Latur Taluka (लातूर तहसिल) is a taluka (an administrative subdivision) of Latur District in Maharashtra, India. In the 2011 census, there were 109 panchayat villages in Latur Taluka. The main river in the taluka is the Manjara River, together with its tributary the Tawarja, which originates near Murud. Latur city is the head quarter of the Latur taluka.
Latur Taluka is in the western part of Latur District, with Renapur Taluka to the north, Chakur Taluka and Shirur Anantpal Taluka to the east, Ausa Taluka to the south, Osmanabad District to the southwest and west, and Beed District to the northwest.
There are two constituencies for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) in Latur Taluka, Latur City and Latur Rural. The Latur Rural Constituency also covers other talukas.
Points of interest in taluka
In the village of Mahapur, about 8 km from the town of Latur, there is the Ashram of Namanand Maharaj. Also next to Mahapur is a small island in the Manjara River with an ancient temple of Dattatreya.