Palam is a town and a headquarter of Palam taluka. It's located in Parbhani district which is part of State of

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Demography

The Palam town has population of 14,286 of which 7,335 are males while 6,951 are females as per Population Census 2011. Average Sex Ratio of Palam is 948 which is higher than

state average of 929. Palam has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Palam village was 76.30% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Palam Male literacy stands at 84.33% while female literacy rate was 67.96%. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.36% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.84% of total population in Palam village.

Transport

Palam is located towards south from district headquarters Parbhani. Loha ,

Purna : Purna is a town with a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Purna is located at . It has an average elevation of . Purna is situated in the Maharashtra state of India. Demographics India cens ...

Gangakhed Gangakhed is a city located on banks of Godavari River and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is also known as Dakshin Kashi. It is also the second largest city In Parbhani District. Demographics ...

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 ...

are the other nearby Cities to Palam which have connectivity via road. Nearest railway stations to Palam are Gangakhed and Purna.

Government and Politics

Palam comes under

Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency covers the entire Parbhani district and a part of Jalna district. Vidhan Sabha segments At pres ...

for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is

Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, commonly known as Bandu Jadhav, is a politician with Shiv Sena from Parbhani in the Maharashtra state of India. He was elected twice, in 2004 and 2009, as MLA from Parbhani Vidhan Sabha constituency. And he was elected ...

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

. Palam comes under Gangakhed (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for

assembly elections of Maharashtra Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

. Current representative from this constituency in

Maharashtra state assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 mem ...

is Mr. Ratnakar Gutte (Kaka) of Rashtriya Samaj Paksh.https://www.electionsinindia.com/maharashtra/gangakhed-assembly-vidhan-sabha-constituency-elections

References

{{Parbhani district villages Cities and towns in Parbhani district Talukas in Maharashtra