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Town in Maharashtra, India

Yeola

Yeola

Key facts

area12.79km²
elevation above sea level537m
instance ofhuman settlement
countryIndia
located in the administrative territorial entityNashik district
described by sourceEncyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
All data from the card 8
Country
India
State
Maharashtra
District
Nashik
Founder
Raghuji Baba Shinde
• Total
49,826
Demonym
Yeolekar
• Official
Marathi
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)

Yeola (Marathi pronunciation: [jeːʋlaː]), also called Yevla or Yewala, is a town, a municipal council, and a taluka headquarters in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census of India, Yeola, listed in the census as Yevla Municipal Council, had a population of 49,826, including 25,582 males and 24,244 females. Children aged 0-6 numbered 6,005, and the town had 39,801 literates.

Geography

Yeola is 83 kilometres from Nasik on Nasik-Aurangabad Highway and 26 kilometres south of Manmad on the Manmad–Ahmednagar road. Yeola is 33  kilometres from Shirdi and is 260 kilometres northeast of Mumbai. It has a station on the Ahmednagar–Manmad rail route. Aurangabad Airport, Nasik/Ozar Airport, Shirdi Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport are the nearest airports. It is 1149 km from Delhi. Notable villages in Yeola Taluka include Nagarsol.

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