Dharangaon

Dharangaon
City
Dharangaon is located in Maharashtra
Dharangaon
Dharangaon
Location in Maharashtra, India
Dharangaon is located in India
Dharangaon
Dharangaon
Dharangaon (India)
Coordinates: 21°01′N 75°16′E / 21.02°N 75.27°E / 21.02; 75.27
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictJalgaon
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
33,618
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Dharangaon is a city and a municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Dharangaon is also the tehsil headquarters in Jalgaon district.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Dharangaon had a population of 33,625. Males constituted 51% and females 49%. Dharangaon has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and, female literacy is 57%. In Dharangaon, 13% of the population is under 6.

Most of the people communicate in Ahirani, a dialect of Marathi.

Year Male Female Total Population Change Religion (%)
Hindu Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Jain Other religions and persuasions Religion not stated
2001[1] 17275 16350 33625 - 73.487 23.973 0.205 0.107 0.851 1.312 0.000 0.065
2011[2] 18211 17164 35375 0.052 73.015 24.851 0.161 0.099 0.481 1.368 0.000 0.025

Economy

Agriculture is the main occupation. Major crops include cotton, corn, wheat, jawar, banana and sugarcane.

Trade in cotton and oilseed is conducted with Jalgaon, a railway station about twenty miles to the east. Many Dharangaon merchants have agents in Jalgaon. In the past Dharangaon paper and cloth were in high demand, and while the weaving of coarse cloth still gives employment to more than 100 looms, paper manufacture has since ceased.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Census India 2001.
  2. ^ Census India 2011.
  3. ^ "maharashtra". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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