What is "pusad"

Pusad is a town and a second largest municipal council in Yavatmal district after Yavatmal of Vidarbha region in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Pusad gets its name from River Pus, as the town is located on bank of river Pus. Pusad falls under Yavatmal district. Pusad is known as "Educational Town" Because it has many schools and colleges from long time when it was uncommon in the surrounding area. When Lokmanya Tilak visited Pusad (in pre-independence era), he called Pusad as "Swarajyachi Pandhari". Although officially a Taluka place, Pusad is comparable to the size of a District in terms of size and revenue. A proposal of declaring Pusad a district officially is under procedure at the moment.

Pusad may refer to:

• Pusad, a town in the Vidharbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra
• Pusad, or Poseidonis, a fictional lost continent in the Pusadian series of short stories by L. Sprague de Camp that was supposedly one basis for the later Atlantis legend

Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Yavatmal district.

It is a part of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Washim district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim(SC), Karanja, Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal and Digras. | website = www.pusadcity.com