Basmath
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| State : | Maharashtra | ||
| District : | Hingoli | ||
| Location : | 19 ° 19 ′ N , 77 ° 10 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 68,846 (2011) | ||
Basmath is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
The city is part of the Hingoli District . Basmath has municipal council status . The city is divided into 26 wards . It had a total of 68,846 inhabitants on the cut-off date of the 2011 census, of which 35,556 were men and 33,290 women. Hindus make up the plurality of the city's population with a share of over 49%. Muslims make up 38% and Buddhists make up 11%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 83.44%, well above the national average.