Bodwad

Bodwad बोदवड
Village
View on a cloudy monsoon day
Bodwad Location of Bodwad in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°03′N 75°46′E / 21.05°N 75.77°E / 21.05; 75.77Coordinates: 21°03′N 75°46′E / 21.05°N 75.77°E / 21.05; 75.77
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population
• Total	50,000
Demonym	Bodwadkar
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	425310
Telephone code	02582
Vehicle registration	MH- 19
Nearest city	Bhusaval
Literacy	82.36%^[1]
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Muktainagar-Bodwad
Climate	hot & cool (Köppen)
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Bodwad is a village in the revenue subdivision of Jalgaon district in Nashik division of Khandesh region of Maharashtra state in India^[2]

Geography

Bodwad is located at North Maharashtra. It is very near Madhya Pradesh.. It has an average elevation of 209 metres (686 feet).

Overview

It is located on Bhusawal - Badnera section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway and is on Mumbai - Howrah main rail route. The biggest college in the city is N H Ranka Highschool & jr-Sr College.

Industry

Bodwad is mainly known for its cotton industries; there are lot of spinning mills nearby. It is one of India's largest cotton product manufacturing centers^[3] Additionally, several oil production facilities are nearby.

Hotels and accommodation

Tanarika Resort
Hotel Premier
Hotel Aditya Palace

Transport

Road

Bodwad is one of the biggest producers of cotton. Cotton is called " Pandhare Sone" which means White Gold. It is the most important crop in this region.

Banana Plants with drip irrigation in Bodwad Tehsil

Being situated Indore- Aurangabad Road, Bodwad is a stop for truckers.

Bodwad is situated on Indore-Aurangabad Highway. Internal roads like Jamner Road, Muktainagar Road, Jamthi Road, Malkapur Road, Manur Road are very congested in Bodwad and also get connected to [NH 6], totally they have four exits from the town. Nasik( HinduPilgrimage place) is only 6½ hrs journey by road & railway.

Railway

Bodwad has very good railway connectivity, and an important railway station. Bodwad is an on Central Railway on Mumbai-Kolkata (East/West) connections.