Koregaon Bhima
| Koregaon Bhima कोरेगाव-भिमा Koregaon (कोरेगाव) |
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 Koregaon Bhima
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| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Pune |
| Taluka | Shirur |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 8,999 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Koregaon Bhima is a panchayat village[1] and census town[2] in the state of Maharashtra, India,[3] on the left (north) bank of the Bhima River.[4] Administratively, Koregaon Bhima is under Shirur Taluka of Pune District in Maharashtra.[2] There is only the single town of Koregaon Bhima in the Koregaon Bhima gram panchayat.[2] The town of Koregaon Bhima is 10 km along the SH 60 motorway southwest of the village of Shikrapur, and 28 km by road northeast of the city of Pune.
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History
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The Battle of Koregaon took place on January 1, 1818 between the army of Baji Rao II of the Maratha Empire, and a small East India Company force consisting mostly of Mahars with British officiers. The Koregaon pillar, an obelisk, stands at the battle site, and commemorates the brave and victorious Mahar soldiers.[5]
Demographics
In the 2001 census, the village of Koregaon Bhima had 8,999 inhabitants, with 5,178 males (57.5%) and 3,821 females (42.5 %), for a gender ratio of 738 females per thousand males.[6]
Notes
- ↑ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Koregaon Bhima = 188591, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2011 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 555672, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2001 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 03050100, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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