Sillod

Sillod is a major city and municipal council in the Aurangabad District of the Indian state of Maharashtra with an average elevation of. Abdul Sattar is member assembly from the constituency and also cabinet minister for animal husbandry. In 2009 Abdul Sattar won the elections with the margin of about 30,000 votes. Abdul Sameer Abdul Sattar is president of Jalna youth Congress and also corporator of the Sillod municipal council.HistoryA village named Shivanitapur once stood on the site of the modern day city. According to some historians, there is a Hemadpanthi style Mahadev Mandir still standing in Mhasoba Colony, the old area of city. Mhasoba is the Gram Devasthanam (Hindu temple) of Sillod.And also Durgamata Mandir There is also similar temple dedicated to Hindu mystic Siddheshwar Maharaj at Dhotra as well as several well-known villages in the area which are connected to the city by road.There is also similar temple dedicated to Hindu mystic(( Nilkantheshwar)) devsthan at Nillod.DemographicsAs of the 2011 Indian census, Sillod had a population of 58230, of which 51.64 per cent were male and 48.35 per cent female. The city has an average literacy rate of 83.32per cent, higher than the state average of 82.34% with a male literacy rate of 89.74 per cent and that for females 76.47 per cent fifteen per cent of Sillod's population is under six years of age.