Yeola (Marathi pronunciation: [jeːʋlaː]) (pronunciation (help·info)) is a town, a municipal council, and a taluka headquarters in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

This article possibly contains original research. (May 2021)

Yeola Yevla
Town
Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Mooktibhoomi Smarak at Yeola
Yeola Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20.042°N 74.489°E / 20.042; 74.489
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nashik
Founded by	Raghuji Baba Shinde
Population  (2001)
• Total	43,205
Demonym(s)	Yeolekar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,[1] Yeola had a population of 43,205. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yeola has an average literacy rate of 99%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 99%, and female literacy is 99%. In Yeola, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

Yeola is 83  kilometres from Nasik on Nasik-Aurangabad Highway and 26  kilometres south of Manmad on the Manmad–Ahmednagar road. Yeola is 33  kilometres from Shirdi and is 260 kilometres northeast of Mumbai. It has a station on the Ahmednagar–Manmad rail route. Aurangabad Airport, Nasik/Ozar Airport, Shirdi Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport are the nearest airports.

Notable people

• Tatya Tope
• Yadunath Thatte
• Swami Muktananda
• Lalita Pawar
• Chhagan Bhujbal

See also

• Yeola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References