Basmath
Basmath (वसमत / बसमत) is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Basmath Vasmat, Vasumatinagari | |
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city | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Hingoli |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Council (India) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 68,846[1] |
| Language | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| • Other | Hindi [2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 431512 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 38 |
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[3] Basmath had a population of 57,360. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Basmath has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
gollark: I said "many", not "all".
gollark: The government throwing money at it will not make that better.
gollark: In many cases you just need to have *a degree* of some sort, even if it's completely pointless, because it shows... that you have the patience to do a thing for 4 years or something??
gollark: Or, well, are just short of it.
gollark: So you just have costs go up until they don't reach the limit!
References
- "Basmath, Census 2011". Census 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- "National Commission for Linguistic Minority". 50th/report/nclm. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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