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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Eklahare
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| settlement_type = city
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nashik district|Nashik]]
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| population_total = 12010
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| area_code = 0253
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'''Eklahare''' is a [[census town]] and part of [[Nashik Metropolitan Region]] in [[Nashik district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Eklahare had a population of 12,010. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Eklahare has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 67%. In Eklahare, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Thermal power station==
Eklahare houses the Nashik Thermal Power Station (NTPS). There is also the NTPS colony for the employees at the station. The thermal power station has rated capacity of 630 MW and has 3 units of 210 MW each. It uses a coal-fired boiler to produce steam for power generation.

==Shaktiman ==
Shaktiman is a scrap metal sculpture built by NTPS intended to be a symbol of visionary resourcefulness.
It weighs 27 tonnes, is 17 metres tall, and is in the Guinness Book of Records. It is meant to stand as a symbol of innovative idea in word and spirit, inspiring visitors that wealth from waste can be a reality. Sculptor Dr. Sudhir Deshpande created it in 1990. He started it in 1989 and finished in 8 months.

==Transport==
Eklahare is well connected to [[Nashik]] and [[Nashik Road]] Railway station by the buses of NTPS and City bus service of nashik.
Hardly 6 km from Nashik road Railway station, accessible from the Jail Road area also only 3 km.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nashik district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nashik district]]

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