Phone
Aurangabad international dialing code - +91-240-xxxxxxx Dialing from anywhere in the world except India, 0240-xxxxxxx Dialing from anywhere in India.
Aurangabad city is served by a number of mobile phone operators like BSNL, air-cell, Vodafone, Idea and Airtel for the GSM network. The CDMA network is offered by Reliance, Tata Indicom and Virgin Mobile.
These booths are much cheaper than hotel phones
Public Telephone booths offering International, Domestic & Local calls are scattered throughout the city. The fare is calculated on a digital meter and the payment is done after the call. These booths are much cheaper than hotel phones.
Aurangabad is a fairly safe place. The people in city are by and large decent with the international and domestic tourists. Ladies should be careful while traveling alone late at night after 10:00 PM. The local buses AMT & MSRTC are very safe for women even at late night. If a lady is traveling alone on an overnight bus from Aurangabad usually the seat next to her is given only to a lady traveler as a courtesy but make sure to request for a 'ladies-seat' while making your bookings. Walking on the streets up to 9:00 PM is usually safe for women but avoid going into small lanes and by-lanes after it is dark and make sure that you are not wearing any jewelry while walking on the streets. Women are not recommended to take lifts from private vehicles at any time of the day. Do not display INR-500 and INR-1000 currency notes in public and beware of pick-pockets at crowded locations like Railway Stations, Bus Stations, Bazzars etc. Violent crime in Aurangabad is very low though not negligible. Please have the following numbers with you all the time. They can be dialed from any mobile or fixed line phone.
Police - 100
Fire - 101
Ambulance - 102, +91-240-2473301, +91-240-2473302
languages
Major population in Aurangabad speaks marathi- the regional language of Maharashtra. Hindi, Urdu and English are also spoken widely.
Generally people who come in close contacts with people do understand and speak fairly good English.
internet
A large number of internet cafes are available across the city. The surfing charges per hour vary from INR-20 to INR-35. A few of the good Internet cafes are:
Internet Browsing Hub, Railway Station, Aurangabad
Cyber Mall - Samarth Nagar, Aurangabad
Sify I-Way, Nirala Bazaar, Aurangabad
Sify I-Way, Osmanpura, Aurangabad
Shradha Net Cafe, N-2,Thakare nagar, CIDCO, Aurangabad
Priya Net Cafe- N-12,Hudco Aurangabad
Log In- Nirala Bazar, Khatod Complex, Aurangabad
some facts
Latitude: 19° 32', North. Longitude: 75° 14', East
Area of Aurangabad city: 138.5 Sq.Km
Altitude: 513m MSL Mean sea level