Hinganghat

Hinganghat
—  city  —
Hinganghat Location of Hinganghat in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	20°34′N 78°50′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Wardha
Population	92,325 (2001)
Sex ratio	960 ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 215 metres (705 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 442301 • Telephone • +917153 • Vehicle • MH-32

Hinganghat (Marathi: हिंगणघाट) is a town and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Located about twenty-one miles southeast of the city of Wardha, the town is located on the banks of Vena River, a tributary of the Wardha River which joins to the Pranhita River, which ultimately flows into the Godavari River and on NH 7 which starts from Varanasi to Kanyakumari 70 km south of Nagpur

Hinganghat has been, in the past, a center of the Indian cotton trade, as it is located in the fertile Wardha Valley.

Baba Amte India's Social and moral leader, was born 24 December 1914) at Hinganghat. William Lambton a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer died at Hinganghat on 19 January 1823 when he was working on the Great Trigonometric Survey.

Geography

Hinganghat is located at 20.57°N 78.83°E / 20.57; 78.83. It has an average elevation of 215 meters (705 feet). The national highway 7 passes through this town.

In British India, Hinganghat was the center of India, but after the partition of India and Pakistan, Nagpur is considered as the center of India. At Vana River pump house there is an old stone, on that there is written this is the center of India. The stone piller is still there but the engraving is missing. The center point is some were alont the new Nagpur hyd highway but the stone pillar is not there now. The town has Three textiles mills i.e. The R.S.R MOHOTA MILLS, PEE VEE TEXTILES MILLS & GIMATEX INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. on which the bread & butter of the population is largely dependent .The town is a hub of cotton trading, Spinning, weaving & finished fabric. It also has sugar mills, Dal Mills & Oil Mills. Temple : jain mandir, ram mandir,Shahalangdi devasthan, mata mandir,ramdevbaba mandir, prabuddha budhha vihar Prabuddha Nagar, nagaji maharaj mandir pardi, Bhojaji maharaj mandir aajansara,

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Hinganghat had a population of 92,325. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hinganghat has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Hinganghat, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. The Pin code of town is 442301 and STD code is 07153.

Educational Institutes

• St. Johns High School and Junior College of Science
• Mahesh GyanPeeth
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar junior college of Science
• Dnyan Sanvardhan D.Ed college Kadajana
• Bodhi Shikshan Sanstha, Hinganghat {president: Dewanand S. Bhagat}

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.