Udgir Taluka, officially known as, Udayagiri Taluka, is a

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

and administrative subdivision of Latur District in the

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n state of

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. The administrative center for the taluka is the town of

Udgir Udgir, is second largest city and municipal council in Latur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Marathwada division of the state (one of the divisions of Maharashtra based on geographical conditions). The city i ...

. In the 2011 census there were eighty-seven

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s in Udgir Taluka.

Demographics

From 2001 to 2011 the population of Udgir Taluka rose from 263,989 to 311,457 for an increase of 17.98%. The female/male gender ratio worsened from 929 (females per thousand males) in 2001 to 911 (females per thousand males) in 2011. Literacy increased from 74.21% in 2001 to 80.18% in 2011.

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