Osmanabad district

Osmanabad district is an administrative of the state of  in. The district headquarters are located at. Temple of goddess Tuljabhavani at Tulajapur is famous in India. The district occupies an of 7512.4  of which 241.4  is urban area and has a  of 1,486,586 of which 15.69% were urban (as of ). 

Location
district lies in the southern part of state. It lies on the plateau, about 600 m above sea level. Parts of the and  flow through the district. The district is located on east side of Marathwada region within the range latitude 17.35 to 18.40 degrees north, and latitude 75.16 to 76.40 degrees east.

Climate
The rainy season starts from mid of June and continues till the end of September. From October to November the climate is humid. From mid November to January it is dry and cool. From February to June the climate is dry and increasingly hot. During summer the temperature of district is low compared to other districts of Marathwada region. The average rainfall of this district is 730 mm.

Talukas
There are eight talukas, these being Osmanabad, Tuljapur, Omerga, Lohara, Kalamb, Bhoom, Vashi and Paranda.

Kalamb is an important commercial town of the district. It is located on the bank of river Manjra. The taluka is blesses by Yedeshwari devi, the temple located at Yermala, 20 km from Kalamb.

Tuljapur is the major taluka place. Located at distance approx 30 km from Solapur and 25 km from Osmanabad dist head quarter. 40km from hyderabad Highway ( Naldurga ) Tuljapur is known for "Tuljabhavani Mandir". It is said that Tuljabhavani mata has offered sword to Shri Shivaji Maharaj

Omerga is also densely populated taluka place in Osmanabad.

Colleges

 * College of Engineering, Osmanabad
 * Government College of B.A.M.S., Osmanabad


 * Government Polytechnic College, Osmanabad


 * Ramkrishna Paramhans College, Osmanabad


 * K.T. Patil College of computer Science, osmanabad

Neighbouring Districts
Solapur lies to the south-west, Ahmednagar to the North-west, Bid to the north, Latur to the east, and the districts of Bidar and Gulbarga in Karnataka to the south.