Niphad
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| निफाड (Niphad) | |
  निफाड (Niphad)
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| State - District(s) |
Maharashtra - Nashik |
| Coordinates | |
| Area - Elevation |
1053 km² - 569 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (1971) - Density |
9,274 - ?/km² |
| ? | ? |
| Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle |
- 422 0xx - +0253 - MH 15 |
Niphad is the name of a town, and of the taluka headquartered there, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. The Marathi name signifies a place without mountains; indeed, the taluka's topography is fairly level with hardly even any hills.
Niphad's latitude and longitude coordinates are given as 20° 4' 60" N, 74° 7' 0" E[1] or 19° 58' 60" N, 73° 47' 60" E.[citation needed] Located northeast of Nashik proper, the taluka borders Sinnar, Nashik, Dindori, Chandwad, and Yeola Talukas and Ahmednagar District and has no direct ocean access.
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[edit] Niphad Town
About 40 kilometres just north of due east of Nashik, the town lies on Nashik Arangabad highway , but does have a station on the Mumbai–Nagpur section of the Central Railway . Though its villages' facilities are improving, the town remains the local transportation and communication hub as well as the seat of government and law enforcement and the center for medical and veterinary care, trade, banking (with State Bank and land development bank branches), and education (through high school).
Niphad Town is home to a number of Hindu temples dedicated to various deities as well as a dargah and a few mosques. A traditional fair in honour of Khandoba (not to be confused with the other Khandoba fair in Chandori in the taluka) is held on Magha Shuddha Paurnima and attracted over 2,000 participants annually in the time of the 1975 Gazetteer.
[edit] Niphad Taluka
The taluka comprises Niphad Town and 114 villages; its economy is based on farming. Sugarcane is one of the taluka's most important agricultural products, and it is home to its own cooperative sugar factory, the Niphad Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana. The 1975 Gazetteer also listed onions, grapes, vegetables, wheat, bajra, jovar, tur, and gram as major crops and explained that irrigation was achieved by means of the Vadali river bandhara near the taluka in addition to "well over a hundred" wells within it.
In the 1971 Census, the taluka's total population was 216,641, up from 124,727 in 1951.
Niphad Taluka is notable as the birthplace of the reformer Mahadev Govind Ranade.
[edit] Villages
There are 114 villages in Niphad Taluka.
Ahergaon, Anterweli, Aurangpur, Behed, Bharwas, Bhendali, Bhuse, Bokaddara, Brahmangaon Vanas, Brahmangaon Vinchur, Brahmanwade, Chandori, Chapadgaon, Chatori, Chehadi Kh., Chitegaon, Dahigaon, Darna Sangvi, Datyane, Davachawadi, Deogaon, Dhanore, Dharangaon Khadak, Dharangaon Veer, Dongargaon, Gajarwadi, Golegaon, Gondegaon, Gondegaon, Jivhale, Jalgaon, Kanlad, Karanjgaon, Karanji Kh., Karsul, Kathargaon, Khadak Malegaon, Khangaon Najik, Khangaon Thadi, Khaede, Khedlezunge, Kokangaon, Kolgaon, Kotamgaon, Kothure, Kumbhari, Kurudgaon, Lalpadi, Lasalgaon (Urban Area I), Lonwadi, Mahajanpur, Manjargaon, Manori Kh., Maralgoi Bk., Maralgoi Kh., Mhalsakore, Naitale, Nandgaon, Nandur Kh., Nandur Madhmeshwar, Nandurdi, Narayan Tembhi, Nimgaon Wakada, Niphad, One, Ozar (Urban area 2), Pachore k., Pachore Kh., Pachore Wani, Palkhed, Panchakeshwar, Pimpalgaon; Baswant, Pimpalgaon Najik, Pimpalgaon Napani, Pimpalas, Pimpri, Ranwad, Rasalpur, Raulas, Redgaon Bk., Rui, Sakore, Sarole Kh., Sarole Thadi, Sawargaon, Sawli, Saykhede, Shimpi Takali, Shingve, Shirasgaon, Shiradewakad, ShirwadeWani, Shivadi, Shivari, SonewadiBk, Sonewadi Kh., Sukene Kasabe, Sukene Mauje, Sundarpur, Takali Vinchur, Talwade, Tamaswadi, Tarukhedle, Thergaon, Thetale, Ugaon, Umbarkhed, Vadali Najik, Varhedarna, Vinchur, Wahegaon, Wakad, Wavi, Welapur
[edit] References
[edit] The Gazetteer
The Government of Maharashtra's 1975 Nasik District Gazetteer (an updated version of the 1883 first edition—both editions use the former spelling of Nashik), compiles a wealth of information about the entire district of which Niphad Taluka is a part.
- Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra. Kunte, B. G., exec. ed. Nasik District Gazetteer, second edition (revised). Bombay: Government Central Press, 1975.
The 1975 Gazetteer, with some supplemental material, has been made available electronically.
- Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra. Pathak, Arunchandra S., exec. ed. Electronic transcription of the 1975 Gazetteer. 2004.
Some parts of the 2004 electronic Gazetteer are particularly pertinent to Niphad Taluka:
- a district map that shows Niphad's location.
- the chapter on Places with a general description of Niphad Town as well as several of the taluka's villages.
The major drawback of the Gazetteer is its age; little or no information was updated for the 2004 electronic version, and since it was compiled over a period of more than two decades, some of its data and descriptions may have already been out of date at the time of its publication in 1975. Therefore, it is not appropriate to uncritically apply its statements and conclusions to Nashik District in the present day.
