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Telhara
Telhara is a town and a municipal council in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Telhara is called the Cotton City; it is one of the largest cotton-producing subdistrict in Vidarbha Region. It is located 54 km towards North from District headquarters Akola. It is a Taluka headquarter. Telhara is surrounded by Sangrampur Taluka towards west, Akot Taluka towards East, Shegaon Taluka towards South, Jalgaon jamod Taluka towards west . Akola, Amravati, Khamgaon, Akot are the nearby cities to Telhara. The town is also known for the vibrant Varhadi language. History Telhara is a Taluka place in Akola district of Maharashtra. It is situated near the Satpuda parvat. The Battle of Adgaon Bk village is located in Telhara subdistrict, took place on 28 November 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle of Nagpur during Second Anglo-Maratha War. When Jalgaon taluk belonged to Akola District an Extr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akola District
Akola district (Marathi pronunciation: �kolaː is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city of Akola is the district headquarters. Akola district forms the central part of Amravati Division, which was the former British Raj Berar Province. Area of the district is 5,428 km². It is bounded on the north and east by Amravati District, to the south by Washim District, and to the west by Buldhana District. Washim was earlier a part of Akola till 1999. Akola district includes seven talukas which are Akola, Akot, Telhara, Balapur, Barshitakli, Murtijapur and Patur. Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay Dhotre ( BJP) - Akola Guardian Minister List of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector History The Battle of Adgaon Bk village is located in Telhara Tehsil, took place on 28 November 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangrampur, India
Sangrampur is a Nagar Panchayat, a tehsil of Buldhana district, Maharashtra State, India. Geography and climate It is located in the Buldhana district of the Amravati division of the Vidarbha region of the Maharashtra state in India. It borders the Jalgaon Jamod tehsil to the north, the Shegaon tehsil of the Buldhana District to the south, the Telhara tehsil of the Akola District to the east and the Burhanpur District of the Madhya Pradesh State to the north. It has an average elevation of 273 metres (898 feet). The Maharashtra State Highways 173, 194 and 195 pass through the tehsil and connect to the following: * 173 ( Shegaon - Warwat Bakal - Bawanbir - Tunki ), connecting Khamgaon on National Highway 6 from Shegaon. * 194 ( Khandvi - Jalgaon Jamod - Tunki - Sonala - Akot - Daryapur - Nandgaon), connecting National Highway 6 at both ends at Nandura on Khandvi side and at Nadgaon * 195 ( Jalgaon Jamod - Sangrampur - Warwat Bakal - Telhara - Warula) connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunki
Tunki is a town in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldhana district, Maharashtra State, India. Geography It is located at foothill of Satpuda Range and located on MH State Highway 173 and MH State Highway 194 Demographics India census, Tunki had a population of 10,000. Description The post office Postal Index Number (PIN code) is 444204 and is served by Sonala post offices. Near this village, a wide range of Satpuda hills are present. Also, Ambabarva wildlife sanctuary is the big attraction of tourists. The peoples from surrounding villages come at Tunki because of many reasons. Trunki is one of the places where people get all the necessary foodstuffs. Thousands of hector of land is cultivated for the crop like orange farms, banana farms, maize, and soyabean. But the most cultivated crop is cotton. People from this village rarely cultivate mango trees. One most important thing is that people from this village celebrate every festival with full of happiness and courage. One unkno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akola
Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. Akola is the administrative headquarters of the Akola district located in the Amravati division, and is governed by the Akola Municipal Corporation. Akola is located north-central of Maharashtra state, western India, on the banks of the Morna River. Although it is not considered a common tourist destination, Akola is an important city due to its history, culture, politics, and agriculture. It also has a prominent road and rail junction in the Tapti River valley that functions as a commercial trading center. Akola is an important educational center with several colleges affiliated with the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. The city is developing into a market center. The primary language spoken by the people of Akola is Marathi. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akot
Akot is a city in the Vidarbha Region and a municipal council in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Akot is located at . It has an average elevation of 345 metres (1132 feet). Demographics According to the 2011 Indian census, Akot had a population of 92,637. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Akot has an average literacy rate of 70.8%, which is higher than the national average of 59.5%; 74.8% of the males and 66.6% of the females are literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. References {{Geographic location, Centre = Akot , North = , Northeast = Anjangaon Surji, Paratwada , East = , Southeast = Daryapur , South = Akola , Southwest = Telhara, Shegaon , West = Adgaon Bk, Hiwarkhed, Tunki Tunki is a town in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldhana district, Maharashtra State, India. Geography It is located at foothill of Satpuda Range and located on MH State Highway 173 and MH St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiwarkhed
Hiwarkhed is one of the largest towns in Akola District belonging to Telhara taluka, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Hiwarkhed (Orange City) has a population of 23,000. Hiwarkhed is one of the largest villages, hosting 5 schools, including 2 convents (English medium). This Town is bordered by Pak River which meets the Nal Damayanti Sagar . Culture Hiwarkhed has many temples. The RadhaKrishna temple is the largest. The village has a public library. Economy The village hosts many orange orchards whose produce is widely exported. Health care A government hospital provides health care. The hospital won the Anandebai Joshi award. This Primary Health Centre was converted into A Health and Wellness Centre (आरोग्यवर्धिनी केंद्र). Transport Rail Planning for the 140-km Narkhed and Amravati railroad began in 1928 under the British. The project was revived only in 1993–94 with a budget of Rs 2.84 billion. Then-Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally. It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Maharashtra is home to the Marathi people, the predominant ethno-linguistic group, who speak the Marathi language, the official language of the state. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts, with the state capital being Mumbai, the most populous urban area in India, and Nagpur serving as the winter capital, which also hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers in the state. Forests cover 16.47 per cent of the state's geographical area. Out of the total cultivable land in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Śvētāmbara
The Śvētāmbara (; ''śvētapaṭa''; also spelled ''Shwethambara'', ''Svetambar'', ''Shvetambara'' or ''Swetambar'') is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the ''Digambara''. Śvētāmbara means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics' practice of wearing white clothes, which sets it apart from the ''Digambara'' "sky-clad" Jains, whose ascetic practitioners go naked. Śvētāmbaras, unlike Digambaras, do not believe that ascetics must practice nudity. The Svetambara and Digambara traditions have had historical differences ranging from their dress code, their temples and iconography, attitude towards Jain nuns, their legends and the texts they consider as important. Svetambara Jain communities are currently found mainly in Gujarat, Rajasthan and coastal regions of Maharashtra. According to Jeffery D. Long, a scholar of Hindu and Jain studies, about four-fifths of all Jains in India are Svetambaras. History Majority of the Svetambaras are ''murtipuj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns In Akola District
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonala
Sonala is a town in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldhana district, Maharashtra State, India. India census, it had a population of 11,626. Geography It is located at foothill of Satpuda Range and located on MH State Highway 194, 45 km north from Shegaon which is the holy place of Hindus of Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj. Basically, Sonala is surrounded by Ambabarwa Sanctuary which is famous for wolves, bears, deer, etc. The town post office Postal Index Number ( PIN code) is 444204 and PIN is shared with Banoda Eklara, Kated Kolad, Ladnapur, Bawanbir post offices. Some of nearby villages are Rohinkhidaki, Vari Hinuman, Pingali, Ambabarwa, Saykhed, Alewadi, Chinchli, Wasali, Ladnapur, Tunki, Sagoda, Palsoda, Bawanbir, Dhamangaon, Palsi Zasi, Kolad, Banoda Eklara, Akola and Wadgaon Pr Adgaon. Demographics Sonala is the biggest town with largest population in Sangrampur tehsil contributing 20 percent population of the Sangrampur tehsil which is more than that of tehsil tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shegaon
Shegaon is a city and municipal council in the Buldhana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Shegaon has become a pilgrimage centre due to the influence of Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj, who is considered a saint by Hindus. Transportation Shegaon is located west of Nagpur and east of Mumbai. It is connected by Hajira– Dhule–Howrah National Highway 6 to Khamgaon, Balapur, Malkapur and Akola. Shegaon Railway station is located on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Central Railway of Indian Railways. It has direct train connectivity to Mumbai CST, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Secunderabad, Pune, Akola, Tatanagar, Ahmedabad, Okha, Kolhapur, Amravati, Wardha, Nanded, Nagpur, Gondia, Bilaspur, Howrah Station, Shalimar Station, Chandrapur railway station, and Chennai Central. Several Mumbai trains stop at Shegaon, including the Gitanjali Express, Vidarbha Express, Amravati Superfast Express, Mumbai–Howrah Mail and Express, Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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