Jalgaon Jamod

Jalgaon Jamod
जळगाव जामोद
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 a tehsil and a municipal council town situated in the north of Buldhana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located near Satpuda ranges and is on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Geography

The town is situated at the base of 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 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

Satpuda

The satpuda range extends from Jalgaon - Gatchiroli, the way consist of 3 famous points called as 1st mori, 2nd mori, and the last one 3rd mori.The Third mori is AAM- PAANEE,there we are having 2 Beauty full falls (origin of river) and one wall we called it is as " Satpudaa wall ". This town has a Dam called as GODADA dam, having beauty-full over flow called as Dudh ganga. in Satpuda range you can see Beauty full places for falls n scenes (nature) Naming 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 (sangam of three rivers), Mahilgad (mailgad),these are the places having their own identity and all comes within range of 40 km from "Satpudaa Nagree Jalaon Jamod ". Naturehelping in growing beauty of the town. one of the best Nature for photo shoot. For complete site seen we should have almost 4–5 days with us.

History

The name Jalgaon is combination of two Hindi words, Jal and Gaon that means 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' is 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 Burhanpur city near to Jalgaon Jamod. After this incident Mughals started calling the village as Ja-e-Maut (place of Death). Ja-e-Maut was Persian word later called as Ja-maut, Ja-mod or Jamod by locals. In August 1905 it was part of 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]

Municipality at Jalgaon was established in 1931.[3]

Education

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

Pilgrimage

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 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.

Sungaon is village for Avajisidha Maharaj Yatra, which was organized at 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. "Population by religion community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
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