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Jalgaon
जळगांव
city
Nickname: 
Banana City
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
RegionKhandesh
DistrictJalgaon
Government
 • TypeMayor-Council
 • BodyJMC
Area
 • Total68 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total460,468
 • Density6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code00-91-257
Vehicle registrationMH 19

Jalgaon (जळगावं)pronunciationⓘ is a city in western India, to the north of the Maharashtra state in Jalgaon District, which itself is located on the northern Deccan Plateau. Located within the productive, irrigated agricultural region of Khandesh, Jalgaon has a municipal corporation which is home to 460,468 inhabitants at the 2011 census.. Situated near the famous Ajanta Caves located just about 59 kilometers(36.6609 miles) away, is one of the key attraction places for tourists. Jalgaon is connected with Central Railway zone and National Highway No.6 and has Airport.

Modern Jalgaon now has major industrial areas, educational institutes and good hospitals. The city is well developed with good roads, shopping malls, and residential areas, and also has good communication and transport infrastructure. Known as "Banana-City", it contributes to about half of the Maharashtra state's Banana production.[1] The world's first Audio Guided Gandhi Museum "Khoj Gandhiji Ki" is situated at Gandhi Teerth, Jain Hills, Jalgaon. Gandhi Scholars and visitors from all over the world visit this place. In the museum, there is a large Gandhi Library and other Gandhi related material are available for study.

Jalgaon has a diverse climate. It is exceptionally hot and dry during summer with temperatures reaching as high as 47 degrees Celsius within period of May end to June mid. The highest temperature recording in May 2010 was 49.2 degrees Celsius. Jalgaon receives about 700 mm rainfall during monsoons, which is followed by pleasant temperature in winter.[citation needed]

Jalgaon is also the hometown of Pratibha Patil, the 12th President of India, Ujwal Nikam and Shashank Suresh Shankhapal are among the famous personalities from Jalgaon.

Jalgaon city is famous as “Gold-City” because of its gold market which has reputation of transparency, trust among customers, reasonability and reliability. Late Rajmal Lakhichand Lalwani (Jain) Member of Parliament flagged off its voyage way back in 1854 and since then, "Rajmal Lakhichand-Manish Jain Group" has been consistently achieving new milestones in this industry.

History

Jalgaon was established by The Marathas, Sardar Tulajirao Bhoite founded this town. He belonged to The Satara District. Early noblemen from this family were Durgojirao Bhoite, faithful of Chhatrapati Shahu received grants of Baglan, Parganas like Nashirabad, Savaladbhare, Sovanibhare along with Senapati Dabhade by Chhatrapati. Bhoites remained rulers of their Saranjam centred at Jalgaon and built a mansion, now recognised as Bhoite Gadhi.

Geography

Jalgaon
Climate chart (explanation)
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█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Jalgaon Weather
Imperial conversion
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█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches
Climate data for Jalgaon
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.4
(86.7) 		32.7
(90.9) 		37.5
(99.5) 		41.9
(107.4) 		44.5
(112.1) 		37.8
(100.0) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.6
(88.9) 		34.1
(93.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		29.8
(85.6) 		34.6
(94.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.6
(54.7) 		14.3
(57.7) 		18.6
(65.5) 		24.1
(75.4) 		27.2
(81.0) 		26.1
(79.0) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.5
(74.3) 		22.8
(73.0) 		19.2
(66.6) 		14.5
(58.1) 		11.9
(53.4) 		19.9
(67.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.9
(0.35) 		3.1
(0.12) 		4.1
(0.16) 		0
(0) 		10.7
(0.42) 		128.8
(5.07) 		249.7
(9.83) 		164.1
(6.46) 		148.6
(5.85) 		37.3
(1.47) 		22.1
(0.87) 		7.4
(0.29) 		784.8
(30.89)
Source: Jalgaon Weather

Jalgaon has an average elevation of 209 metres ( feet). The Girna River flows north just to the west of the city.

The city is served by several major rail lines with routes to Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Delhi, Howrah and Ahmedabad. It lies on AH 46 (Asian highway 46) connecting it to Surat and Dhaka, Bangladesh via Kolkata.

The Ajanta Caves are located about 55 km (about 34 mi) to the south of Jalgaon, and the Yaval Wildlife Sanctuary is about 32 km (about 20 mi) to the north.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Jalgaon had a population of 460,468. At the 2001 census, Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jalgaon has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Jalgaon, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.Ahirani is a commonly spoken vernacular tongue.

Religions in Jalgaon
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 60%
Muslims
 
 26%
Buddhists
 
 9%
Christians
 
 1%
Jains
 
 1%
Others†
 
 0.3%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Business

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Banana plants with drip irrigation. Jalgaon District is one of the largest Banana producers in the world.

Jalgaon district produces more than 16% of India's bananas and thus 3% of world banana production happens in Jalgaon. Jalgaon thus produces more bananas than most of the countries of the world. According to Mahabanana, an association of banana growers of Maharashtra, 66% of Maharashtra's land under banana crop is in Jalgaon.

Jalgaon is also one of the world's largest pulse (beans/daals) milling centers. It has some jewellery makers and is a leading cotton producing region.

Home to over 500 pharmacies, chemists and drugstores, Jalgaon has the highest number of pharmacies for a town of its size.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Khandesh Central

Jalgaon is often known as the "Banana Capital" of India. Upon entering Jalgaon city through the railway station, the first building that visitors see is the 17-floor Jalgaon Municipal Corporation. Adjoining this is the Golani complex with more than 500 shops and flats. Crossing Mahatma Gandhi road towards the Shastri tower visitors will find Phule market, well known as a retail market for clothing, cosmetics, and almost all consumable items. Further along is another one of Jalgaon's important markets known as Dana Bazaar, in December 2010 Jalgaon got it's first state of the art shopping mall Khandesh Central in heart of the city near station road comprising of 5.5 Lac Sq Ft of Shopping having Big Bazaar, INOX 4 Screen Multiplex and various other stores, wholesale market for food grains. Next to it, after crossing Subhash chowk, visitors enter the market of Jewellery (Sarafa bazaar). Jalgaon is one of the biggest Jewellery markets in Maharashtra and famous for its Gold quality and designstherefore it's well known as 'Golden city'. Beside the jewellery market, is the construction, hardware and paints market (Bohri gully).[citation needed]

Cultural activities

Jalgaon has hosted a number of musical concerts. Artists like Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Zakir Hussain, Jagjit Singh, Vaishali Samant, Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Sana and Swapnil Bandodkar have performed at Jalgaon. An event by the name of Khandesh Festival took place from January 28 to 30, 2010. Various competitions were conducted during these three days which show the real Khandeshiness. Stalls of Khandeshi dishes were arranged at Sagar park. Top Indian music artists like Shreya Ghoshal, Avadhoot Gupte and Pankaj Udhas performed here.

Connectivity

Road

Jalgaon is well connected to the major cities of Maharashtra state as well as to the cities like Mumbai, Nashik, Pune Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Sambalpur and Kolkata through Asian Highway no. 46 (formerly National Highway no. 6).

Rail

Jalgaon railway station lies on the main railway line. Several trains like Karnataka Express, Navjeevan Express, Jabalpur Garibrath Express, etc. have a stop at Jalgaon. Recently some more express trains like Gitanjali Express, Goa Express and Sachakhand Express have also been provided with stoppage. Though an important city and district place, many of the trains stop at Bhusawal due to operational convenience of Railways. Though this arrangement of providing stoppage to Bhusawal junction is of great inconvenience to commuters of Jalgaon. But the imperical structure set by the British is continuing till the date. Bhusawal railway junction, which is exactly 25 kilometers away from Jalgaon city, is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. It connects the city with New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, etc. Jalgaon all so connect to big western Indian city like surat by tapti rail line which under doubling. Jalgaon has a dedicated train starting from Bhusaval to education hub Pune via Nashik i.e. 11025/11026 Pune-Bhusaval-Pune Express.

Air

Jalgaon Airport, at Kusumba (approximately 6 km from the city) has been upgraded by the AAI and was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil.[3] Airlines like JetLite and Kingfisher Red had shown interest in starting services between Jalgaon and Mumbai but air services have not materialised. Citizens of Jalgaon have to access Aurangabad Airport (150 KM) to gain access to air services. these citizen will support to start this airport asap. because eveybuddy want to develope this city.

Local transport

A new bus service called "JMTU" was started by the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation on 15 August 2009. More than 10,000 people travel by the Ecobus daily. it is an economical bus service being operated by a private operator after paying some royalty to the Municipal corporation. When the services were started it was quite economic but subsequently within 5 months the fares were raised to considerable levels in the interest of the private operator.

Tourist attractions

"Khoj Gandhiji Ki" Gandhi Teerth

Gandhi Teerth is located at Jain Hills, Jalgaon. This is located six kilometres away from main city towards Pachora. This is a state of the art museum, where you can see as well as experience Mahatma Gandhi's Life and work. There are 25 different sections connecting each other, a unique example of art and multimedia coexistence. This is the only Mahatma Gandhi museum using audio guide facility in English, Hindi and Marathi. Gandhi Teerth has their own Archives section, where you can see more than 8000 books written by and about Gandhiji, more than 2 lac pages of digitized documents, 152 Audio speeches by Gandhiji, 85 documentaries and 116 countries original philatalic material on Gandhiji. These archives have the diaries of Mahadevbhai Desai, Manuben and more than 5000 issues of various weekly publications which were published by Gandhiji in India's freedom movement.

Ajanta Caves

Main article: Ajanta Caves

The famous Ajanta Caves are 57 km from Jalgaon. Ajanta caves were carved by Buddhists.

Padmalaya

Padmalaya is a Ganesh temple considered as one of the 3.5 peeths. It is a temple with two statues of Ganesh (swayambu) which have trunks bending on right as well as on left. You can walk to Bheemkund- the place where Bheema killed Bakasura in Mahabharata. The Padmalaya has got the very big history from the Mahabharata. The place was first known as 'Ekchakranagari' but later on it was pronounced as Erandol. thumbnail

Manudevi

Its place almost 30 km north of city, located in satpuda forest ranges. Which has a local transportation till village Adgaon by MSRTC buses. From Adgaon you can hire richshaw or people from village provide the service with bullock cart. Manudevi is kul-daiwat of almost 90% khandeshi people and everyone visits the place often. Best time to visit is during monsoon, it has a water fall of @ 60 Feet height, which is pleasant to see when it is raining. Water of the fall looks like milk and creates a pleasant environment around the temple. People come to visit the place from all over the country and few have visited from other country as well. After visiting Jalgaon, Manudevi is not a place to miss. People from Adgaon are supportive of visitors and they have formed a trust to support and help visitors.

Mehrun Lake

"Mehrun" is another famous spot in the district for its famous fruit 'Bor'. A fun park is located nearby the premises as well.Supposedly the name Jalgaon is inspired by Mehrun Lake, meaning of 'Jal' being water.[4]

Muktainagar

Muktainagar is a sacred place which was named after Sant Muktabai who was younger sister of Sant Dyaneshwar. Actual temple of Sant Muktabai is situated at 'Kothali'.

Pal Sanctuary

Pal is a small village situated in Raver taluka. Here, the beauty of the nature is breathtaking. It is located in Satpuda.

Unapdev : Hot water Spring

Unapdev located in foothills of Satpuda hills range, Unapdev is one of holy remote place at a distance of 2 km from Vardi village & 6 km from Adavad in Chopda taluka of Jalgaon District in Maharashtra state of India. Hot water fountain is one of the key attractions of Unapdev tourist place. This places have special mention in ancient holy 'Ramayana' and had auspicious touch of Lord Rama during his fourteen years expulsion from Ayodhya. Khandesh's deity Manudevi, Shiragad's Amba Bhavani Goddesses are other two sacred places in nearby Yaval Taluka. The word 'Un-ap' means hot water and in Khandesh's Ahirani language 'Vuna Dev' stands for the almighty that generated this fountain. The hot water flowing right throughout the year from the mouth of godly cow is another factor of attraction for tourist visiting this spot. This uniquely constant temperature hot water has healing effects for skin ailments. The ancient stories quotes that 'This hot water breeze was generated by Lord Rama for Sharbhang rishi having faced torments from evils.

Education

Jalgaon has some of the best schools and colleges of Maharashtra. North Maharashtra University is located in Jalgaon and has a jurisdiction over the entire Khandesh area which includes Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts. There are many other schools and colleges in Jalgaon. Government Polytechnic and Engineering college are one of the premier institutes of Khandesh.

Gandhi Research Foundation, is located at Gandhi Teerth, Jain Hills, Jalgaon is the only Gandhi Study Center in the world, where you can get all the study material, authentic papers, photo, audio & video material on Gandhiji. There are various degree, diploma courses available. It is an International Research Foundation.

Management Colleges:

Medical Colleges.

Pharmacy College.

Engineering colleges.

Polytechnic Colleges

Arts, Science, Commerce Colleges:


Animation Colleges:

Law Colleges:

Music College

  • Godavari Foundation’s Godavari College of Music and fine Arts
  • Swarashrya sangget academe, Jalgaon
  • Department of Fine and arts NMU jalgaon
  • Industrial Training Institute (ITI)
  • Industrial Training Institute for girls (ITI)

Education College:

Physical Education:

For primary and secondary education, Jalgaon has various co-educational schools affiliated to SSC, CBSE, ICSE as well as IGCSE (Cambridge Board).

  • Central School located in North Maharashtra University Campus

Secondary Schools:

  • Lalji Narayanji Sarvajanik Vidyalaya
  • Raosaheb Rupchand Vidyalaya
  • Nandinibai Wamanrao Mulinche Vidyalaya (only for girls)
  • Seth Lalji Narayanji Sarvajanik Highschool
  • Bhagirath English School
  • Ujjwal English School
  • Adarsh High School
  • Sant Hardasram High School

Primary Schools:

  • Smt. Shantabai Lakshamanrao Khadke Mulinche Vidyalay
  • Bhausaheb Kashinath Lathi vidyamandir (formerly called Navin Marathi Shala)
  • New Adarsh English Medium School
  • Premabai jain Urdu Preprimary and primary school

Balwadi:

  • Lakshamanrao Sampat Khadke Vidyamandir
  • Little Wonder Play School-1, Vidyut Nagari.
  • Saint Muktabai Prathamic Vidyamandir.

English Medium Schools:

These Schools are affiliated to C.B.S.E.,except for the last two which is a school that follows the state curriculum.

  • J.K.English School,Sai Nagar,New Raisoni Nagar,Mohadi Road,Jalgaon.(State Board)

International Schools:

Some renowned schools like Podar International School, Indus World School have opened up with GCSE (Cambridge Board) and CBSE respectively.

Industries

Jalgaon is a prominent industry center in Drip Irrigation, Pipe manufacturing, Fruit Processing, pulse milling, biofertilizer production, Green / Solar Energy and mattress manufacturing and printing of educational books. Jalgaon is a significant collection and distribution center of agricultural goods and agriculture input industry (including biofertilizers). The leading products are jowar and raw cotton and banana; the region's rich volcanic soil is particularly well-suited to cotton production. Jalgaon is an important center for cotton-textile and vegetable-oil mills, particularly groundnut-oil and hydrogenation plants. Jalgaon is also well known for banana production. The city is also famous for its gold market which has reputation of being pure. The Jalgaon city surrounded by various well-known and reputed industries like irrigation, pipe, forging, cloths. Jalgaon is nowadays becoming a well trading centre of Maharashtra and a leading producer of sugarcane. This year the sugar production has increased. The onion dehydration plant in Jalgaon has annual onion dehydration capacity of 10,000 tonnes, which is about 15 per cent of the total exports of dehydrated onions from India. [citation needed]

Pulse Milling in Jalgaon started in the late seventies with JJ Group,[citation needed] Salecha,Vinod and Adarsh groups setting up milling plants which subsequently grew into multiple plants employing hundreds of people and serving all of India and over 20 other countries.[citation needed] Until recently traders and processors in Jalgaon have been leading the country in the pulse trade and processing. NCDEX and other commodity exchanges quote prices on the basis of Jalgaon delivery.[citation needed]

Notable businesses & Manufacturing Units

References

  1. ^ "Banana republic Jalgaon bears fruit". Indian Express. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Template:GR
  3. ^ "President inaugurates Jalgaon airport". Newstrackindia.com. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ^ ejalgaon.com
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