Murtijapur is a

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and one of the taluka of district of

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division of

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region of Maharashtra.

Geography

Murtijapur is located at an average elevation of 308 metres (1210 feet). It is an important railway

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in Akola district and is under Bhusawal-

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Section of

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 ...

Division of Central Railway. Two out of three

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branch lines in Bhusawal railway division of central railway viz Murtijapur -

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and Murtijapur -

Yavatmal Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the sta ...

operate here.

Demographics

India

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, Murtijapur had a population of 40,295. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Murtijapur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 72%. In Murtijapur , 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Murtajapur railway station is the junction station of the 762mm narrow gauge railway known locally as the

Shakuntala Express The Shakuntala Express was a passenger train that ran between Yavatmal and Achalpur, in the state of Maharashtra in India. In 2016, Indian Railways announced that the Shakuntala Express would be cancelled due to the track conversion to broa ...

. This line is composed of two legs intersecting with the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line at Murtajapur — the 76 km northern leg to

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and the 113 km southeastern leg to

Yavatmal railway station Yavatmal Terminus is a small railway station in Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Its code is YTL. It serves Yavatmal city. The station consists of two platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered. The station lacks man ...

. As of 2004 this line was still owned by a

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-based company which had leased the line to India's Central Railway since 1903.

Post

Murtijapur has a post office with PIN code 444107. The PIN code is shared with other post offices in the tehsil viz Murtijapur City, Ambhora, Bhatori, Ghota, Ghunshi, Hirpur, Kherda Vilegaon, Kinkhed, Kajaleshwar, Kanadi, Kanzara, Lakhpuri, Mangrul Kambe, Nimbha, Sirso, Wai Pargane Mana, Sonori.Pin codes of Akola district, Akola pincodes, Maharashtra zip code
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School education

Murtijapur has schools from pre-primary to graduation in arts, science, and commerce. Still, there is a scope for colleges to provide education in engineering and medicine.

Healthcare

The town has primary healthcare centres run by the State Government and a few privately run clinics. The town still lacks good healthcare services. There is Govt. Hospital name Smt. Laxmibai Deshmukh Govt Hospital which has many facilities and it is sub district hospital.

Economy

Agriculture is the prime profession. Few small industries like oil mills and cotton pressing factories can be seen in

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. Despite having good connectivity to the major cities like

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and

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, one can see the lack of growth in this old town. Usually, people go to nearby cities like

, Paratwada and

for shopping, medical facilities and purchase of automobiles.

Places of interest

* Sri pundlikbaba gorakshan sanstha. * Muramba - Dr. Vijay Bhatkar's birthplace (India's Supercomputer Scientist and Padma Bhushan). * Gadge Baba Mahavidyalaya - Famous for coaching The national Game coaching Kho-Kho & Kabaddi. winner team in state every year. * Gorakshan - Famous for distributing food to beggars and poor in morning and evening * Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Statue * Lumbini Buddha Vihar Mhaisang road * Nagsen Buddha Vihar Nagsen Nagar * Muslim Residential School Sonari - on National Highway * Katepurna- Famous for a temple of

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* Pundalik Nagar - Famous for a temple of Sant Pundalik Maharaj * Shree Tuljabhavani Mandir Virahit * Kanzara Famous temple of lord Shiva and punjaji maharaj. * Lord Shiva marriage event will celebrate the village people every year in Kanzara. * Lakhpuri Famous temple of lord shiva * Shree Akkalkot Swami Samartha Santhan - The oldest math of Swami Samarth build by Shri Naranrao Jamadar by order and blessings of Shri Ballapa Maharaj( S.S 1845 ) * Shree Maruti Devasthan DEVARAN * Shree Ramkrushna Mandir MANA * Shree Vitthal Mandir MANA * Shri Badri Baba Samadhi Mandir * Shree Kartik Swami Mandir * Shree Markandeshwar Mandir Murtijapur * Shree Vittalrao Jamadar Samadhi * Shri Mahadev mandir Rajnapur Khinkhini * Shri Jayaji Maharaj Mandir, Hirpur * Old Ram Mandir In old city * Queensland Garden and lawn * pratik nagar hanuman Mandir

References

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