Aurad Shahajani

Aurad Shahajani
Town
Nickname:  Aurad
Aurad Shahajani Location in Maharashtra, India Aurad Shahajani Aurad Shahajani (India)
Coordinates: 18°05′45″N 076°53′17″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Taluka	Nilanga
Government
• Body	Grampanchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	20,154
Demonym	Auradkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH 24
Lok Sabha constituency	Latur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nilanga
Website	maharashtra.gov.in

Aurad Shahajani is a Town located in the Nilanga Taluka of Latur District It's 20 kilometres Away From the City Of Nilanga And 68 Kilometres Away From The City Of Bidar And It's Situated In Maharashtra And Karnataka Border. Its located at the banks of terna river. Its One of the Most Developed Places in Nilanga Taluka.

Religions in Aurad Shahajani
Religion			Percent
Hindus			74%
Buddhists			9%
Muslims			16%
Christians			0.2%
Jains			0.2%
Others†			0.4%
Distribution of religions †Includes OBC, VJNT (<0.2%).

Languages

Marathi is widely spoken in the region. Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Telgu are also common in the village.

Location

Aurad Shahajani is located on the banks of Terna River in central west India. It is closer (approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi)) to Hyderabad in the state of Telangana than it is to the capital of Maharashtra state, Mumbai.

Geography and climate

Aurad Shahajani
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.8     29 12     2.1     32 14     3.3     36 19     3.5     38 22     24     38 25     114     34 24     116     30 22     120     29 21     122     30 21     61     32 19     11     30 15     6.5     28 12 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: Shahajani,+IND+forecast:averagesm&setunit=C MSN Weather
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.1     84 54     0.1     90 57     0.1     97 66     0.1     100 72     1     100 77     4.5     93 75     4.6     86 72     4.7     84 70     4.8     86 70     2.4     90 66     0.4     86 59     0.3     82 54 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Aurad Shahajani is situated 636 metres above mean sea level, on the Balaghat plateau, near the Maharashtra–Karnataka state boundary. It receives its drinking water from the nearby Terna River,Terna joins to Manjra river here at this village and then named Wanjara by the name of Wanjarkheda (a village at the other bank of river in Karnatka state) which suffered from environmental degradation and silting in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Mahavidyalaya and some other villagers tried successfully to wide shape of river.

Temperature : Annual temperatures in range from 13 to 41 °C (55 to 106 °F), with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter, Aurad Shahajani is October to February. The highest temperature ever recorded was 45.6 °C (114.1 °F). The lowest recorded temperature was4.5. 2.2 °C (36.0 °F). In the cold season the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about 2 to 4 °C (36 to 39 °F).

Rainfall : Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Rainfall varies from 9.0 to 693 mm/month. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.

Culture

There is a temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhavani that is associated with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj jayanti.

Media and Communication

Newspapers

In Aurad Shahajani, the most widely read Marathi newspapers are:

1. •Lokmat
2. •Loksatta
3. •Sakal
4. •Ekmat
5. •Punyanagri

Additionally, some residents read English newspapers such as:

1. •Times of India
2. •The Hindu

Other Marathi daily newspapers available include:

1. •Lokman
2. •Marathwada Neta
3. •Rajdharma
4. •Sanchar
5. •Sarathi Samachar
6. •Tarun Bharat
7. •Yashwant

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the suburb of Aurad shahajani recorded inhabitants, males (51.4%) and females (48.6%), for a gender ratio of 945 females per 1000 males.