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Osmanabad District Data

 

General Description
Osmanabad forms part of the Marathawada region of Maharashtra. In ancient times the place was known as Dharasiva. Recently the state government renamed Osmanabad with its ancient name Dharasiva.The region in ancient times was ruled by the Satavahanas, the Yadavas, and in the medieval period by the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals till 1724, when it passed on to the Nizam of Hyderabad. For a brief period from 1853, it was under the control of the British, but in 1860 the region reverted to Hyderabad. Osmanabad was part of Naldurg district, but in 1905 the new district of Osmanabad was created. It remained part of Hyderabad till 1948 when Hyderabad was merged with the Indian Union. In 1956 with the reorganisation of states, Osmanabad was transferred to Bombay state, and thence to Maharashtra in 1960. In 1982 Osmanabad was bifurcated into Osmanabad and the new district of Latur.
Population 1,472,256
Density of population (Persons/sq km) 195
Men 762,947
Women 709,309
Total rural population 1,239,009
Total urban population 233,247
% of Scheduled castes 16.69 %
% of Scheduled tribes 1.89 %
Sex-ratio (females/1000 males) 930
% Below poverty line 15.0 %
Literacy rate(2001) 70.24%
% Literate males 82.03%
% Literate females 57.55%
Gross enrollment ratio
( elementary level -- class I to VIII)		 >100
Birth Rate 3.9
Death Rate 3.9
Infant mortality rate ( per 1000) 71.0
Maternal mortality rate ( per 1000) 0.8
% of girls marrying below 18 years of age 46.5
Health Infrastructure 2 government hospitals, primary health centres, sub-centres.
% of children getting complete immunization 79.3
Estimated % coverage of safe drinking water (habitations) 75.75
% villages not connected to pucca roads 47.42
Composite Index 60.51
Ranking (out of 569 districts of India) on the basis of composite index 231
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