Kalamb, Osmanabad

Kalamb is a town with a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Administratively it is part of and headquarters for the Kalamb Tahsil.GeographyKalamb is located on the right bank of the Manjara River, just west of the Manjara Dam Reservoir. It has an elevation of 647m.DemographicsIn the 2011 India census, Kalamb had a population of 8,35713. Males constituted 52.6% of the population and females 47.4%. Kalamb had an average literacy rate of 73.7%, higher than the national average of 64%: male literacy was 78%, and female literacy was 68%. In 2011 in Kalamb, 13.7% of the population was under 6 years of age.PoliticsLocal MLA is Mr. Ranajagjitsinha Patil, NCPEconomyKalamb is primarily an agriculture market town, but it has a small textile industry.