Chimur is a city and a

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Chandrapur District Chandrapur district (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃən̪d̪ɾəpuːɾ (earlier known as ''Chanda district'') is a district in the Nagpur Division in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Chandrapur was the largest district in India until the Gadchir ...

, in the state of Maharashtra,

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. It is one of the Indian Parliamentary Constituencies and a Vidhan Sabha constituency.

Overview

Chimur (tos) is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Chandrapur Chandrapur (earlier known as ''Chanda'', the official name until 1964) is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra state, India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort cit ...

district in Maharashtra, India, with a population of about 170,000.2011 Indian Census
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Tehsildar In India and Pakistan, a Tehsildar or Mamlatdar is a tax officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as an executive magistrate of the relev ...

, SDO, and

Panchayat Samiti Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ...

. Chimur (tos) can be reached by road from

Warora Warora is a city and municipal council in Chandrapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. During the British Raj, the town was part of the Central Provinces and was a coal-mining center. The work place of famous social worker Baba Am ...

, which is also the nearest railway station on the Wardha-Ballarpur-Hyderabad link. From Warora, it is and from Chandrapur. A regular bus service runs between Chimur and

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

, which is away. Chimur has a large market because it is so apart from other towns and cities. Chimur does not have much education, it has English and Marathi medium schools, and people can graduate in two Gownvana University colleges. Chimur is located between

Wardha Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the north, west and south bou ...

Gondiya Gondia (also spelled Gondiya) is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra which serves the administrative headquarters of the eponymous administrative district. Gondia is also known as ''Rice City'' due to the abundanc ...

Bhandara Bhandara () is a city and municipal council which serves the administrative headquarters of eponymous administrative Bhandara Taluka and Bhandara district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is connected with NH-53 and NH-247. Overview ...

Gadchiroli Gadchiroli ( �əɖt͡ʃiɾoliː is a city and a municipal council in Gadchiroli district in the state of Maharashtra, central India. It is located on eastern side of Maharashtra, and is the administrative headquarters of the district. Gadc ...

, and

. It is about from all these district places.

History

Chimur is famous for its active participation in the Indian Freedom Struggle during the

Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule ...

of 1942.

History

In Chimur there is temple of Shri Hari Balaji Maharaj. History of Ghoda yatra- The Ghoda Yatra festival was started on the day of Vasant Panchami with Balaji Navratra. The Ghoda Ratha Yatra will conclude on February 9 with Rudra Swahakar Yadnya and Navratri will conclude on February 10. The festival will conclude on February 22 on Mahashivratri

Local attractions

There are four attractions. 1)Shrihari Balaji Devasthan is having 1000 years old idol having & it unique one no where world such idol balaji Persent it idol reading has done by Dr.G B Deglurkar 2)The famous

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India. It is Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park. Created in 1955, the reserve includes the Tadoba National Park and the Andhari ...

& National Park is at a distance of from Chimur. This park is a successful example of the conservation of the tiger, the national animal of India. The other animal species found in Tadoba are

Bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the N ...

, Gava (Indian Bison), and

Chital The chital or cheetal (''Axis axis''; ), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Po ...

(Indian Spotted Dear). The park is also famous for its biodiversity. Hospitality services are available in the park. 3)It is an karma bhumi of Rastrasant Tudogi Maharaj, They have done Chaturmas in 1941 at chimur 4)last and list in 1942 chimur was Independent for 3 days no union flag was on chimur for that period

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{{Chandrapur district topics Cities and towns in Chandrapur district Talukas in Maharashtra

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