Loha is a town with municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. Malegaon Yatra, is held every year in honour of Lord Khandoba in Malegoan, a village situated in Loha Taluka that is located 35 km from

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 ...

. Being on national highway 361 and 361F this is very well connected for the transportation for Mumbai,Goa-Raypur and Hyderabad.

Demographics

India census, Loha had a population of 24,125. Males constitute 12,334 of the population and females 11,791. Literacy rate of Loha city is 78.64% lower than

state average of 82.34%. In Loha, Male literacy is around 86.94% while female literacy rate is 69.96%. In Loha, 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age. In Loha Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 956 higher than state average of 929. Loha has Tehsil and it is a Taluka separated from Kandhar. It is 448 km far from its State Main City Mumbai. There are around 62 sub villages in loha. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.07% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18% of total population in Loha.

Hospitals

There is a Government Hospital and several private hospitals in the town. Dr. Bharati's Moraya Hospital, Accident Orthopedics and diabetes care center.k Dr.Milind Dhansade's Medicare Hospital and care center(Near vyanktesh Mangal karyalay,Loha)

Schools / Colleges

There are good schools and colleges serving good quality educations to the students from city as well as surroundings. * Global English School & Junior College, Mote Patil Nagar, Loha * Janta High School, Dagad Sangvi *

Shri Sant Gadge Maharaj College, Loha Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanes ...

Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Jr College, Loha Rajarishi () is a title in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, referring to a sage who hails from a royal background. Description A rajarishi may be described to be a king (raja) who adopted a path of devotion, thereby becoming a royal sage (rishi). ...

* k.v.NALGE High school loha * Shiv chhatrapati secondary and higher secondary school loha * Shri Sharad Pawar High School, Chitali * ShivNiketan secondary and higher secondary Vidhyalaya,Sawargaon(N.)

References

Cities and towns in Nanded district Talukas in Maharashtra {{Nanded-geo-stub