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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhoom
| native_name =
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| other_name = Bhum
| settlement_type = town
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18|27|35|N|75|39|39|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tahsil]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Osmanabad district|Osmanabad]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bhoom Tahsil|Bhoom]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 20762
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 413504
| area_code = 912478
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = MH25
| blank_name_sec1 = Nearest cities
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Latur]], [[Beed]], [[Barshi]] and [[Solapur]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Osmanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Osmanabad]]
| website =
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Paranda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Paranda]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation: Maharashtra: Osmanabad District|publisher=National Informatics Centre, Government of India|url=http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Mah_Maps/Osmanabad.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505190604/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Mah_Maps/Osmanabad.pdf|archivedate=5 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| official_name =
| Education = Schools :
Ravindra high school bhoom
Gurudev datta high school alam prabhu road Bhoom
Z.P. high School Bhoomi
Rani tara rani girls High school Shalu Galli bhoom
Banganga High School Bhoom
College : Government industrial training institute Osmanabad Road Bhoom,
Shankar rao patil College Osmanabad Road Bhoom
Rajiv Gandhi College Jamkhed Road Bhoom
}}
'''Bhoom''' is a town with a [[municipal council]] in [[Osmanabad district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], and it is the headquarters of [[Bhoom tahsil]]. Bhoom municipal corporation is established in 1948. Bhoom is a small town situated in a valley of the Banashankar hill ranges of [[Sahyadri]]. It is situated on the banks of the River Banaganga, which eventually flows into the [[Bhima]]. In 1717, [[Sambhaji II]] of [[Kolhapur]] gave Bhoom as jagir to Shrimant Senakhaskhel Yashwantrao Thorat
(a chief and military leader of his troops) for his bravery. In 19th century Bhoom was under Nizam territory during the British raj in India. However it was independently ruled by the ' ''Thorat'' ' royal family. Shrimant Vijaysinh Amarsinh Thorat is the present head of Bhoom. He was the President of Bhoom Municipal Council from 1991 -2006.

==History==
At the starting of 17th century Bhoom was under [[Adilshah]]'s territory. After 17th century it was under the [[Maratha Empire]].
In 1717 [[Sambhaji II]] of [[Kolhapur]] gave the Bhoom as Jagir to [[Shrimant]] [[Senakhaskhel]] [[Yashwantrao Thorat]] (a Chief and Military leader) for his bravery. He ruled Bhum till 1719. In 1719 he had died in a battle with [[Balaji Vishwanath]] near [[Panhala fort]]. After his death his ancestors ruled Bhoom till 15 August 1947.

==Rulers of Bhoom==
[[File:Shrimant_Senakhaskhel_Vijaysinh_Thorat_-_Fourth_ruler_of_the_Bhoom.jpg|alt=Shrimant Senakhaskhel Vijaysinh Thorat fourth ruler of the Bhoom|thumb|Shrimant Senakhaskhel Vijaysinh Thorat fourth ruler of the Bhoom]]
*'''Shrimant Senakhaskhel Yashwantrao Thorat''' (1717-1719) was the founder of this jagir.
*'''Shrimant Senakhaskhel Narayanrao Thorat''' - Second ruler of Bhoom.
*'''Shrimant Senakhaskhel Dattajirao Thorat''' - Third ruler of Bhoom.
*'''Shrimant Senakhaskhel Vijaysinh Thorat''' - Fourth ruler of Bhoom.
*'''Shrimant Senakhaskhel Amarsinh Thorat'''- Fifth and last ruler of Bhoom.

==Demographics==
In the 2001 Indian census, [[Bhoom Tahsil|Bhum Tahsil]] had a population of 116,894, with 60,620 (51.9%) males and 56,274 (48.1%) females, for a gender ratio of 928 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Bhum|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=27&district_code=29}}</ref>

In the 2011 census, Bhum Tahsil had 137,217 inhabitants<ref name="PR-2">{{Cite web|title=Population, Child Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=40|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3297.PDF}}</ref> and a gender ratio of 905 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sex ratio of Population and Child Population in the age-group 0-6, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=8|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3298.PDF}}</ref> The tahsil was 86.4% rural.<ref name="PR-2" /> The literacy rate in 2011 was 73.08% overall in Bhum Tahsil, with a rate of 82.86% for males and 62.45% for females.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Literacy rates by residence and sex, State, Districts, Tahsils 2011: Maharashtra|page=17|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/English/PDF/E2012_PR3299.PDF}}</ref> In 2011 in Bhum Tahsil, 11.5% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.
In Bhoom City, since 21/07/2000 Hi-Infotech Computer Education Statred Computer Education—till today, there are approximately 10,000 students and employees who have successfully completed the Computer Course.

<ref name="PR-2" />Bhoom is divided into two areas, [[Kasba (Purnia)|Kasba]] and [[Peths in Pune|Peth]] by the [[Banganga River (Maharashtra)|Banganga River]]. Kasba is the more traditional village type area with most of the people involved in farming. Peth is more cosmopolitan where people of various professions live together. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, Bhoom added more white collar jobs due to the educated peoples and new colonies near the college. Banganga and Ramganga dams provide water for drinking.

The residences places of Bhoom includes BIRBALE Galli, veer Sawarkar chowk Gandhi Chowk, Sambhaji Chowk, Maskar-Shendge Galli, Wadar Galli, Bagwan Galli, Nagoba Galli, Koshti Galli, Galib Nagar, Pardhi Pedhi, Ramhari Nagar, Kusum Nagar, Bhim Nagar, Shivaji Nagar and
Samarth nagar, Farshi Galli, Lakshmi Nagar, Kasba.

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