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Itarsi

Coordinates: 22°36′41.4″N 77°45′44.3″E / 22.611500°N 77.762306°E / 22.611500; 77.762306
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Itarsi
City
Itarsi Jn.
Itarsi Jn.
Itarsi is located in Madhya Pradesh
Itarsi
Itarsi
Itarsi is located in India
Itarsi
Itarsi
Itarsi (India)
Coordinates: 22°36′41.4″N 77°45′44.3″E / 22.611500°N 77.762306°E / 22.611500; 77.762306[1]
Country India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictNarmadapuram
Government
 • MLADr. Sita Sharan Sharma
Elevation
345.86 m (1,134.71 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total99,330
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
461111
Telephone code+917572xxxxxx
ISO 3166 codeIN-MP
Vehicle registrationMP-05
Sex ratio1.08:1 ♂/♀

Itarsi is a city and municipality in Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh, India.[2] Itarsi is a key hub for agricultural goods and is the biggest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh. Rail services from all 4 major metropolitan cities of India namely Mumbai to Kolkata and Delhi to Chennai pass through Itarsi. Itarsi has large number of agro-based industries and warehouses . Itarsi got its name by "eeta(eent)", (literally means brick in Hindi) and "rassi", (literally means rope in Hindi). Bricks and ropes had been made earlier in itarsi. It has an Ordnance Factory.[3] The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary and Tawa Dam are nearby.

Geography

Itarsi is located at 22°37′N 77°45′E / 22.62°N 77.75°E / 22.62; 77.75.[4] It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 feet).

Itarsi Tehsil Population Statistics

Itarsi is a sub district in the Narmadapuram district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The total population in Itarsi sub district is 240,719 as per the survey of census during 2011 by Indian Government. Of this about 123,325 people are living in the urban (towns and cities) area and about 117,394 are living in villages (rural areas)

There are 49,297 households in this sub district.

There are 124,898 males (52%) and 115,821 females (48%).

Demographics[needs update]

As of the 2011 Census of India,[5] Itarsi had a population of 114,495. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Itarsi 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 Itarsi, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Itarsi comes under "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations of Madhya Pradesh" includes Itarsi (M), Pathrauta (part) (OG), Bhilakhedi (CT) and Meharagaon (CT).

See also: List of cities in Madhya Pradesh

Administration

The city is a Tehsil under Narmadapuram District. It is a part of Narmadapuram Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) and comes under Narmadapuram - Narsinghpur Loksabha (Parliament) constituency. It has a municipality with 34 wards and is headed by a municipality chairperson.

Transport

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Itarsi Junction railway station

Itarsi is one of the biggest railway junctions in Madhya Pradesh, at the crossing of important east–west and north–south routes. Itarsi comes under West Central Railway zone whose headquarters is in Jabalpur. Itarsi is connected via broad gauge lines to Bhopal and Delhi to the north, Bhusawal and Mumbai to the west, the railway junctions of Nagpur to the south and Jabalpur to the east. Rail services from Mumbai to Guwahati and Delhi to Chennai pass through Itarsi. 250 trains are daily passing through. Itarsi runs one express train — Vindhyachal express — and it runs three passenger trains in Jabalpur route daily. Itarsi is the busiest railway station in Bhopal division. The new platforms 6 and 7 opened for Jabalpur, Nagpur and Bhusawal routes.

National Highway (NH-69) connects Itarsi to major cities Bhopal and Nagpur. New four lane roads are under the making in to be functional under 5 years. Four Duronto Express trains have technical halts at Itarsi.

The nearest airport is in Bhopal.

Under construction project - * Itarsi-Bhusawal 3rd line. * Itarsi-nagpur 3rd line (Central Railway pushes Rs 140cr third line project in ghat section). * Itarsi-bhopal 3rd line. *

Diesel Loco Shed

Itarsi Diesel Loco Shed is an engine shed located in Itarsi. It comes under the Jabalpur railway division of the West Central Railway zone.[6]

History

As one of the oldest Diesel Loco Sheds, it was opened in the year 1964 with a total number of 40 locomotives.[7]

Operations

After the electrification of Itarsi-Allahabad section at a cost of Rs 350 cr and Itarsi-Jabalpur at a cost of Rs 134 cr,[8] the shed now services both diesel and electric locomotives.[9] Two effluent treatment plants and Incinerators are also available. It also has canteen facility for the staff members. In 2020, it employed around 750 people.[10]

In 2014, amidst reports of contact dermatitis caused by diesel handling in other Indian Railway sheds,[11] around 100 mechanics from Itarsi shed also reported persistent skin afflictions.[12]

In 2021, 23 diesel locomotives were scrapped in the shed earning 13.86 crores. The shed consumed 875 MWh electricity in 2019-20 and 563 MWh in 2020–21.[13]

Locomotives

SN Locomotive HP Quantity
1. WDM-3A 3100 50
2. WDM-3D 3300 42
3. WDG-4/4D 4500 53
4. WDS-6 1400 17
5. WAG-5 4360 20
Total Locomotives Active as of 1-12-2021[14][15] 182

References

  1. ^ "Itarsi Population". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Itarsi Location Map, Where is Itarsi". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Indian Ordnance Factories: Ordnance Factory Itarsi". ofbindia.gov.in. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  4. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Itarsi
  5. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  6. ^ Saran, Rahul (10 June 2020). "में 190 इंजनों का मेंटनेंस, 250 कर्मचारियों की कमी, अब टावर वेगन लाने की भी तैयारी.. | Maintenance of 190 locomotives in diesel sheds, shortage of 250 employ". Patrika News (in Hindi). 1. Retrieved 15 December 2021. जबलपुर जोन के बड़े डीजल शेडों में इटारसी का डीजल लोको शेड गिना जाता है [Itarsi Loco shed is one of the big diesel sheds in Jabalpur zone]
  7. ^ "West Central Railway".
  8. ^ Kundoo, Manoj (25 December 2017). "जोन का पहला डीजल शेड जहां सुधारे जाएंगे इलेक्ट्रिक इंजन...जानेंं और क्या है खास | diesel loco shed in india and Diesel Loco Shed indian Railway". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  9. ^ "डीजल शेड से अतिरिक्त लोको ट्रांसफर नहीं तो एसी लोको का काम बंद करेंगे..." Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2021. महामंत्री मुकेश गालव ने कहा डीजल शेड में ... आज एसी इंजन का भी मेंटनेंस कर रहे है। [Secretary Mukesh Galav said that diesel shed ... now maintains AC engines as well]
  10. ^ Kundoo, Manoj (17 May 2018). "इटारसी के डीजल शेड में इंजन टकराए, छह रेलकर्मी घायल | itarsi diesel shed hadsa". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Railway repairmen claim exposure to diesel has caused skin diseases". The Indian Express. 5 March 2014.
  12. ^ Lall, Lemuell (4 October 2014). "Skin disorder hits Itarsi DLS mechanics in MP". India Today. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  13. ^ "लोको शेड इटारसी का ऊर्जा संरक्षण की दिशा में सराहनीय कदम, रेलवे को करोड़ों का फायदा". ETV Bharat News. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Railway Website Mechanical Department". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  15. ^ "e-locos".
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