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Town in Maharashtra, India

Bhoom

Bhoom

Key facts

area4.6km²
elevation above sea level601m
instance ofhuman settlement
countryIndia
located in the administrative territorial entityBhoom Taluka
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Country
India
State
Maharashtra
District
Osmanabad
Tahsil
Bhoom
• Official
Marathi
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
413504
Telephone code
912478
Vehicle registration
MH25
Nearest cities
Latur, Beed, Barshi and Solapur
Lok Sabha constituency
Osmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Paranda

Bhoom is a town with a municipal council in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra, India, and it is the headquarters of Bhoom tahsil. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the Bhima.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, Bhum Tahsil had a population of 116,894, with 60,620 (51.9%) males and 56,274 (48.1%) females, for a gender ratio of 928 females per thousand males.

In the 2011 census, Bhum Tahsil had 137,217 inhabitants and a gender ratio of 905 females per thousand males. The tahsil was 86.4% rural. The literacy rate in 2011 was 73.08% overall in Bhum Tahsil, with a rate of 82.86% for males and 62.45% for females. In 2011, 11.5% of the population of Bhum Tahsil was 0 to 6 years of age.

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