Tosham

Tosham is a town and a municipal committee in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has been awarded with title of "Adarsh Village". There is one small mountain of Aravali Mountain Range. Temple of "Baba Mungipa" is situated on this mountain. This temple is very famous and popular in local area. A rock-shelter inscription on the mountain has an inscription of a group of Sātvata religious preceptors (ācārya) dating to the circa 4th century CE.^[1] This is an important record for the history of the Vaiṣṇava religion.

Geography

Tosham is located at . It has an average elevation of 207 metres (679 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Tosham had a population of 11,271. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tosham has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 54%. In Tosham, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

See also

• Tosham (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References

1. ^ J. F. Fleet, Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, vol. 3 (Calcutta, 1888): 269.
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.