Latur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Established
- 16 August 1982 (29th District of Maharashtra )
- Headquarters
- Latur
- Tehsils
- Latur Udgir Ausa Nilanga Ahmedpur Renapur Shirur Anantpal Jalkot Deoni Chakur
- Type
- District council
- Body
- Latur Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Shivendra Raje Bhosale , ( Cabinet Minister )
- President zilla parishad
- Smt. Ushatai Sambhajirao Patil Talegaonkar ( BJP )
- Vice president zilla parishad
- Mr. Dayanand Surwase ( NCP )
- District collector
- Dr. Bharat Bastewad ( IAS )
- Ceo zilla parishad
- Rahul Kumar Meena ( IAS )
- Mps
- Shivaji Bandappa Kalge , ( Latur )
- Total
- 7,157 km (2,763 sq mi)
- Urban
- 117.78 km (45.48 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 515 m (1,690 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 636 m (2,087 ft)
- Density
- 342.9/km (888.1/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Sambhajinagar division
- Capital
- Latur
- Population
- 2454196
- Area
- 7157
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Bidar district
- Official website
- latur.nic.in
- Households
- 481572
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- topic's main category
- Category:Latur district
- short name
- LTR
- Commons category
- Latur district
- male population
- 1273140
- female population
- 1181056
- urban population
- 624980
- rural population
- 1829216
- literate population
- 1650672
- illiterate population
- 803524
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Encyclopedic overview
Latur district (Marathi pronunciation: [laːt̪uːɾ]) is a district in Maharashtra state of India. Latur city is the district headquarters and is the 16th largest city in the state of Maharashtra. The district is primarily agricultural. Urban population comprises 25.47% of the total population.
Officers and Public Representatives
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Latur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.