Hinganghat

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?Hinganghat Maharashtra • India
Hinganghat
Coordinates: 20°34′N 78°50′E / 20.57, 78.83
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 215 m (705 ft)
District(s)	Wardha
Population	92,325 (2001)

Coordinates: 20°34′N 78°50′E / 20.57, 78.83 Hinganghat is a town and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Located about twenty-one miles southeast of the city of Wardha, the town is located on the banks of Vena River, a tributary of the Wardha River which joins to the Pranhita River, which ultimately flows into the Godavari River.

Hinganghat has been, in the past, a center of the Indian cotton trade, as it is located in the fertile Wardha Valley.

Baba Amte India's Social and moral leader, was born December 24, 1914) at Hinganghat. William Lambton a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer died at Hinganghat on January 19, 1823 when he was piloting Survey of India, undertaking the measurement of Mount Everest.

[edit] Geography

Hinganghat is located at 20.57° N 78.83° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet).

In British India Hinganghat was in center of India, but after the partition of India and Pakistan the Nagpur is considered called the center of India.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Hinganghat had a population of 92,325. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hinganghat has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Hinganghat, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.