Ahmednagar pronunciation (helpinfo)(Marathi: , Urdu: ) is a city of Ahmednagar District in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the west bank of the Sina river, about 120km northeast of Pune and 120km from Aurangabad. Ahmednagar District is the largest district in the state of Maharashtra. Sugar, milk and bank co-operatives thrive here. Ahmednagar is home to 19 sugar factories and is also the birthplace of the cooperative movement. Due to scarce rainfall, Ahmednagar often suffers from drought. Though citizens learn multilingual (e.g. English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu) education in schools, Marathi is the primary language for daily-life communication. Hindi is also widely understood and spoken, though of the Dakhani (or Hyderabadi Urdu) dialect, with a lot of grammar and loan words from Marathi. Ahmednagar has recently published a plan of developing the city by year 2031. As of 2011 Indian census, Ahmednagar had a population of 347,549. Males constitute 53% of the...
