Tuljapur Tahsil is a '' tahsil/taluka'' (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district,

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on the Deccan Plateau of

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. The town of

Tuljapur Tuljapur is a town with a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative seat of Tuljapur taluka. Tuljapur is the location of the annual Tulja Bhavani fair during Navaratri (September–Octo ...

is the administrative headquarters of the ''tahsil''. There are 107

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s in Tuljapur Tahsil.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Tuljapur Tahsil had a population of 250,149, with 129,622 (51.8%) males and 120,527 (48.2%) females, for a gender ratio of 930 females per thousand males. The tahsil was 80.9% rural in 2001. In the 2011 census, Tuljapur Tahsil had 279,277 inhabitants and a gender ratio of 919 females per thousand males. The tahsil was 81.2% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 75.66% overall in Tuljapur Tahsil, with a rate of 84.53% for males and 66.06% for females. In 2011 in Tuljapur Tahsil, 12.3% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.

Towns and villages

There are two towns in Tuljapur Tahsil, Taljapur and

Naldurg Naldurg is a town and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Geography Naldurg is located at , 438 km from Mumbai.50 km from Solapur city It has an area of 7550 k ...

, both of which have municipal councils. Among the eighty-seven villages in the tahsil are: *haglur

References

Osmanabad district Talukas in Maharashtra {{Osmanabad-geo-stub