Jalkot is a village and headquarters for
Jalkot Taluka
Jalkot Taluka is a taluka, administrative subdivision, of Latur District in Maharashtra, India. The administrative center for the taluka is the village of Jalkot. In the 2011 census there were forty-three panchayat villages in Jalkot Taluka.
Geo ...
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Latur Division of
Latur District in the
India
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state of
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The place is famous for its Mahadeo Temple. This place is also famous for a huge fort(60 ft.) of the earlier ruling DESHMUKH family. The place is surrounded by 3 mountains of the Balaghat ranges. The government offices in the town are the telephone exchange, MSEB office, the police station,
tehsil office
Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ...
(panchayat samiti), a good number of schools and colleges.
History
During the 1947 "
Hyderabad Police Action
Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the then newly independent Dominion of India against Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-rule ...
" there was a brief battle outside of Jalkot where a Hyderabad Army artillery field piece was captured.
*The town and around territories were ruled by Local Kings belonging to DESHMUKH FAMILY.
Demographics
In the 2001 Indian census, the village of Jalkot had 7,912 inhabitants, with 4,097 males (51.8%) and 3,815 females (48.2%), for a ratio of 931 females per 1000 males.
Education
Various schools are:
*Zilha parishad high school and kanya shala and other schools.
*junior college is Gurudatt Mahavidyalaya.
*There are 4 D-Ed colleges in city, these are mahatma phule adhyapak vidyalaya, Sambhajirao kendre adhyapak vidhyalaya and Engineering institute, Tirupati adhyapak vidhyalaya, and Sambhaji kendre adhyapak vidhyalaya.
*There is a CBSE school named Subhadrai English School.
*Other English Schools include M.P Model English School, The World School etc.
Temples
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Balaji Temple is the new attraction of the town. Devotee's around the town are rushing to the place for God Tirupati darshan.
*Also Vitthal Rukmini Temple is nearby.
*Many other temples such as Lord Shiva Temple, Lord Datta Temple, Virbhadra Temple, Ambabai Temple and Hanuman Temple draw attention of people.
*A Temple of Mahadamai is located in a huge fort of Jalkot.
References
Latur district
Cities and towns in Latur district
Talukas in Maharashtra
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