Jamkhed

This article is about the Jamkhed city in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. For the tehsil in Ahmednagar district, see Jamkhed tehsil.

Jamkhed
City
Jamkhed Location in Maharashtra, India Jamkhed Jamkhed (India)
Coordinates: 18.72°N 75.32°E / 18.72; 75.32
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmednagar
Population  (2011)
• Total	158,380
Demonym	Jamkhedkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	413201

Jamkhed is a census town in Ahmednagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Jamkhed is in between the Ahmednagar and Beed. Jamkhed is very well known for its comprehensive rural health project CRHP. It also has Jamkhed homeopathic college, nursing college.

Geography

Jamkhed is located at 18.72°N 75.32°E / 18.72; 75.32. It has an Area of 1935 Sq feet.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Jamkhed had a population of 16. Males constituted 52.7% of the population and females 47.3%. Jamkhed had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 76%, and female literacy was 63%. In Jamkhed, 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.

External links

• The Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed website