Nanded-Waghala

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?Nanded-Waghala Maharashtra • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Nanded
Population	430,598 (2001)

Nanded-Waghala is a city and a municipal corporation in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on the banks of the river Godavari in Maharashtra state of India. It the administrative headquarters Nanded District is Marathwada's second most important city, next only to Aurangabad. Nanded is a well-known Sikh Pilgrimage center. One can visit a famous Sikh Gurdwara Takht Sri Hazur Sahib here. Mahur and Basar are adjacent tourist attractions. The waterfall of Sahastra Kunda is popular with tourists.

Nanded-Waghala could prove to be of interest for international business, as it is one of the major cotton growing areas in India.

Tourists can approach the city Nanded-Waghala from Mumbai (Bombay), Pune or Hyderabad. Nanded is well-connected to all parts of North India and South India by train.

Nanded is renowned for its advances in Education Spiritual, Social, Political, Science, Arts and other spheres.etc.,

Other commercial Metropolis in India like Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat etc. out source various industrial processes and services from Nanded. It is convenient to them because of reasonable labour cost of skilled and well educated quality manpower.

Swami Ramanand Teerth University offers an excellent opportunity of education and research in various fields including Bio Technology. Similarly *SGGS College of Engineering & Technology, Nanded is also well-known for its research in engineering and technology. Courses offered by SGGS College of Engineering & Technology, Nanded are considered equivalent to IIT also has similar funding structure and autonomy. Students of both the institutes are sought after by top level business organisations across India and abroad.

The main language spoken is Marathi. People are also very comfortable with English, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[1], Nanded-Waghala had a population of 430,598. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nanded-Waghala has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 63%. In Nanded-Waghala, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.