Ozar, Nashik District
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Ozar (also written as Ojhar or Ozhar) is a
census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
in
Nashik District Nashik district,(Marathi: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɑɕɪk formerly known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of win ...
in the Indian
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of
Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
. It is part of Nashik Metropolitan Region.


Demographics

India census, Ozar had a population of 51,297. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ozar has an average literacy rate of 78.9%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 75%. In Ozar, 12.35% of the population is under 6 years of age. Ozar has some major central government installations; HAL and an Indian Air Force & Military Engineering Services (MES) Station. The town is famous for its vineyards, grapes, sugarcane, and onions. The town, also called Ojhar (MIG), has a defence-based Airport also known as Nashik Airport or Ozar Airport with daily cargo services and domestic flights. The Pragati Aerospace Museum is also located here. The town is situated on the Indian National Highway No. 3, which is the Mumbai Agra National highway. It is one of the fast developing and growing towns in the
Nashik Nashik, formerly Nasik, is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra situated on the banks of the river Godavari, about northeast of the state capital Mumbai. Nashik is one of the Hindu pilgrimage sites of the Kumbh ...
district. In early 1920s, the tropical viticulture or table grape revolution was started in Ozar by Shri Raosaheb Jairam Krishnaji Gaikwad (1894–1980).


References

Cities and towns in Nashik district {{Nashik-geo-stub