tehsil of Nanded and is known for its socio-cultural history. The town was once part of erst ...

Dharmabad Dharmabad is a town and a municipal council in Nanded district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located near the state border with Telangana. Dharmabad has an average elevation of . It is connected by railway. An industrial training i ...

, Himayatnagar,

Kandhar Kandhar is a town and a municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It lies near the western shore of Manyad Reservoir. Kandhar was famous as a major Jain centre in the Rashtrakuta kingdom, having Malkhed or Manyak ...

, Kinwat, Loha, Mahur,

Mudkhed Mudkhed is a city and a municipal council in Nanded District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. well known for Flower merchants. Transport Mudkhed Junction as in 2010 is the junction of three railway lines. A Broad gauge line goes to Mumbai ...

Mukhed Mukhedis a municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. History The historical name of this city was 'Mohanavati Nagar'. There is a fable about this name change. There was strong belief among native peoples that thi ...

Naigaon Naigaon is an area under Vasai Taluk in the Vasai Virar Belt that is separated by the Vasai Creek from Mira-Bhayandar, Thane and Mumbai city. It is linked by the Versova Bridge /Ghodbunder Bridge to Navghar village, which is connected from the ...

, and Umri. In 1981, there were eight ''talukas'' in the district, which were Nanded, Hadgaon, Kinwat, Bhokar, Biloli, Deglur (Degloor), Mukhed and Kandhar.

Notable people

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, the incumbent

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, is originally from the Hadgaon ''taluka''.

References

Talukas in Nanded district {{Maharashtra-stub