Country India District Osmanabad Population 4,541 (2011) | State Maharashtra Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) | |
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Apsinga (आपसिंगा) is a village located in Tuljapur tehsil of Osmanabad district, Maharashtra. Its located 31.9 km away from district headquarters Osmanabad.
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Map of Apsinga, Maharashtra 413601
Climate
The climate of this region is cool and pleasant as compare to other region of the district, due to luxuriant vegetation. Hence, this place is glowing the beauty of Balaghat ranges of Maharashtra (Gore-2012). The average temperature ranges from 27 to 38 degree Celsius and the average rainfall of Osmanabad district including this area is about 730 mm.
Geography
The hilly terrain is the main feature of this region, the entire area is covered by South east Balaghat ranges and large spur & valleys have pockets of high biological diversity. Thus, it is probably the richest region in biological diversity of rain shadow area of Maharashtra. The granite rocks have given rise to red as well as black cotton soil. Most of the hill tops are bare or covers coarse gravel while the low laying accumulates clay and loam during rainy season.
History
The village Apsinga has great historical background. In the past the Marathwada region was a part of Hyderabad state under the Nizam domain. Now Apsinga is completed in its four circles Kamtha, Katri, Dipak Nagar and Apsinga itself. In this areas the important things are great historical place Apsinga-wes (आपसिंगा वेस), Hutatma smarak, Shree Ram Mandir, Jahagirdar wada, Hutatma Shridhar Vartak samadhisthal and Awliya Dargah. The people celebrate various festivals like Dipawali, Dussehra, Ganeshotsav, Navratri etc.
Economy
The main crops in the region are Onion, Grapes, Jawar & other vegetables.
Majority of the population is dependent on agriculture and wage labouring.Around 80% of the village population has farming as there major source of livelihood.Rest of the 20% population is either engaged in laboring or move to Osmanabad or Tuljapur for non-farm activities like dairy, honey collection, and almost all women of the village work in the fields
Education
In Apsinga village educational institutions include: Narendra Arya Vidyalaya, Z.P. primary School, and one private institute, Rajeshwari Computers. During last fifty years Narendra Arya Vidyalaya has served students from poor and rural areas. Rajeshwari Computers is established under the supervision of Mr. Dnyaneshwar M. Todkari, they offer various courses, including MS-CIT (an information technology literacy course), D.T.P. (Desktop publishing), and TALLY (accounting and inventory management software).