Buldhana
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Buldhana | |
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City | |
Nickname(s): Bhilthana | |
Buldhana Location in Maharashtra, India | |
Coordinates: 20°31′58″N 76°10′58″E / 20.53278°N 76.18278°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
Region | Vidarbha |
District | Buldhana |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,586,251 |
• Density | 268/km2 (690/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | MH 28 |
Website | buldhana |
Buldhana is the district headquarters and a Municipal Council in the Buldhana District of Amravati division in the Indian State of Maharashtra.
Climate[]
Climate data for Buldhana (1981–2010, extremes 1908–2011) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 35.8 (96.4) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.3 (104.5) |
43.2 (109.8) |
44.2 (111.6) |
42.4 (108.3) |
41.2 (106.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
39.5 (103.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
44.2 (111.6) |
Average high °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
34.2 (93.6) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7.4 (0.29) |
6.9 (0.27) |
12.7 (0.50) |
3.0 (0.12) |
13.9 (0.55) |
159.1 (6.26) |
193.0 (7.60) |
232.6 (9.16) |
129.9 (5.11) |
77.7 (3.06) |
20.7 (0.81) |
8.1 (0.32) |
865.0 (34.06) |
Average rainy days | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 47.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 37 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 49 | 71 | 76 | 67 | 51 | 41 | 39 | 44 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[2][3] |
Demographics[]
As of the 2011 India census,[4] Buldana city had a population of 67,431. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Buldana has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy at 82% and female literacy at 72%. 13% of the population is under six years of age.
Languages and Culture[]
The most common language spoken in Buldhana is the Marathi language. More than 98 percent of cities population speak Marathi as first language. Marathi is A compulsory subject taught in English and Hindi Medium school. Hindi is spoken by 1 percent of population. All Hindi speakers in Buldana can speak fluent Marathi due to its commercial status.[5]
Transport[]
There is a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus stand in the city. There are State Transport bus depots at Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhali, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, and Jalgaon-Jamod. Buldhana is connected to National Highway 6 through Khamgaon Nandura Malkapur town by NH753A. Malkapur, ; Shegaon, Nandura are the nearest railway station.
The nearest airport is at Aurangabad, which is 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the city.
See also[]
- Make In Maharashtra
References[]
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Buldhana. |
Wikisource has original text related to this article: |
- ^ Election Commission website Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Station: Buldhana Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 159–160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2010). "Andh: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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