Gevrai

Gevrai
city
Gevrai Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°10′N 75°27′E / 19.16°N 75.45°E / 19.16; 75.45Coordinates: 19°10′N 75°27′E / 19.16°N 75.45°E / 19.16; 75.45
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Beed
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	305,048
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	431127
Telephone code	02447

Gevrai or Georai is a tehsil in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India.

Geography

Gevrai is located at 19°10′N 75°27′E / 19.16°N 75.45°E / 19.16; 75.45.^[1] It has an average elevation of 465 metres (1528 feet).

It lies on National Highway 211 connecting Solapur – Osmanabad – Beed – Aurangabad – Dhule in Maharashtra, and on National Highway 222 connecting Vishakhapttanam – Kalyan.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Gevrai had a population of 28,492. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gevrai has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 58%. In Gevrai, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Gevrai
Religion			Percent
Hindus			60%
Muslims			28%
Buddhists			8.6%
Christians			1.4%
Jains			1.7%
Others†			0.3%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Education

R. B. Attal College of Arts, Science and Commerce^[3]
Sharda Vidya Mandir, Takadgaon Road, Gevrai
New High School, Gevrai
Vimla Vidya Mandir, Gevrai
Z. P. High School, Gevrai
St. Xaviers, Gevrai
Asharam School,gevrai
shiv sharda public school,shivajinagar, georai
Indira Gandhi English School, georai
Anmol Balak Mandir, Georai

Politics

For majority of its time the politics in Georai was dominated by Shivajirao Pandit his cousin Badamrao Pandit and Shivajirao's eldest son Amarsingh Pandit. The current MLA from Gevrai Vidhan Sabha constituency is BJP's Adv. Laxman Pawar who belongs to family of Patil the historical and traditional heads of Gevrai. He won the 2014 Vidhan Sabha election by defeating NCP's Badamrao Pandit by a landslide of 60001 votes the highest win margin in Marathwada region. Additionally Amarsingh Pandit also represents Gevrai as a MLC.

References

↑ "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Gevrai". Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ "R.B. Attal College official site". Rbattalcollege.org. Retrieved 2012-07-01.

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