Manmad ( ənmaːɖ is one of the towns in

Nashik district Nashik district, also known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of wine. Nashik is also known as Mini Maharashtra, ...

in the state of

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in India. It is the third largest city in Nashik district, with a population of approximately 80,000. Geographically it lies within Nandgaon Tehsil in Nashik District. Though it has a larger area and population than most Tehsils in the district, it does not have a Tehsil office. Manmad houses the largest grain storage warehouses of

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which are administered by

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, and also the offices of petroleum companies like

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, Hindustan Petroleum and

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. This is predominantly Railway town. All development in the city took place around railway activity. The city also has a popular

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. Manmad is one of the largest markets for onion producing farmers after

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; many farmers from nearby villages sell their farm produce in Manmad to wholesale traders, who in turn sell it in

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. The Central Railway Engineering workshop at Manmad, which constructs and maintains railway bridges for central railways, marked 100 years of operation in December 2005. The Centralized Engineering Workshop is under the direct control of Chief Engineer, Central Railway, Mumbai. This workshop undertakes fabrication of steel structural items, including bridge girders (the longest span built so far is 400 ft or 122m – KRCL); approximately 1160 employees work in the Engineering Workshop. Bharat Petroleum has installed a station near Manmad which collects the petroleum products from BPCL & HPCL refineries and carries to interior part of Maharashtra. The petroleum products are loaded in rail wagons and transported to other places.

Manmad railway station

Manmad railway station The Manmad Junction Railway Station is a Central Railway junction in India, serving the town of Manmad in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. It is one of the Central Railways' major stations, connecting Manmad with many major cities in the re ...

is a major railway junction on the Central Railway line. There are four railway lines converging at Manmad, one each from

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–

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, Secunderabad–Manmad and the most important one from

. Manmad is a very crucial junction for all those who want to travel to

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, Pune, Mumbai,

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and

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. It is a city with a majority of its population employed by Central Railway and Food Corporation of India. This station served as important inter-connection between Nizam State Railway (then

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) and GIP Railway till 1948.

Transport

Originally the Manmad town lies on Malegaon–Manmad–Ahmadnagar–Pune Road. It was important link for Holkars to deal with Peshwas at Pune. It was important link for Peshwas for entering Northern India and especially Delhi. Other roads link with

Chandwad Chandwad (IPA:Cāndavaḍa) is a town located in the Nashik district in Maharashtra. It is 250 km from Mumbai. The 11th-century Jain Caves, Renuka devi mandir, Chandreshwar temple and Rangmahal are in Chandwad. Chandwad is a tehsil of Na ...

and Nandgaon. The city has huge traffic of agricultural produce, transport of petroleum, food grain & cement from Manmad Station. Traditionally (before the 1960s), Nashik district faced acute shortage of food grains. Food grains from Marathwada region were transported through this town, destined to Nashik district.

Geography

Manmad is located at . It has an average elevation of 580 metres (1902 feet).

Demographics

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, Manmad has a population of 80,058. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Manmad has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Manmad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

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