Jalgaon Jamod

Jalgaon Jamod
—  town  —
Jalgaon Jamod Location of Jalgaon Jamod in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Buldhana
Parliamentary constituency	Buldhana
Assembly constituency	Jalgaon Jamod
Population	32,520 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 291 metres (955 ft)
Codes • Telephone • +00-91-07266 • Vehicle • MH 28

Jalgaon Jamod is a tehsil and a municipal council town situated in the north of Buldhana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.I t is located near satpuda ranges and is on the border of maharashtra and madhyapraddesh.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Borders 1.2 Natural 2 History 3 Education 4 Pilgrimage 5 Transport 6 Political 7 Important places 8 References 9 External links

Geography

This town is situated at the base of Satpura Range.

Borders

• In East there is Sangrampur tehsil.
• In West there is Muktainagar Tehsil in Jalgaon Khandesh District
• In North there is Burhanpur District State of Madhya Pradesh
• In south there is Nandura Tehsil.

Natural

Purna is the largest river in the Tehsil which is also largest in the District. There is the satpuda mountain ranges in the northern part of the Tehsil. Rajura and Gorada are the famous dam at satpuda ranges. Both are natural dam.It is enriched with the green beauty of SATPUDA rows

History

The name Jalgaon is Sanskrit word and the meaning of 'Jalgaon' is (Jal-Gaon) village of water. This name came because of heavy water resources around the town. The name 'Jalgaon Jamod' came because of small village called 'Jamod' near to Jalgaon. The name 'Jamod' is given by Mughal emperors after 1630 AD, when Mughal emperor^[1] Shahjahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal^[2] was traveling with Shah Jahan's^[3] earlier military campaigns. She started facing Pregnancy complications^[4] in Jamod which led to death in Burhanpur^[5] city near to Jalgaon Jamod, so Mughals called the village as Ja-e-Maut (place of Death). Ja-e-Maut was Persian word later called as Ja'mod or Jamod by rural people. In August 1905 the was part of then Akola District and was transferred to Buldhana district along with Khamgaon tehsil.^[6] As per Ain-e-Akbari, it was a Pargana town in the Sarkar (then district) of Narnala of Berar Subah.^[7]

Municipality at Jalgaon was established in 1931.^[8]

Education

There are following important schools and colleges in Jalgaon (Jamod):

1. The New Era High School: This is famous school in tahsil. Divisions up to Std XII Arts and Science
2. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vidyalay: Divisions up to Std XII
3. Shripad Krina Kolhatkar Mahavidyalay: Divisions for BA and BCom
4. Krishi Vigyan Kendra: Divisions for Bsc Agriculture
5. Adivasi Ashram Shala:for adivasi student for them accommodation is provied there itself.
6. Al-Faran Urdu High School, Jalgaon Jamod

Pilgrimage

• Dhanora is the religious place where is the famous temple of Mahasiddha Maharaj. Every year in month of february(magh hindu calendar) fair is organised in dhanora which is one of the biggest festival.
• Palsi Supo is another religious place with the temple of Supo Maharaj. There is held a fair on each Sunday of Pausha month of Hindu calendar.
• The Raja Bartari Temple is one of the oldest prestegouis temple in India. There are only two temples of this all over the country.
• Gajanan Maharaj Temple is built in jalgaon jamod which is holy place.
• Shri sant sakharam maharaj mandir of sakharampur(elora)
• There are also other temples such as Sakharam Maharaj Mandir.
• Kherda- The Temple of Kapil muni Maharaj located 6 km away from Jalgaon
• In Sungaon there is a beautiful Place at Satpuda ranges and a famous Temple of Lord Avajisiddha is here..
• "Jama Masjid Jalgaon" is one of the oldest mosque in the area. It was built by "Hasan Bin Malik" in 1049 AH. The Inside structure of mosque is the example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian and Indian architectural styles.

Transport

There is no railway track in the tehsil. Nandura on Bhusawal - Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway is a nearby railway Station.

The main means of travel are the roadways. State Highway no.194 connecting to Nandura and Jalgaon Jamod is the main road. Others are the road going to Burhanpur from Jalgaon Jamod and other is Khandvi - Muktainagar road going via Kurha. State Highway 195 connects Jalgagon Jamod to MH SH 24 via Sangrampur - Telhara.

The Pandurang Waving Bridge on State Highway 194 is the oldest waving Bridge in the Town. Sungaon is very famous village for Avajisidha Maharaj Yatra which was organized at 3rd week of Feb.this is a one of the oldest one temple in the Maharashtra

Political

• Jalgaon Jamod is a part of Buldana Loksabha constituency. Mr.Anandrao Adsul of Shivasena is the Member of parliament

of this constituency.

• Mr.Sanjay Kute of BJP (Second Term) is the Member of Vidhan Sabha.
• Mr.Dattatray Patil (commonly known as-Datta Patil) is a very well known political person in this region, who is one of the few politically strong leaders of Shivsena in Buldana Loksabha constituency.
• Mr.Krushanrao Ganpatrao Ingle (Krushanrao Ingle) is the Ex Member of Legislative Assembly.

Important places

• Asalgaon is the main market place in the tehsil where Tuesday is the weekly day of market.
• Pimpalgaon Kale is another market place situated on Khandvi-Kurha road.
• Manegaon is the Gateway to tehsil situated on state highway 194.
• Khandvi is a main junction from where one can go west to Jalgaon (Khandesh) and to Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh).
• Kherda- The Temple of Kapil muni Maharaj located 6 km away from Jalgaon
• Sungaon- 7 km from Jalgaon jamod. A beautiful Place at Satpuda ranges.

References

External links

• http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Jalgaon5.html
• http://www.kvkbuldhana.org

	Burhanpur(Madhya Pradesh State)		Tunki, Hiwarkhed
			Sangrampur
		Jalgaon Jamod
		Nandura

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