Mehkar is a city and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Buldhana district

Buldhana district

-Buldhana district is a district in the Amravati division of Maharashtra state in western India. It is situated at the westernmost border of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and is 500 km from the state capital, Mumbai...

 in the India

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n state

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 of Maharashtra

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. It was previously known as 'Meghankar Nagari'.

Geography

Mehkar is located near Lonar. It is nearly 130 km away from Ellora Caves

Ellora Caves

Ellora is an archaeological site, from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty . Well-known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" – actually...

 and 21 km from Lonar. Sindkhed Raja

Sindkhed Raja

Sindkhed Raja is a city and a municipal council in Buldhana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.- Demographics : India census, Sindkhed Raja had a population of 13,940. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sindkhed Raja has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than...

 - the town of 'Jijamata - mother of Shivaji Maharaj' is located 55 km from Mehkar. Mehkar is well connected with Aurangabad, Pune

Pune

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 and Nagpur

Nagpur

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 by roads. It is nearly 75 km from Shegaon

Shegaon

Shegaon is a city and a municipal council in Buldana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:Shegaon is located around 550 km east of the city of Mumbai and 300 km west from the city of Nagpur...

, 57 km from Khamgaon

Khamgaon

Khamgaon is an industrial town and an emerging corporate tehsil in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India. Khamgaon used to be the largest trading centre for cotton in Asia.-Geography:...

 and 45 km from Chikhali.Mehkar is situated on Mumbai Nagpur Highway.Outside the Mehkar there will be Sarangpur Khandala bypass near aout 12 km From Sarangpur to Khandala.

Demographics

India census

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, Mehkar had a population of 29,896. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mehkar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 62.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 65%. In Mehkar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Balaji Temple

It has a temple of the Hindu

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 god Balaji that is more than 120 years old. The documents written on copper found with Balaji's sculpture are now in the British Museum

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, England

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it is the largest sculpture of Lord Balaji in Asia.

Mehkar also has a place called Haran Tekdi, which has a great old temple. It is a myth that Lord Rama had caught hold of one bare (Haran in local language), hence it is named as Haran Tekdi.

Ganpati Galli, Mahadev Wetal, Shivaji Wetal, Shivaji Nagar, Sambhaji Nagar, and Ram Nagar are important areas of Mehkar.