Bhusawal

Bhusawal भुसावळ Bhusaval
Rail city
Bhusawal Location 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
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	187,421
Demonym(s)	Bhusawalkar
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN CODE	425201
Vehicle registration	MH-19
Website	www.bhusawal.info

Bhusawal, also spelt as Bhusaval, is a city and a municipal council (established in 1882) in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Geography

Bhusawal is located at 21°02′50.56″N 75°47′15.99″E / 21.0473778°N 75.7877750°E / 21.0473778; 75.7877750.^[1] It has an average elevation of 209 metres (685 feet).

It is the biggest taluka of Jalgaon district, and situated on National Highway 6 (India)(old numbering). Bhusawal railway junction is one of the largest railway yards of the Indian subcontinent. Bhusawal is 181 km from historic city and tourism capital Aurangabad. The famous Ajanta Caves are about 60 km (via Jamner) from Bhusawal.

Demographics

The total population of Bhusawal is 187,421 as of the 2011 census, with the male population at 96,147 people and the female population 91,274. The literacy rate of Bhusawal is 88.38 percent; the literacy rate for men was compared with 84.87 percent for women in Bhusawal.^[2]

Hinduism is the main religion at 64.06 percent, followed by Muslims (24.40 percent) and Buddhists (8.79 percent).^[2]

River

Bhusawal is located on the bank of Tapi river. The Tapti River (Hindi ताप्ती, Marathi तापी, Urdu تاپتی, Gujarati: તાપ્તી) ancient original name Tapi River (Sanskrit: तापी), is a river in central India. It is one of the major rivers (only the Tapi River along with the Narmada river, and the Mahi River run from east to west) of peninsular India with a length of around 724 kilometres (450 mi).

Transport

Railway

Bhusawal Railway Station

• Bhusawal railway station has very good railway connectivity, and is an important divisional headquarters of Central Railway of the Indian Railways. It is on both the Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.
• Bhusawal railway division is one of the five railway division under Central Railway Zone is headquartered at Bhusawal.
• The famous American 1956 movie, Bhowani Junction features a railway station that was modelled on the Bhusawal railway station.
• Bhusawal is a very big junction on Central Railway (The biggest railway station in Maharashtra). Mumbai – Delhi(North/West) & Mumbai-Kolkata (East/West) connections splits at this Junction.
• There is a Zonal Training Center for Railway Staff in Bhusawal. ZTC is the area known popularly.
• P.O.H. & M.O.H. are the two overhauling units work 24 hrs for maintenance of locomotive engines.
• When steam locomotives were used in India, this was a big Steam loco shed for the same and due to river Tapi, the train usually used to stop here to get water and stock for loco engines as well as passenger utility.
• A unique '#' crossing (known as diamond crossing) of railway line - which is in 90 degree to each other is seen here first.
• Bhusawal is the nearest such a railway junction to Ajanta (60 km away), where every train has a stop.
• Bhusawal railway yard is one of the biggest yard in Asia. It is second largest yard in Asia.

Ambulance Services

Sumadhur Foundation Ambulance services

Air

Aurangabad is the ideal base since it has direct link to Delhi, Pune, Nagpur and Mumbai.

Jalgaon Airport is also nearer to Bhusawal, but still it's under development.

Excursions

• The world-famous
• Thermal Power Station of Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Deepnagar (7 km)
• Ordnance Factory, Bhusawal and Varangaon (15 km)
• Orient Cement Grinding Unit (12 km)
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited Depot (15 km)
• Railway's Zonal Training School

Education

Bhusawal has many educational schools in Marathi, English, Hindi and Urdu, Colleges, Technical Colleges, Computer Institutes and Management institutions within its city limits.Mr. Girish R. Parikh runs a computer institute which is considered to be the first computer institute of bhusawal and jamner provides second chance to students who fail or cannot continue their education.^[3]

Schools

Colleges

Villages

Delicacies of Bhusawal

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. 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). "Banducha Vada-Pav" and "Ghasilal Vada-Pav" of Bhusawal are famous in whole Jalgaon District. People from nearby villages hardly miss to visit these places.

In fiction

The fictional Indian town of Bhowani, the setting of the historical novels Nightrunners of Bengal and Bhowani Junction by John Masters, is thought 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.

See also

• Bhusawal Railway Station
• Bhusawal Railway Division
• Bhusawal Thermal Power Station
• Bhusawal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References

Jalgaon district topics
History	Faruqi dynasty Khandesh Khandesh District
Tehsils	Amalner Bhadgaon Bhusawal Bodwad Chalisgaon Chopda Dharangaon Erandol Jalgaon Jamner Muktainagar Pachora Parola Raver Yawal
Education	North Maharashtra University
Lok Sabha constituencies	Jalgaon Raver
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Amalner Bhusawal Chalisgaon Chopda Erandol Jalgaon City Jalgaon Rural Jamner Muktainagar Pachora Raver
Major towns and villages	Varangaon Nashirabad Kasoda Adavad Savda Shendurni Nagardeole Bk. Nhavi Pimpalgaon Bk. Asoda Tongaon Chinawal