Jalgaon Jamod

Jalgaon Jamod
जळगाव जामोद , Jalgaon
Town
Jalgaon Jamod

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 21°02′55″N 76°32′04″E / 21.0486°N 76.5344°E / 21.0486; 76.5344Coordinates: 21°02′55″N 76°32′04″E / 21.0486°N 76.5344°E / 21.0486; 76.5344
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Buldhana
Elevation 291 m (955 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 28,276
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 00-91-07266
Vehicle registration MH 28
Lok Sabha constituency Buldhana
Vidhan Sabha constituency Jalgaon Jamod

Jalgaon Jamod is in Buldana district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located near jalgaon jamod in Maharashtra .

Geography

The town is situated at the base of the Satpura Range, about 10 km from Satpuda.

Borders

Natural

Purna is the largest river in the tehsil which is also largest in the district. There are the Satpuda mountain ranges in the northern part of the tehsil. Rajura and Gorada are famous natural dams in the Satpuda Ranges. They are enriched with the green beauty of Satpuda rows.

Satpuda

The Satpuda Range extends from Jalgaon to Gatchiroli. The way consists of 3 famous points called 1st mori, 2nd mori, and the last one 3rd mori. The third mori is Aam-Paanee, where there are two beautiful falls (origin of a river) and one wall we called "Satpudaa wall". This town has a dam called Godada Dam, having a beautiful overflow called Dudh ganga. In the Satpuda Range you can see beautiful places with falls, scenes and nature: Amba barwa, Mageri Mahadeo (cave), Jatashankar (fall), Umbardev (Amarnaath), Jamupaanee (fall), Badalkhora (medicine plants and fall), Devdhree (nature), Wari Hanumaan (Shree Hanumaanji Temple, Hanuman Sagar Dam), Kakanwada (trymbak), Treeveni (confluence of three rivers), and Mahilgad (mailgad). These are the places having their own identity, and all come within a range of 40 km from "Satpudaa Nagree Jalaon Jamod". Nature helping in growing the beauty of the town. One of the best nature sites for photos. Seeing the complete site should take almost 4–5 days.

History

The name Jalgaon is a combination of two Hindi words, Jal and Gaon, that mean village of water. This name came because of heavy water resources around the town. The name 'Jalgaon Jamod' developed because of a small village called 'Jamod' near to Jalgaon. The name 'Jamod' was given by Mughal emperors after 1630 AD, when Mughal emperor Shahjahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal was traveling with Shah Jahan's earlier military campaigns. She started facing pregnancy complications in Jamod which led to death in the city of Burhanpur near Jalgaon Jamod. After this incident Mughals started calling the village Ja-e-Maut (Place of Death). Ja-e-Maut was a Persian word later called Ja-maut, Ja-mod or Jamod by locals. In August 1905 it was part of what was then Akola District and was transferred to Buldhana district along with Khamgaon tehsil.[1] As per Ain-e-Akbari, it was a Pargana town in the Sarkar (then district) of Narnala of Berar Subah.[2]

The municipality of Jalgaon was established in 1931.[3]

Education

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

Sahakar vidya mandir

Religion

Religion in Jalgaon Jamod City (2011)[4]

  Hinduism (56.61%)
  Islam (35.07%)
  Christianity (0.14%)
  Sikhism (0.09%)
  Buddhism (7.36%)
  Jainism (0.63%)
  Other religions (0.02%)
  Atheist (0.06%)

Transport

There are no railway tracks 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 another is the Khandvi - Muktainagar road going via Kurha. State Highway 195 connects Jalgagon Jamod to MH SH 24 via Sangrampur - Telhara.

Sungaon is the village for Avajisidha Maharaj Yatra, which is organized on the 3rd week of February. This is one of the oldest temples in Maharashtra. From Jalgaon Jamod Depot long-distance buses are available.

Political

Important sights and places

References

  1. ↑ "Buldhana District Gazette 1976". Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 14, page 27 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library
  3. ↑ "Buldhana District Gazette 1976 - Places". Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "in large Population by religion in Buddhism community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
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