Terkheda

Terkheda is a panchayat village[2] in Washi taluka of Osmanabad district in India.[3] Terkheda is the only village listed in its gram panchayat,[3] but it is surrounded by twelve small villages and has an old history; Hindus, Lingayats and Muslims all live together there. The village is surrounded by many hills and is next to the Tirna River (Terna River). National Highway 211 runs just south of the main village.

Terkheda
village
Terkheda
Location in Maharashtra, India
Terkheda
Terkheda (India)
Coordinates: 18°26′42″N 075°50′12″E
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictOsmanabad
TahsilWashi
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total9,568
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
413525
Lok Sabha constituencyOsmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencyParanda[1]

This village is an industrious and prosperous village. The economy is mainly based upon agriculture, but firecrackers are also manufactured there, inverter manufacturing, pipe manufacturing, fabrication manufacturing, Hotels these are the main businesses. The village has several temples and a durgah (Sufi shrine).

Shree Samarth Hotel and Sweet Mart is one of the best hotel in Terkheda Village this hotel have speciality of fast foods, sweets and cakes.

Terkheda has 6 schools named Ganesh Vidyalaya, Subodh Vidyamandir, Swami Vivekanand English Medium School, Parivartan School. And has One D.ed College also.

All villagers celebrate Chaitri Utsav for the goddess Yedai at a temple which is situated 8 km away. Every year after Hanuman Jayanti, Yedai is worshiped for 4 days.

Demographics

In the 2001 Indian census, the village of Terkhead had 6,060 inhabitants, with 3,135 males (51.7%) and 2,925 females (48.3%), for a gender ratio of 933 females per thousand males.[4]

In the 2011 census, the population of Terkhead had decreased to 4,762 inhabitants.[5]

Notes
  1. "Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District" (PDF). National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013.
  2. 2011 Village Panchayat Code = 186430, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
  3. 2011 Census Village code = 561281, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Terkheda Gram Panchayat, Washi, Osmanabad, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
  4. "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  5. "NPR Report: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Washi". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.


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