Gevrai


Gevrai or Georai is a tehsil in the Beed district of Maharashtra, India.

Geography

Gevrai is located at. It has an average elevation of 465 metres.
It lies on National Highway 211 connecting Solapur – Osmanabad – Beed – Aurangabad – Dhule in Maharashtra, and on National Highway 222 connecting Vishakhapatnam – Kalyan.

Demographics

India census, Gevrai had a population of 33,562. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gevrai has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 58%. In Gevrai, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

For majority of its time the politics in Georai was dominated by Shivajirao Pandit his cousin Badamrao Pandit and Shivaji Rao's eldest son Amarsingh Pandit. The current MLA from Gevrai Vidhan Sabha constituency is BJP's Adv. Laxman Pawar who belongs to family of Patil the historical and traditional heads of Gevrai. He won the 2014 Vidhan Sabha election by defeating NCP's Badamrao Pandit by a landslide of 60001 votes the highest win margin in Marathwada region. Additionally Amarsingh Pandit also represents Gevrai as a MLC. In the recent Municipal elections BJP won 18 of the 19 seats and also the post of the post of President of Municipality further consolidating the popularity of MLA Laxman Pawar in the town.