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Patur is a town and a
municipal council
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in Akola district
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in the India
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of Maharashtra
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Geography
Patur is located at . It has an average elevation of .Demographics
the Indiacensus
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, According to the 2011 census, the total population of Patur was 117,635 in this taluka
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, of whom 60,765 were male and 56,870 female. In 2019/2020 the estimated population was between 114,106 and 144,691. Literate people are 85,917; 47,978 were male and 37,939 female. Patur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 66%. In Patur, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Patur is a Hindu-majority town with a population percentage of 50% ratio amongst all communities, according to 2011 census.
Politics
Patur Municipal council was established in 1957. * President of the municipality is Sau. Prabha Bhimrao Kothalkar * Vice President Of the municipality is Syed Mujahiduddin * Patur Bharip Bahujan Mahasange President Shri :- Raju Bhau BorkarEducation
Major educational institutions include: *Tulsabai Kawal Vidyalaya and Jr. College of Arts/Science, MCVC (Including Technical School and Mother India convent). Established in 1914, completing 100 years in 2014. * Dr. H. N. Sinha Jr. and Senior College (including B.A./B.Sc.) * Vasantrao Naik High School and Jr. College * Savitribai Phule High School and Jr. College * Gramin Ayurved Mahavidyalaya (BAMS College) * Government Industrial Training Institute * Several government and privateMarathi
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desshera.
* Renuka mata mandir: located on a hill in the north-west, believed built in the 16th century.
* Patur Caves: Patur Caves near Patur-Balapur Highway, is a historic place built by Buddhist rulers in the 3rd Century BCE.
* Shahbabu Drgah on the west side of Patur, has historical importance in Maharashtra. Shahbabu was a 13th-century Muslim saint who came to Patna to preach Islam. Shahbabu was born in Mecca. The
* Patur Caves: Patur Caves near Patur-Balapur Highway, is a historic place built by Buddhist rulers in the 3rd Century BCE.
* Shahbabu Drgah on the west side of Patur, has historical importance in Maharashtra. Shahbabu was a 13th-century Muslim saint who came to Patna to preach Islam. Shahbabu was born in Mecca. The dargah
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was gradually built by many Muslim rulers. The tomb or holy shrine was built by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq
Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the youn ...
of Delhi in 1348 AD, then second portion of Khangah and Sher Darwaza were built by Mughal Knight Abdur Raheem Khan-e-Khanaa. With latest development, Buland Darwaza (a copy of Ajmer Sharif Buland Darwaza) built by the late Haji Syed Akbar in 1950.
* Jama Masjid: Grand mosque of Patur, has of prime importance specially on Juma (Friday prayer
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. Built in 1726 AD by a nawab
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family of Patur. For the last 300 years it has been under the supervision of the Quazi family. Currently supervised by Quazi Sarfaz Ali.
* Chaman Masjid : No historical records have bee found regarding the building of this mosque (Masjid), it was likely built during the reign of the Tughlaq Emperors. Uptill ran Alhumdulillah under the supervision of Haji Syed Talib and handed over to Badi Masjib Trust, Akola
Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. Akola ...
* Masjid-e-Abrar: Masjid-e-Abrar is situated at Abrar colony near the Balapur road in Patur
References
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