Asoda is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Jalgaon District

Jalgaon District

Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 state in western India

India

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,, which itself is located on the northern Deccan Plateau. It is 5 km from Jalgaon,located within the productive, irrigated agricultural region of Khandesh

Khandesh

Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state.Khandesh was the terminal territorial part under the rule of Mughals. The Start of Deccan region demarcated by the boundary of Khandesh....

.The main occupation of people in Asoda is farming of cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

, black gram, green gram

Mung bean

The mung bean is the seed of Vigna radiata. It is native to the Indian subcontinent.-Description:They are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color...

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Asoda is the birth place of the Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 poetess Bahinabai Chaudhari

Bahinabai Chaudhari

Bahinabai Chaudhari was a noted Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.-Life and works:She was born in 24 August,1880 in Asoda in Khandesh District...

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Asoda is famous for brinjal and nonveg.

Geography

Its geographical coordinates are 21° 2' 0" North, 75° 36' 0" East.
Asoda is surrounded by Jalgaon,Bhadli,Mamurabad and Tarsod.

Demographics

India census

Census

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,Asoda had a population of 30,000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jalgaon has an average literacy rate of 60%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%.

Transport facilities

Most people depend on public transport (MSRTC), commonly known as "ST", and private vehicles like auto-riksha for commuting to district and taluka places like Jalgaon & Bhusawal

Bhusawal

Bhusawal or Bhusaval is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Geography:Bhusawal is located at . It has an average elevation of 209 metres ....

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Railway stations near Asoda:

• Bhadli 4 km (Halt for passenger trains only)
• Jalgaon 5 km (express and passenger halt)
• Bhusawal 26 km (all trains halt)

Notable personalities

Literature:

• Bahinabai Chaudhari
  Bahinabai Chaudhari
  Bahinabai Chaudhari was a noted Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.-Life and works:She was born in 24 August,1880 in Asoda in Khandesh District...
  
  , famous Poet

Other:

• Shital Mahajan.