Jalgaon (Marathi pronunciation: ">͡ʒəɭɡaːʋ is a district in the northern part of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The headquarters is the city of
Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the “''Banana City of India ...
.
It is bordered by the state of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
to the north and by the districts of
Buldhana
Buldhana is the district headquarters and a Municipal Council in the Buldhana District of Amravati division in the Indian State of Maharashtra.
Climate
Demographics
As of the 2011 India census, Buldhana had a population of 67,431. Males con ...
Aurangabad
Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...
to the south,
Nashik
Nashik (, Marathi: aːʃik, also called as Nasik ) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is the third largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nashik ...
to the southwest, and
Dhule
Dhule is a city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule is the regional headquarters of MIDC, RTO, and MTDC.
The city is mainly kn ...
to the west.
Officer
Members of Parliament
*
Unmesh Patil
Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Jalgaon, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bha ...
Guardian Minister
list of Guardian Minister
District Magistrate/Collector
list of District Magistrate / Collector
History
Jalgaon is the eastern part of the Khandesh region, known in ancient times as Rasika. Southern parts of Jalgaon were controlled by the Vatsagumla
Vakatakas
The Vakataka dynasty () was an ancient Indian dynasty that originated from the Deccan in the mid-3rd century CE. Their state is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in th ...
by 5th century, as evidenced by copper plates dated to 316 and 367. Two plates were issued from Valkha, modern Vaghil near
Chalisgaon
Chalisgaon is a city and a municipal council located in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chalisgaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).
Notable people
* Hari Vinaya ...
. In 10th and 11th century Jalgaon district constituted a part of Seuna-Desa of Yadav kingdom.
In 1795, the Nizam of Hyderabad was forced to cede Khandesh to the Marathas after the Battle of Kharda. Much of Khandesh was given to the Holkars, and the remainder was divided between the Peshwas and Scindias. The part the Peshwa received was made into a separate subha containing Gaulana, Khandesh, Meiwar, Bajagur, Pallnemaur and Hindia. This included what would be known as Jalgaon district. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War this territory came under British control.
Before 1906, this district's name was Khandesh district. In 1906 it got divided into two districts called, East Khandesh and West Khandesh, with East Khandesh covering the territory that is now Jalgaon and neighboring
Dhule
Dhule is a city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule is the regional headquarters of MIDC, RTO, and MTDC.
The city is mainly kn ...
Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...
. Four years later, in 1960, it became part of the newly formed
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
and was renamed Jalgaon and Dhulia Districts, respectively.
Amalner
Amalner is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India, situated on the bank of the Bori River. Amalner is the birthplace of the Wipro company, which started business by producing vanaspati ghee from su ...
. These colleges was affiliated to Poona University. Around 1961, three more colleges started at
Chalisgaon
Chalisgaon is a city and a municipal council located in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chalisgaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).
Notable people
* Hari Vinaya ...
,
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and s ...
and
Faizpur
Faizpur is town in Tahasil of Yawal in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra India.
Geography
Faizpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 226 metres (741 feet).
Transport
Road
Faizpur is well connected by road network. Maharas ...
.
Railways
In British Raj, the building of railway line in the limit of Khandesh district started in 1852 and opened for trains in 1861 and 1865.before there was no railway transportation in the district. The British government also built a number of small station like Jalgaon, Nashirabad Bhadli, Varangaon, Nadgaon stations in the cost of £ 300to £500 (Rs 3000 - 15,000) with a station master's room and booking office. There has been built a big station at Bhusawal.
Geography
The district covers an area of 11,765 km2.
Climate
File:Waghur Dam Sunset.jpg, Waghur Dam Sunset
File:Manyad dharan chalisgaon.jpg, Manyad Dam
On average, Jalgaon receives between 77 cm and 80 cm of rainfall per year. In the easternmost part of the district—i.e., in Yawal—the average annual rainfall is 77 cm; in
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and s ...
,
Pachora
Pachora is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It sits on the banks of the Hivra River. It includes 25 wards with 25 members of Nagarpalika. Pachora has a large rural infrastructure with 95 gra ...
, and the city of Jalgaon, it is 79 cm; and in Jamner, it is 80 cm.
Rivers
The Tapi River flows through Jalgaon from the north. Its total length is 724 km, of which 208 km are in Maharashtra. The Tapti has numerous
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...
in and around the district, including the
Purna
:
Purna is a town with a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Geography
Purna is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Purna is situated in the Maharashtra state of India.
Demographics
India cens ...
, Aner, Bhuleshwari, Biswa, Chandrabhaga, Dolar, Gadgi, Kapara, Katpurna, Man, Morana, Nalganga, Nand, Pedhi, Sipana, and Wan Rivers.
Divisions
Jalgaon district consists of 15 ''talukas'', or ''tehsils'':
Dharangaon
Dharangaon is a city and a municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. AND IT IS THE Dharangaon is also the tehsil headquarters in Jalgaon district. The majority of the population is from the Marathas (Patil), ...
,
Amalner
Amalner is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India, situated on the bank of the Bori River. Amalner is the birthplace of the Wipro company, which started business by producing vanaspati ghee from su ...
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and s ...
,
Bodwad
Bodwad is a small town in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in India. It is the administrative center of the state Maharshtra in Bodwad Taluka.
Demographics
According to the 2011 population census, Bodwad has a population of 24,221, of which ...
,
Chalisgaon
Chalisgaon is a city and a municipal council located in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chalisgaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).
Notable people
* Hari Vinaya ...
,
Chopda
''Chopda'' is a city and municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chopda is a town and one of the Tehsils constituting 111 villages in the Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, a state in the western ...
,
Erandol
Erandol is a town and a taluka in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra state. It is situated on the banks of the Anjani River.
Folklore
Erandol was known as "Ek Chakra Nagari" in the time of the Pandavas. Later, the town's name ...
Muktainagar
Muktainagar is a town in the eastern part of Jalgaon district in northern Maharashtra and is the administrative seat of Muktainagar taluka.
History
During British rule, Muktainagar taluka was known as Edlabad petha and was part of East K ...
,
Pachora
Pachora is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It sits on the banks of the Hivra River. It includes 25 wards with 25 members of Nagarpalika. Pachora has a large rural infrastructure with 95 gra ...
,
Parola
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Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located al ...
, Raver, and Yawal. Jalgaon city is the administrative headquarters.
The district has 11 constituencies in the
Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...
, the state legislative assembly:
Amalner
Amalner is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India, situated on the bank of the Bori River. Amalner is the birthplace of the Wipro company, which started business by producing vanaspati ghee from su ...
,
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and s ...
,
Chalisgaon
Chalisgaon is a city and a municipal council located in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chalisgaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).
Notable people
* Hari Vinaya ...
,
Chopda
''Chopda'' is a city and municipal council in the Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Geography
Chopda is a town and one of the Tehsils constituting 111 villages in the Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, a state in the western ...
,
Erandol
Erandol is a town and a taluka in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra state. It is situated on the banks of the Anjani River.
Folklore
Erandol was known as "Ek Chakra Nagari" in the time of the Pandavas. Later, the town's name ...
Muktainagar
Muktainagar is a town in the eastern part of Jalgaon district in northern Maharashtra and is the administrative seat of Muktainagar taluka.
History
During British rule, Muktainagar taluka was known as Edlabad petha and was part of East K ...
,
Pachora
Pachora is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It sits on the banks of the Hivra River. It includes 25 wards with 25 members of Nagarpalika. Pachora has a large rural infrastructure with 95 gra ...
Lok Sabha
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, the lower house of the
Indian Parliament
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Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the “''Banana City of India ...
.
Demographics
It has a population of 4,229,917 as of the 2011 census.
As of the 2011 census, Jalgaon district had a population of 4,229,917, roughly equal to that of the
Republic of the Congo
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or the United States' state of
Kentucky
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. It is the 46th most populous of India's 640 districts.
The population density is . The
population growth rate
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from 2001 to 2011 was 14.71%. Jalgaon has a
sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species devia ...
of 922
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females a ...
for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate
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of 79.73%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.20% and 14.28% of the population respectively.
Languages
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 63.45% of the population in the district spoke
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
, 12.15%
Khandeshi
Khandeshi is a language spoken in the Maharashtra state of India. It is spoken in the Khandesh region (Districts Dhule, Jalgaon and Nandurbar ुळे, जळगाव आणि नंदुरबार wedged between the territory of Bhi ...
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
, 2.73%
Lambadi
Lambadi, Gor Boli, Banjara, Labanki or Banjari is a language spoken by the once nomadic Banjara people across India,Ancient Pastoral Nomadic Community of India Ancient Warrior Community/Raajputs Medieval Traders/Grain Carriers Modern Grain Tra ...
, 1.61% Bhili, 1.47% Pawri and 1.00% Tadvi as their first language.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue /ref>
Education
North Maharashtra University
Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University is a university situated in Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its nam ...
named for Kavayatri Bahinabai Chaudhari was established in the city of Jalgaon on 15 August 1989 and serves as the regional university. Government Polytechnic Jalgaon was established in 1960. The district is also home to schools and colleges of the Khandesh Education Society and Maratha Vidya Prasarak Mandal and the Government Polytechnic Jalgaon.
Jalgaon district is well known as birthplace of renowned Marathi poet
Bahinabai Chaudhari
Bahinabai Chaudhari (24 August 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Marathi language, Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Bombay State, India. She became a noted poet posthumously.
Early life
Bahinabai was born in a Mahajan family at Asod ...
, who wrote many poems addressing to the village life and about rural women's and hardship of farmers of the district. Balkawi alias Trambak Bapuji Thombre was born in Jalgaon. To honor literary work of Bahinabai
North Maharashtra University
Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University is a university situated in Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its nam ...
adapted her name and now the university is known as Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University.
Economy
The district is well known for its significant banana cultivation. The district's administrative center, Jalgaon city, is a well known hub for gold jewellery shopping and business. The
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station is located 8 km away from Bhusawal city of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.The name of place where it is located is Deepnagar, which means City of Lights. The power plant is a coal based power plants of Mahage ...
is near Bhusaval.
Media
The major Marathi-language newspapers published in Jalgaon are ''Deshdoot'', ''Deshonnati'', ''Divya Marathi'', ''
Lokmat
''Lokmat'' () is a Marathi language newspaper published in Maharashtra state. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal Darda, it is the largest read regional language newspaper in India with more than 18 million readers and the No. 1 Marathi newspaper in ...
'', the ''
Maharashtra Times
''Maharashtra Times'' ( mr, महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest selling daily ...
'', and ''
Sakal
''Sakal'' ( Marathi: सकाळ, meaning "Morning") is a Marathi-language daily newspaper by Sakal Media Group, its headquarters established in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal M ...
''.
Notable people
*
Hari Narayan Apte
Hari Narayan Apte (Devanagari: हरि नारायण आपटे) (8 March 1864 – 3 March 1919) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Through his writings, he provided an eminent example to future Marathi fiction writers ...
(1864–1919), a Marathi writer.
*
Balkavi
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre ( IAST:Trimbak Bāpūji Thombare) (13 August 1890 – 5 May 1918), (known popularly as Balkavi or Balkavi Thombre), was a Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India.
Biography
Balkavi was born o ...
(1890–1918), Marathi poet.
*
Bahinabai Chaudhari
Bahinabai Chaudhari (24 August 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Marathi language, Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Bombay State, India. She became a noted poet posthumously.
Early life
Bahinabai was born in a Mahajan family at Asod ...
(1880–1951) an illiterate cotton farmer, her poetry published posthumously, helped popularize Ahirani dialect.
* Bhavarlal Jain (1937–2016), an entrepreneur who founded
Jain Irrigation Systems
Jain Irrigation Systems, or Jains, is an Indian multinational conglomerate based in Jalgaon. It develops, manufactures, supports and sells diversified products, including drip and sprinkler irrigation systems and its components, integrated ir ...
* Suresh Jain, 8 times MLA from city and Ex-minister in government of Maharashtra.
*
Gulabrao Devkar
Gulabrao Baburao Deokar was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Jalgaon Rural Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
Gulabrao Deokar is an Indian politician belonging of the Nationa ...
, politician and
NCP
NCP may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (a temporary name for COVID-19), an outbreak that was officially identified in late 2019.
* HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein 7 (NCp7), a target of zinc finger inhibitors
* Nucleosome ...
leader.
*
Eknath Khadse
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(1952–present), Former Revenue minister of Maharashtra, veteran NCP politician.
*
Girish Mahajan
Girish Dattatray Mahajan is a politician from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. He is current MLA of Jamner. He is currently Cabinet Minister for Medical Education, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Sports and Youth Welfare and was mi ...
(1960–present), politician and former Water resources minister of Maharashtra.
*
Gulab Raghunath Patil
Gulabrao Raghunath Patil (Gurjar), popularly known as Gulab Bhau, is a leader of Shivsena and Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Jalgaon Rural Assembly Constituency. On 30 December 2019, he was appointed Minister of Water ...
(1966–present), Senior Leader of
Shiv Sena
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and Minister in Maharashtra
*
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor (born 16 September 1942) is a Marathi poet, lyricist, farmer and former MLC.
He was awarded the Padma Shri
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(1942–present), a Marathi poet and recipient of the
Padma Shri
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award
*
Ujjwal Nikam
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, a public prosecutor who has worked on high-profile murder and terrorism cases
*
Pratibha Patil
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(1934–present), First woman
president of India
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(2007–12) and governor of
Rajasthan
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(2004–07)
*
Bahadur Nariman Kavina
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, prominent
Indian
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* South Asia ...
naval officer
*
Azim Premji
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(1945–present), an entrepreneur who founded
Wipro Limited
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Shiv Sena
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