Loha, Nanded district

Loha is a town with municipal council in Nanded district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Malegaon Yatra, is held every year in honour of Lord Khandoba in Malegoan, a village situated in Loha Taluka that is located 35 km from Nanded. Being on national highway 361 and 361F this is very well connected for the transportation for Mumbai,Goa-Raypur and Hyderabad.

Demographics
India census, Loha had a population of 24,125. Males constitute 12,334 of the population and females 11,791.

Literacy rate of Loha city is 78.64% lower than Maharashtra state average of 82.34%. In Loha, Male literacy is around 86.94% while female literacy rate is 69.96%.

In Loha, 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age. In Loha Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 956 higher than state average of 929.

Loha has Tehsil and it is a Taluka separated from Kandhar. It is 448 km far from its State Main City Mumbai. There are around 62 sub villages in loha.

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.07% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18% of total population in Loha.

Hospitals
There is a Government Hospital and several private hospitals in the town. Dr. Bharati's Moraya Hospital, Accident Orthopedics and diabetes care center.k Dr.Milind Dhansade's Medicare Hospital and care center(Near vyanktesh Mangal karyalay,Loha)

Schools / Colleges
There are good schools and colleges serving good quality educations to the students from city as well as surroundings.
 * Global English School & Junior College, Mote Patil Nagar, Loha
 * Janta High School, Dagad Sangvi
 * Shri Sant Gadge Maharaj College, Loha
 * Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Jr College, Loha
 * k.v.NALGE High school loha
 * Shiv chhatrapati secondary and higher secondary school loha
 * Shri Sharad Pawar High School, Chitali
 * ShivNiketan secondary and higher secondary Vidhyalaya,Sawargaon(N.)