The Painganga River (also known as the Penganga River) is the chief river of the

Buldhana district Buldhana district (Marathi pronunciation: ulɖʰaːɳa is located in the Amravati division of Maharashtra, India. It is situated at the western border of Vidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital, Mumbai. The district ha ...

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, Nanded district,

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and

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in the

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state in

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. It flows along the southeast boundaries of the district in a winding, meandering course. It is deeply entrenched and difficult to navigate. It rises in the Ajantha range and is a major tributary of the

Wardha River The Wardha River, also known as the Varada River, is a major river in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, which originates in the Satpura Range and flows into the Wain ganga river to form the Pranhita river which finally joins the Godavari river. Origin ...

, the other major river in the district. It is also divided

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and

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near

Umarkhed Umarkhed is a Municipal council in Yavatmal district of Indian State of Maharashtra. Geography Umarkhed is located at . It has an average elevation of 416 metres (1364 feet). Umarkhed is a municipal town near the Painganga river. ...

. There is a small railway station named after the river in the

River course

The total length of the river is . The Painganga River originates in the Ajantha ranges in Aurangabad district in

. It then flows through

and

. It flows through

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Tehsil of

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where it gets Kas river as the tributary near Shelgaon Rajgure village and then flows through the border of Washim and

. Then it acts as a boundary between

and Nanded district of Maharashtra. It then flows along the state border between

and

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. It converges with ''Pus'' river near Mahur in Nanded. The small Vidarbha river merged with Painganga river. Near old Sangameshwar Temple at village Deurwada near Wani Taluka of Yavatamal district and Kodsi village in

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taluka of

. There is an old Lord

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temple at Jugad near Wani city of Yavatmal the river converges as an island. Every year at

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in the November month, devotees from other places visit for worship. Penganga converges into

near a small village called Wadha in

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taluka of

flows into

Pranhita River The Pranhita River is the largest tributary of Godavari River covering about 34% of its drainage basin conveying the combined waters of the Penganga River, the Wardha River, and the Wainganga River. By virtue of its extensive network of trib ...

which in turn flows in to

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, which finally ends into the

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just east of

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in the state of

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Tributaries

The Penganga River's tributaries include the Adan, Kas, Arunavati, Kayadhu, and Pus Rivers.Penganga river
telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019.

Irrigation

The river provides the irrigation to the

and

Yavatmal Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the sta ...

districts in

. There are two dams being constructed on the river, namely Upper Painganga and Lower Painganga. This dam is also known as Isapur Dam. This dam is administered by the 'Pusad' taluka. Nearby talukas are Kalamnuri, Pusad, Umarkhed and Hadgaon. Its tributary "Pus river" has Upper Pus Dam near

Pusad Pusad is a city in the Yavatmal district located in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state of India. It is named after the Pus river. Its ancient name was 'Pushpawanti'. Pusad is second largest city of yavatmal district. For last 20 years Pusad i ...

town built in 1971, and Upper Pus Dam near Mahagaon built in 1983.Specifications of large dams in India
The Penganga river gets flooded in rainy and winter season and partially flooded in summer. There is a proposal of making a large dam on the Painganga River.

Notes

External links

Classification of Waters of Wainganga, Wardha, Penganga River Basin / Sub-BasinWiki map
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River course

Tributaries

Irrigation

See also

Notes

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