Kalamb is a town with a
municipal council
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in
Osmanabad district in the
India
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state
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of
Maharashtra. Administratively it is part of and headquarters for the
Kalamb Tehsil.
Geography
Kalamb is located on the right (south) bank of the
Manjara River
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, just west of the
Manjara Dam Reservoir. It has an elevation of .
Demographics
In the 2011 India
census
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, Kalamb had a population of 217,687 name="PF-2001-Census-Kalamb"> Males constituted 52.6% of the population and females 47.4%.
Kalamb had an average literacy rate of 73.7%, higher than the national average of 64%: male literacy was 78%, and female literacy was 68%. In 2011 in Kalamb, 13.7% of the population was under 6 years of age.
See also
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Beed
Beed (Marathi pronunciation: iːɖ is a city in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state in India. It is the administrative headquarters in Beed district.
History
Beed is a historical city of possibly medieval origin. Its early history is o ...
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Maharashtra
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Sonesangavi
Sonesangavi is a village in Beed district, Maharashtra state, India. It is situated 17 km away from sub-district headquarter (Taluka) Kaij and 76 km away from district headquarter (District) Beed. It belongs to Marathwada region and ...
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Osmanabad
Osmanabad (; pronounced as ''Usmānābād''),is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Osmanabad derives its name from the last ruler of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. Osmanabad city is the adm ...
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Latur
Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by ma ...
References
Cities and towns in Osmanabad district
Talukas in Maharashtra
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