Sonpeth

Municipality in Maharashtra, India

Sonpeth

Municipality

Sonpeth

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 19°1′34″N 76°28′18″E﻿ / ﻿19.02611°N 76.47167°E﻿ / 19.02611; 76.47167
Country| India
State| Maharashtra
District| Parbhani
Government

• Type| Municipal council
• Body| SMC
Elevation

| 437 m (1,434 ft)
Population

(2011)[citation needed]

• Total

| 15,765
Demonym| Sonpethkar
Languages

• Official| Marathi
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN code|

431516

Vehicle registration| MH-22
Website| www.parbhani.nic.in

Sonpeth is a city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

## Demographics

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As of 2011[update] India census, Sonpeth has population of 15,765 of which 8,120 are males while 7,645 are females. Female Sex Ratio is of 942 higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Literacy rate of Sonpeth city is 74.86% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Sonpeth, Male literacy is around 82.45% while female literacy rate is 66.94%.

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.40% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.64% of total population in Sonpeth.

## Transport

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Sonpeth is located 55 km (34 mi) to the west of the district headquarters, Parbhani.

Parli 22 km (14 mi), Ambajogai 45 km (28 mi) , Beed 79 km (49 mi) , Dharur 55 km (34 mi) , Pathri 33 km (21 mi) , Majalgaon 45 km (28 mi) , Manwath 41 km (25 mi) are the nearby cities to Sonpeth.

Major city chhatrapati sambhajinagar is 171 km (106 mi) and Nanded is 109 km (68 mi) from Sonpeth.

## Governance

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Sonpeth 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.[1]

Sonpeth comes under Pathri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[2] for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is Suresh Warpudkar who was Indian National Congress.[3]

## Climate

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Climate data for Sonpeth

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 30.0
(86.0)  | 32.0
(89.6)  | 35.4
(95.7)  | 38.5
(101.3)  | 40.0
(104.0)  | 34.7
(94.5)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 27.5
(81.5)  | 30.5
(86.9)  | 31.6
(88.9)  | 30.0
(86.0)  | 28.0
(82.4)  | 33.7
(92.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 11.2
(52.2)  | 13.6
(56.5)  | 17.0
(62.6)  | 22.7
(72.9)  | 24.4
(75.9)  | 23.5
(74.3)  | 22.3
(72.1)  | 21.8
(71.2)  | 20.4
(68.7)  | 18.0
(64.4)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 11.0
(51.8)  | 20.2
(68.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 5.1
(0.20)  | 6.0
(0.24)  | 9.7
(0.38)  | 9.2
(0.36)  | 23.4
(0.92)  | 145.0
(5.71)  | 238.1
(9.37)  | 265.9
(10.47)  | 184.3
(7.26)  | 73.8
(2.91)  | 16.1
(0.63)  | 10.6
(0.42)  | 957.2
(37.69)
Source: IMD

## References

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* India portal

1. ^ "Parbhani Lok Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
2. ^ "List of Polling Stations by Constituency". Maharashtra Election Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
3. ^ "Pathri Vidhan Sabha". Elections. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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