Palghar
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| Coordinates | 19°42′N 72°46′E / 19.7°N 72.77°ECoordinates: 19°42′N 72°46′E / 19.7°N 72.77°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District(s) | Thane |
| Population | 52,677 (2011[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 7 metres (23 ft) |
Palghar
pronunciation (help·info)(Marathi: पालघर) is a town and a Municipal Council in Thane district in Maharashtra. Situated about 87 kilometres from Mumbai, it is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway which extends up to Dahanu and lies on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail route. Palghar is the next major junction after Virar on the Western Railway and is also accessible by the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway (NH 8). The town is complete with everything necessary for a comfortable life including shopping centres, schools, colleges, cinemas, restaurants and hospitals. The environment is luscious and pollution-free which creates a tranquil ambience and ideal atmosphere to start any activity.
The town is a major hub for all the facilities after Virar. Various age groups of people travel from the surrounding villages for different job opportunities, education, business, shopping, health care facilities, etc. Many villages are connected to Palghar via road & rail. The government provides State Transport Bus facility to access this villages. Various villages surrounding Palghar include Tarapur, Boisar, Umroli, Kelva, Satpati, Shirgaon etc.
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[edit] Employment
The main occupation of the people of Palghar is employment in factories and farming. The land surrounding Palghar abounds in human resources - skilled and unskilled. Apart from the government promoted MIDC situated at Tarapur, Palghar is also home to a number of Industrial Townships where there are many small scale industries such as engineering, pharmaceutical, plastics, textile, notebook industries. Maharashtra's biggest fishing center, Satpati, is located around 8 kilometres from Palghar railway station. There are farms growing chickoos, coconuts, palm dotted all around villages around Palghar. Rice is grown on agricultural lands during the monsoon. A large part of the population commutes to Mumbai daily to make a living.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Palghar had a population of 52,677. Males constitute 28,645 i.e. 54.37% of the population and females 24,032 i.e. 45.63% of the population. Palghar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 72%. In Palghar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
For a town its size, Palghar is surprisingly cosmopolitan. Being a border town between Gujarat and Maharashtra and being close to Mumbai, it has a good percentage of population of people from other states besides Maharashtra and Gujarat like Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Most of the rich landlords of Palghar made their money trading grass to the dairies in Mumbai. Grass trading is a major occupation of many families in Palghar. The town is also close to an industrial complex, located at Boisar and India's first nuclear power plant, located at Tarapur.
Industrialization is gradually changing the face of Palghar. The town is getting a make-over of sorts due to Industrialization. Palghar's youth are getting employment in the small scale and medium scale industries coming up in and around the area. In the olden days agriculture was one of the main source of livelihood, but Industrialization has opened up new avenues for them.
[edit] Residential
Palghar is spread across a number of villages which has a number of residential colonies, housing complexes, independent housing units and cooperative housing societies. A number of high end residential projects sprawl in Palghar at affordable rate.
[edit] Education
The Town has a number of Schools and Colleges.
[edit] Schools
[edit] Marathi schools
- Aryan Education Society's M.N.Dandekar High School
- Bhagini Samaj Vidyamandir
- Jeevan Vikas Shikshan Sanstha's Shri S.T. Kadam Vidyalaya
[edit] English schools
- Anand Ashram English High School
- Kenam English High School
- Twinkle Star English High School
- Holy Spirit High School
- Sacred Heart High School
- Sundaram Central School (CBSE Board)
- Jawahar Navoday vidyamandir (CBSE Board)
- Aryan English Medium
[edit] Hindi schools
- Bhavani Vidya Niketan Hindi High School
[edit] Gujarati schools
- Aryan highschool
- Jeevan vikas Highschool
[edit] marathi/english school
- Jeevan vikas
[edit] Colleges
- Sonopant Dandekar Shikshan Mandali's R.H.Save Arts, C.J.Bhanushali Commerce & B.A.Dandekar Science Jr. College (better known as SDSM College or Dandekar College)
- Sonopant Dandekar Shikshan Mandali's S.Dandekar Arts, V.S.Apte Commerece & M.H.Mehta Science Sr. College (better known as SDSM College or Dandekar College)
- National College Palghar
- St. John College of Engineering and Technology (SJCET)
- St. John Institute of Pharmacy and Research (SJIPR)
- St. John Institute of Management and Research (SJIMR)
- St.John Institute of Hospitality & Catering Technology (SJIHCT)
- Jeevan Vikas Shikshan Sanstha's Shri S.T.Kadam Mahavidyalaya (Marathi Medium)
- Yeshwantrao Chaphekar Vidya Sankul
- SNDT Women's College Palghar - proposed.
- Dr. M.L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute
- Holy spirit Jr. college
[edit] Miscellaneous
Palghar has many hospitals. Some are specialised for women's care while others treat all types of patients. There are sonography centres along with X-ray facility. The government primary health centre also caters to all patients free of charge. There are ambulance services for taking the patients to referral hospitals. Kanta Hospital blood storage centre provides blood to other hospitals in emergency and whenever required for delivery or surgery. There is a medical association of the doctors in and around Palghar which holds CME programmes to keep abreast with new developments in medicine.
[edit] Hospitals
- Palghar Medical Center
- Sharada Hospital
- Philia Hospital
- Dhada Hospital
- Kanta Hospital (Dr Chawhan Rajendra's Maternity Home)
- Dr. M.L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Hospital
- Palghar Nursing Home
- Vaishali Nursing Home
- Ganesh Hospital (Orthopedic)
- Saikrupa hospital
- Prashanu maternity home
- Nanivadekar Hospital
- Palghar health unit
[edit] Major industries
Palghar has a number of prominent industries such as Welspun, Macleods, Pharma's first unit, Durian, Sundaram Notebook, Ginza Industries Ltd, R&S Electronics, Ebco, EU-Medicaments, Raghuvanshi Exports, Abby Lighting, Astamed Healthcare (I) Pvt. Ltd. , Fashion Forecast (India), Rapid Valves, Kamal Containers, Thakkar & Sons, Nirali Sinks, Vinod Cookware, Macro Bars And Wires (India), Austenitic Steels etc. Along with industries, Palghar has a number of industrial townships, prominent ones being Genesis Industrial Township and Dewan & Sons.
[edit] Newspapers
- Palghar Samachar (Gujarati Paper Weekly)
- Palghar Mitra (Marathi Paper weekly)
- Navyug Palghar (Marathi Paper weekly)
- Rajmat dut (Marathi Paper weekly)
- Tarapur express (Marathi Paper weekly)
- Palghar times (Marathi Paper weekly)
- Vartahar naradvaani (Marathi Paper weekly)
[edit] References
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
