Daryapur

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?Daryapur Maharashtra • India
Daryapur
Coordinates: 20°56′N 77°20′E / 20.93, 77.33
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 288 m (945 ft)
District(s)	Amravati
Population • Sex ratio	34,398 (2001) • Nearly Equal
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 444803 • ++91(0)7224

Coordinates: 20°56′N 77°20′E / 20.93, 77.33 Daryapur (Banosa) is a city and a municipal council in Amravati district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Daryapur has excelled in education with its old famous reputed Prabodhan Vidyalaya daryapur and other schools which has produced many meritorious students who excelled in different fields of studies. Daryapur is also famous as a cotton producing town with numerous jinning and pressing factories. It also excels in production of cereals like 'Mug' and 'Chana'. Soyabeen production in recent years is also growing. Daryapur Municipal Council comprises three separate town i.e. Daryapur, Banosa and Babhali. Daryapur is the main town where the Municipal Council, ST Bus Stand, and main schools are situated. There is only a narrow-gauge rail line separating Banosa from Daryapur. Babhali and Banosa are separated by a river "Chandrabhaga".

Some remarkable places in and around Daraypur are the Cotton mill, Kholapuri Gate, Asha-Manisha Temple on the bank of Chandrabhaga river, Sant Gadge Baba Temple, Sant Gadge Baba Jatra-Runmochan, Murha, Parashram Maharaj Temple-Pimplod and Bag famous as religious places.

Daryapur is also home town of renowned marathi writer Pratima Ingole and Satish Taral. She is active in this field since 25 years. Her many stories are included for studies in school and college syllabus. Daryapur also now have considerable amount of NRIs.

[edit] Geography

Daryapur is located at 20.93° N 77.33° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 288 metres (948 feet) above sea level.

Daryapur has grown remarkably in the recent past.Schooling in Daryapur has been outstanding and they are producing budding doctors and Engineers. Schools such as Kashi bai agrawal vidyala and Maulana Azad urdu high school have produced many successful professionals. Famous Industrialist Tahir Ali belongs to these schools, and now has his business empire in many countries.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Daryapur had a population of 34,398. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Daryapur Banosa has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82% and, female literacy is 74%. In Daryapur Banosa, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.