Palghar

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Palghar v • d • e Maharashtra • India
Palghar
District(s)	Thane
Coordinates	19.68° N 72.75° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 7 m (23 ft)
Population	52,699 (2001)

Coordinates: 19.68° N 72.75° E

Palghar is a city and a municipal council in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Situated about 87 kilometres from Mumbai, it is a part of the Mumbai Suburban Rail network which extends up to Dahanu and lies on the Mumbai- Ahmedabad rail route.

1 Geography
2 Employment
3 Demographics
4 Education
5 Miscellaneous
6 List of Hospitals in Palghar:
7 References

[edit] Geography

Palghar is located at 19.68° N 72.75° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet).

The Arabian sea coast is just 8 to 10 km away from the town. To its east lies the low mountains of the Sahyadri range.

[edit] Employment

The main occupation of the people of Palghar is farming. A large part of the population commutes to Bombay daily to make a living. Apart from the goverment promoted Industrial complex situated in Tarapur, Palghar is also home to an Industrial Complex where there are many small scale pharmaceutical and textile processing 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.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Palghar had a population of 52,699. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Palghar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 67%. In Palghar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Palghar is surprisingly cosmopolitian. 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 like Gujarat,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.

[edit] Education

The town has a number of schools and a college.

[edit] Marathi Schools

Aryan Education society's M.N. Dandekar Highschool (Oldest school in Palghar)
Shri Satu Kadam Vidyalaya.(Formerly known as Jeevan Vikas)
K.Mahim Education Society's Bhuvanaesh Kirtane Vidyalaya

[edit] English Schools

Anand Ashram English High School ( Oldest English medium school in palghar )
Kenam High School (Established in 1969)
Twinkle Star High School
Holy Spirit High School
Sacred Heart High School
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (affiliated to CBSE)

[edit] Colleges

National College of Engineering, IT and Management Palghar.

This college offers Professional courses in Engineering, IT and Management.

Sonopant Dandekar Shikshan Mandali College

This a degree college for science, arts and commerce. It imparts Higher Secondary Education to the students of nearby villages. It also offers some Post Graduate courses in Arts and Commerce.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Palghar also has number of hospitals and medical facilities.

Palghar has many hospitals. Some are specialised for women care while others are for all types of patients.There are 2 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.There is a medical association of the doctors in and around palghar which holds CME programmes to catch up with new developments in medicine. The biggest drawback is the lack of a blood bank.The closest one is nearly 60 to 70 km away. There is a charitable ophthalmic hospital which is developing very fast with many amenities for eye care.