Paranda
Sign in to saveParanda is a town with a municipal council in the Dharashiv district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the headquarters town for the Paranda Tehsil.
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- Settlement.name
- Paranda
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- India Maharashtra
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- Location in Maharashtra, India
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- Country
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- India
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
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- District
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- Dharashiv
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- Tahsil
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- Paranda
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 19
- Settlement.population_total
- 16879
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1258
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- Lok Sabha constituency
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- Area
- 19
- Dialing code
- 2477
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- postal code
- 413502
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Paranda is a town with a municipal council in the Dharashiv district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the headquarters town for the Paranda Tehsil.
==History== The city is located around an ancient Paranda Fort and is also an area of mosques and temples. Paranda, historically known as Parinda, was the capital for nearly four thousand villages. Today, there are ninety-seven villages in the Paranda taluka (subdistrict). The Paranda municipal council was founded in the year 1941 and is the oldest municipal council in the Osmanabad district. The river Sina is a source of fine quality sand.
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