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Pravin.Ghate 06:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Ghate Pravin

Mukhed v • d • e Maharashtra, India
District(s)	Nanded
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population	25,936 (2001)

Coordinates: ° N ° E

Mukhed is a city and a municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It lies about 75 km from Nanded, but travel to Mukhed from Nanded takes about two hours because of poor road conditions, and there is no train service.

1 History
2 Background
3 Geography
4 Demographics

[edit] History

The historical name of this city was 'Mohanavati Nagar'. There is a fable about this name change. There was strong blief in resident villegers that this city was enchanted! Once the personel came to this city never leaves it. And the secret lies in name Mohanavati (which means bewitch). So they changed the name of city to Mukhed!

Mukhed has background of Ramayana stories. King Dashratha (Father of Shree Ram), has unknowingly killed Shrawan Bal near a lake mistaking him as a wild Animal. Shrawan Bal had come there to get some water for his parents. They in turn cursed Dashratha that in his end period he will not be near his son. The lake is now called as Shrawan Chalma.

[edit] Background

The following villages are located in Mukhed: Jahur, Billali, Halni, Hatral, Barahali, Mukramabad, Jamb, Hondala, Hiparga, Sangvi, Ladga, Jahur, Halni, and Dapka (Gundupant), Rajura, Pala, Khandgaon, shikara.....

As I have mentioned in my earlier edit, we can not merge Mudkhed and Mukhed. These are two different towns. Mudkhed has a railway station and Mukhed does not have one. Distance between these two towns is around 100 KMs.

[edit] Geography

Mukhed is located at 19.17° N 77.52° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 371 metres (1217 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Mukhed had a population of 25,936. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mukhed has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 53%. In Mukhed, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.