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Maharashtra
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census
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, Jintur has population of 44,291 of which 22,616 are males while 21,675 are females. Jintur has female sex ratio is of 958 higher than
Maharashtra
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state average of 929.
Literacy rate of Jintur city is 78.26% lower than state average of 82.34%. In Jintur, Male literacy is around 83.45% while female literacy rate is 72.90%. In Jintur, 14.83% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Schedule Caste
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(SC) constitutes 8.91% while
Schedule Tribe
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(ST) were 1.80% of total population in Jintur.
Historical Places
*Shri Digamber Jain Atishya Kshetra Nemgiri Samsthan Jintur
An ancient Jain Temple of Shri Digamber Jain is situated in sub hills of Sahyadri Mountains north of Jintur in Parabhani District of Maharashtra. There are two hills Nemgiri and Chandragiri famous for their ancient artistic and miraculous Jain Cave Temples and Chaityalayas.
* Nemgiri Hill
There are seven caves and Idols of Bhagvan
Mahaveer
Mahavira (Sanskrit: महावीर) also known as Vardhaman, was the 24th ''tirthankara'' (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd ''tirthankara'' Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6 ...
Shantinath
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, Bhagvan
Neminath
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, Bhagvan
Parshwanath
''Parshvanatha'' (), also known as ''Parshva'' () and ''Parasnath'', was the 23rd of 24 ''Tirthankaras'' (supreme preacher of Dharma (Jainism), dharma) of Jainism. He is the only Tirthankara who gained the title of ''Kalīkālkalpataru (Kalpavr ...
Bahubali
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. In first cave of Nemgiri, an attractive idol of Lord Mahaveer in cross legged seating posture is installed, 3.5 feet in height. This was installed in V.S. 1676. Ancient feet images of Acharya Bhadrabahu also attract pilgrims. In second cave there is an ancient idol of Lord Adinath in state of meditation & penance. In third cave there a 6-foot idol of Lord Shantinath with symbol of deer is seen. Few years ago, black marble has been installed underneath.
In a fourth cave 7.5-foot-high beautiful idol of Baghwan Neminath in cross legged seating posture is seen. Bhagvan Neminath idol is the largest Padmasanastha idol and in Cave Number 5 a miraculous idol of Lord Antariksha Parshwanath is staying in the space 3 inches high from surface. This idol is about tall. The tiny sixth cave has 4.5-foot Nandishwar. However it is considered as a Manastambha for Mulnayak Neminath bhagwaan with four heads in four directions. The last one, the seventh cave has an idol standing 5.5 feet high of Lord Bahubali.
These temples are at least 400 years old. They were created by King Sanghavi and his family, and currently maintained by the Digamber Jain samaj Jintur.
Two more Digamber Jain temples are situated in city, one is Shree Parshvanath Digamber Jain Mandir, with glass work, and another one is Shree Mahaveer Digamber Jain Mandir.
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Chandragiri Hill
Chandragiri ( kn, ಚಂದ್ರಗಿರಿ) is one of the two hills in Shravanabelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka, the other one being Vindhyagiri. It is also near Indragiri.
History
The recorded history surrounding the hill start ...
A Choubeesee includes standing idols of Lord Shantinath, Kunthunath & Arahnath. These were installed in V.S. 1665.
*Charthana - Name of this village came from the King Charudatta who ruled this area. Charthana has 365
hemadpanthi
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Architectural elements
This building style was formed du ...
temples around this area. Apart from it ~40 temples are visible, which include a ''Barav'', and temples built in the 11th century.
There are many good institutions around the town, like Government Polytechnic Institute, Government Industrial Training Institute, Dyaneshwar Vidyalaya, Bordikar english school New Era English School, Jawahar Vidyalaya, Vilasrao Deshmukh Urdu High School And Junior College‚ Eklavya Balvidya Mandir (primary & secondary), DSM college, Spartan Institute of Education and Research, Jintur, Podar Jumbo Kids, Krantisinh Nana Patil Vastigruh, Shivaji Nagar, Jintur, Dr. Zakair Husain primary and High school jintur.
Transport
Town has good connectivity to
Parbhani
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Hingoli
Hingoli is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra with the population of 184,443.
Description
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Nanded
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Aurangabad
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by road. Nearest Railway Station is Parbhani at . Nearest operational airport are at Nanded 98km (61 mi) and Aurangabad . There are many buses to Jintur from Parbhani, Nanded and Aurangbad on daily basis.
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Zari
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