Sangamner

This article is about the Sangamner city in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. For the tehsil in Ahmednagar district, see Sangamner tehsil.

Sangamner
city
Sangamner Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19.57°N 74.22°E / 19.57; 74.22
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmadnagar
Elevation	549 m (1,801 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	265,076
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	422605
Telephone code	02425
Vehicle registration	MH 17
Website	sangamnermc.gov.in

Sangamner is a city and a municipal council located in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra state in India. Situated on the Pravara River, it got its name because it is on the site of the sangam (confluence) of three rivers in the area: Pravara, Mhalungi, and Adhala. Industries include a cloth market, educational facilities, a sugar factory, agriculture, and tobacco products known as Gaichap Jarda.Sangamner is the second largest city in the district after the city of Ahmednagar and is famous for its huge market (cloth, groceries, electronics, automobiles, jewellery) as well as educational facilities, milk processing industries. Sangamner is also known as "Hospital hub" of the district. The city is enjoying central location (at the centre of Mumbai, Pune & Aurangabad) & is just 2hrs from Nasik on the Pune Nasik national highway. Already famous for sugarcane farming, Sangamner is now known as Tomato as well as pomegranate hub. The 'Krushi Utpanna bajar samiti' of Sangamner is considered as one of the major markets in the country. Already known as mostly traffic city of the district, now nasik pune railway is under proposal with major terminal at the sangamner city. Due to central location, the bus stand of the city is open 24 hours with high level of public transport. MSRTC terminal at Sangamner is the most high tech bus station in Maharashtra state. Buses of Gujrat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh also comes here everyday.

Geography

Sangamner is located at 19.57°N 74.22°E / 19.57; 74.22, on the banks of the Pravara River. It has an average elevation of 549 metres (1,801 ft)from mean sea level. Sangamner is the biggest settlement on NH 50 (New NH-60) between Pune (143 km distance) and Nashik (69 km distance). It is about 230 km from financial capital of India, Mumbai. On 15 August 2014, newly constructed bypass has been opened for traffic (9.5 km) which saves about 30.0 min. In recent years the city outskirts has been developed tremendously. Kalsubai, the highest peak in Maharashtra is 68 km from Sangamner. It is the most developed city, largest market place (bazarpeth) in district after Ahemadnagar city.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Sangamner had a population of 51,806. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangamner 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 Sangamner, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population of the town of Sangamner alone is 65,804 according to the 2011 Census of India, with class II status.

External links

• Sangamner municipal Council