Bhusawal

Bhusawal
—  city  —
Bhusawal
Location of Bhusawal
in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Maharashtra
District(s) Jalgaon
Population 172,366 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 209 metres (686 ft)

Bhusawal or Bhusaval (Marathi: भुसावळ) is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Contents

Geography

Bhusawal is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 209 metres (685 feet).

Bhusawal is located on the bank of Tapi river, is the biggest taluka of Jalgaon district, and situated on National Highway No. 6 (NH6). Bhusawal railway junction is one of the largest railway yards of the Indian subcontinent. The hinterland of Bhusawal is famous for banana cultivation. World Heritage famous Ajanta is about 60 km (via Jamner) from Bhusawal.

Bhusawal is also known as Bhusaval. The spelling "Bhusaval" is used by the Railways (Central Government), while the spelling "Bhusawal" is used by the municipality. Generally People magazine spells it as "Bhusawal" or "Bhusaval" according to their preference.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Bhusawal had a population of 172,366 (It is estimated to cross 200,000 before 2010). Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bhusawal has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 83% and female literacy of 72%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Mainly Leva Patidar is the biggest community in Bhusawal.

Transport

Road

Bhusawal is situated on National Highway No. 6 (NH6). Internal roads like Varangaon Road, Khadaka Road, Sakari Phata, Jamner Road, Jalgaon Road, Fekari over bridge are very congested in Bhusawal and also get connected to [NH 6],srated totally they have four exits from the town. Nasik (Hindu Pilgrimage place) is only 3 1⁄2 hours' journey by road and railway. Shegaon, famous place is also 120 km from Bhusawal.

Railway

Industries and organizational establishments

Ordnance factories

Bhusawal is the home of two of the 40 ordnance factories in India, belonging to the Government of India, Ministry of Defence:

  1. Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBH)while walking on stair of Rly Platform turn right side-kela siding-Railway Sport Ground side. Fy is 5 km from Bhusawal Rly Station.Shearing three wheeler Auto available @ Rs.8/- per seat or Rs.50/- for special auto.
  2. Ordnance Factory Varangaon (OFV)while walking on stair of Bhusawal Rly Station turn left side-Bus Stand Side-Reservation Office side. Take Varangaon Factory Bus (Distance 18 KM from Bhusawal) from Bus stand which is opposite Rly. Station or take special three wheeler auto @ Rs.150/- or take shearing auto @Rs.20/- per person.

Deepnagar/ Fekari

The thermal power station (TPS), which produces around 12% of the electricity requirement of Maharashtra, is situated in Bhusawal near to FEKARI village on the bank of the River Tapi. Further down to Deepnagar, a village called 'Varangaon' has an ordnance factory.

While comming from Bhusawal Rly. station waking on stair turn left and Deepnagar Bus from ST Stand or take shearing auto @Rs.15/- or special auto Rs.150/- (Distance from Bhusawal Rly Station is 12 km)

Educational institutions

Bhusawal has educational schools/institutions within its city limits.

Management institutes

Schools

Marathi schools

English medium schools

Hindi schools

Urdu schools

The school was named after the very famous Moghul king Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last king of India. Many new Urdu schools such as Al-Heera, Osama, Irteka have come up.

Colleges

Technical colleges

Computer institutes

Training, Development and Leadership Institute

Wellness Foundation's SNW Institute The success and wellness.

Delicacies of Bhusawal

Bhusawal stands 2nd for Railways (Transportation, Zonal Training, Services) across India. Reason behind its fame, is being a Junction for Railway. So many routes departs from Bhusawal. Every train passes through has to take a halt.

Bhusawal is also famous for its banana cultivation. Traders from various parts of the country come to Bhusawal to buy raw bananas. Bananas are exported to different countries across the world. Lt Col Sanjoy Banerji, the famous photographer and adventurer hails from Bhusawal. Bhusawal is also known for its special white brinjals that are grown locally in the nearby areas. They often constitute the delicacies in local marriages along with daal baati toop (a lentil dish served with ghee) served with peanut garlic chutney or famus eggplant sabji called vangyachi bhaji. In local hotels Shev Bhaji, spicy Ghasilal aluvada , and Bengan bharta and Dalgandori bhaji which

Weather

The weather in Bhusawal is dry and hot. In the summer season temperatures reach around 46 to 49 degree Celsius, which amounts to the highest in the country. Now in 2010 summer period the temperature of this city cross their limit i.e. 49. In May-2010 the temperature came to souring 49.8 Due to so much high temperature diseases like Swine flu doesn't exist in Bhusawal

Wellness Foundation - Bhusawal said tht bhusawal is badly affected by global warming and local warming because of the presence of multiple power plants and factories. Ratio of tree cutting is also increasing. it was 49 in May 2010 and in DECEMBER 2011 it was 8.5 DC. and meter will rise rapidly again, this change is drastic and giving signs of dangers in the near future.

In fiction

The fictional Indian town of Bhowani, setting of the historical novels Nightrunners of Bengal and Bhowani Junction by John Masters, is considered to be modeled on Bhusawal.

'27 Down' a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Awtar Krishna Kaul features Bhusawal Railway Station, Railway Colony. Its storyline revolves around people working with Railways at Bhusawal and their families.

Director Vijaya Mehta's fil 'Pestonjee' (1988)also features Bhusawal.

Lt Col Sanjoy Banerji, the famous adventurer and photographer had published a photo feature on Bhusawal's Railways in National Geographic magazine.

Temples in Bhusawal

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bhusawal
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
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