Pathri is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

, near the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

of Parbhani and a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

in Parbhani district in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n 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 ...

. It has been claimed that Pathri is the real birthplace of

Sai Baba Sai Baba or Saibaba ( hi, साईं , "Swami", and , "Baba (honorific), Baba") is an honorific term for Asceticism, ascetics in India. It may refer in particular to: People * Sai Baba of Shirdi (–1918), Indian guru * Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2 ...

, which has been subject to controversy. Maharashtra CM had initially granted Rs 100-crore for development of birthplace facilities at Pathri, but later dropped all references to 'Janmsthan'. Pathri Premier League (PPL) is a popular annual cricket tournament organised in the city to boost local cricketing talent.

Geography

Pathri is located at . It has an average elevation of 423 metres (1387 feet).

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Pathri has population of 36,853 of which 19,025 are males while 17,828 are females. Pathri has Female Sex Ratio is of 937 higher than

state average of 929. 15.1% of the population is under 6 years of age. Literacy rate of Pathri city is 78.20% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Pathri, Male literacy is around 84.18% while female literacy rate is 71.89%. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.04% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.83% of total population in Pathri.

Tourism

Datta temple in Gunj-Khurd and Renuka Devi temple at Pedgaon hold religious importance as well. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr Uddhav Thakre has confirmed that Pathri is the real birthplace of Sai Baba and he has allocated Rs 1 billion for the development of Pathri. This will help to boost the economy of Pathri and Prabhani District.

Transport

Pathri is a major town on National Highway 222 which connects Kalyan to

Nirmal Nirmal is a town and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood. The district headquarters is located in the town of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of A ...

. Pathri is located towards west from district headquarters Parbhani. The distance between Pathri and Aurangabad is & distance between Pathri and

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 ...

is 114 km (70 mi). Nearest railway station from Pathri is Manwath road railway station which is away.

Administration

Pathri 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 ...

. Pathri is part of

Pathri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Pathri (Assembly constituency) is one of four constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Parbhani district. It is a part of the Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Jintur, Parb ...

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 uresh Ambadasrao Warpudkarwho was Indian National Congress candidate.

References

{{reflist, 30em Talukas in Maharashtra Cities and towns in Parbhani district