Bhogaon, Jintur

Bhogaon भोगाव
Village
Bhogaon Show map of Maharashtra Bhogaon Show map of India Location in Maharashtra, India[1]
Coordinates: 19°35′22″N 76°45′39″E / 19.58944°N 76.76083°E / 19.58944; 76.76083Coordinates: 19°35′22″N 76°45′39″E / 19.58944°N 76.76083°E / 19.58944; 76.76083
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Government
• Type	Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
• Total	5,881[2]
Demonym(s)	Bhogaonkar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	431509[3]
Telephone code	02457[4]
Vehicle registration	MH-22

Bhogaon is a major village in Jintur taluka of Parbhani district in Maharashtra state of India.

Demography

Bhogaon has total 1205 families residing. The Bhogaon village has population of 5,881 of which 3,036 are males while 2,845 are females as per Population Census 2011.^[2]

Average Sex Ratio of Bhogaon village is 937 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929.^[2]

Bhogaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhogaon village was 74.07% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Bhogaon Male literacy stands at 84.02% while female literacy rate was 63.59%. ^[2]

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.12% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.20% of total population in Bhogaon village.^[2]

Transport

Bhogaon is in vicinity of Jintur, it is located 46 km (29 mi) towards north from district head quarters Parbhani. 477 km (296 mi) from State capital Mumbai.^[4]

Governance and Politics

Bhogaon is comes under Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav of Shiv Sena.^[5]

Bhogaon is comes under Jintur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Vijay Bhambale of Nationalist Congress Party.^[6]

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