Jalgaon

= Jalgaon
जळगाव
City
Nickname(s): Banana City
= Jalgaon
Coordinates: 20°59′53″N 75°34′00″E / 20.997984°N 75.566711°E / 20.997984; 75.566711Coordinates: 20°59′53″N 75°34′00″E / 20.997984°N 75.566711°E / 20.997984; 75.566711
Country India
State Maharashtra
Region Khandesh
District Jalgaon
Government
 • Type Mayor-Council
 • Body JMC
Area
 • Total 68 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 460,468
 • Density 6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Jalgaonkar
Language
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 00-91-257
Vehicle registration MH 19
Website www.jalgaon.nic.in

Jalgaon ( pronunciation ) is a city in western India, north of Maharashtra in Jalgaon district and in the agricultural region of Khandesh. Jalgaon has a municipal corporation, and had 460,468 residents at the 2011 census. It is 59 km (37 mi) from the Ajanta Caves. Jalgaon, in a Central Railway zone, can be reached by National Highway 6 and has an airport.

The city, with industrial areas, schools, hospitals, shopping malls and residential areas, has communications and transport infrastructures. Known as Banana City, it contributes about half of Maharashtra's banana production.[1] The Gandhi Museum, with a large library and other Gandhi-related material, is at Gandhi Teerth in the Jain Hills.

Jalgaon has a varied climate. It is hot and dry in summer, with temperatures reaching 47 °C (117 °F) from late May to mid-June; the record high, in May 2010, was 49.2 °C (120.6 °F). Jalgaon receives about 700 millimetres (28 in) of rainfall during the monsoon. Pratibha Patil, the 12th president of India, Ujwal Nikam and Shashank Shankhapal Muktadir Deshmukh are from Jalgaon.

Geography

Climate data for Jalgaon (1961-1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.5
(86.9)		 33.3
(91.9)		 37.9
(100.2)		 41.7
(107.1)		 42.7
(108.9)		 38.2
(100.8)		 33.1
(91.6)		 31.0
(87.8)		 32.9
(91.2)		 35.0
(95)		 32.7
(90.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 34.92
(94.88)
Average low °C (°F) 12.1
(53.8)		 14.0
(57.2)		 18.8
(65.8)		 24.3
(75.7)		 27.0
(80.6)		 25.9
(78.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 23.5
(74.3)		 22.9
(73.2)		 19.4
(66.9)		 15.4
(59.7)		 12.6
(54.7)		 20.01
(68.01)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.1
(0.122)		 5.8
(0.228)		 6.0
(0.236)		 2.5
(0.098)		 8.0
(0.315)		 134.2
(5.283)		 210.8
(8.299)		 217.7
(8.571)		 93.9
(3.697)		 35.2
(1.386)		 19.6
(0.772)		 12.4
(0.488)		 749.2
(29.495)
Source: Climatological Table
Jalgaon
Climate chart (explanation)
JFMAMJJASOND
 
 
8.9
 
 
30
13
 
 
3.1
 
 
33
14
 
 
4.1
 
 
38
19
 
 
0
 
 
41
24
 
 
11
 
 
43
27
 
 
129
 
 
38
26
 
 
250
 
 
31
24
 
 
164
 
 
31
24
 
 
149
 
 
32
23
 
 
37
 
 
34
19
 
 
22
 
 
32
15
 
 
7.4
 
 
30
12
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Jalgaon Weather

Jalgaon has an average elevation of 209 m (686 ft). The Girna River flows north, west of the city. It is connected by rail with Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Delhi, Howrah and Ahmedabad. Jalgaon is on Asian Highway 46-National Highway 6, connecting it with Surat and Dhaka via Kolkata. The Ajanta Caves are about 55 km (34 mi) south of the city, and the Yaval Wildlife Sanctuary is about 32 km (20 mi) north.

Demographics

Religions in Jalgaon
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
 76.12 %
Muslims
  
 18.27%
Buddhists
  
 3.21%
Jains
  
 1.71%
Christians
  
 0.23%
Others†
  
 0.3%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

In the 2011 Indian census,[2] Jalgaon had a population of 460,468. According to the 2001 census, males constituted 52 percent of the population and females 48 percent. Jalgaon has an average literacy rate of 76 percent, higher than the national average of 59.5 percent. Male literacy is 80 percent, and female literacy 71 percent. Thirteen percent of the population is under six years of age.

Business

Building with advertisements
Khandesh Central mall

The district produces more than 16 percent of India's bananas; three percent of world banana production is from Jalgaon. According to Mahabanana, a Maharashtra banana growers' association, 66 percent of Maharashtra's banana land is in Jalgaon.

The city is one of the world's largest pulse (dal) milling centres. It has several jewellery manufacturers, and is in a cotton-producing region. With over 500 pharmacies, chemists and drugstores, Jalgaon has the highest number of pharmacies for a city of its size in India.[3] Jalgaon, one of the largest jewellery markets in Maharashtra, is known as the Golden City.

Panorama of apartment blocks
Suburb of Jalgaon

Jalgaon, known as the banana capital of India, is a regional trading hub. The Jalgaon Municipal Corporation, the city's administrative body, occupies a 17-story building. Adjoining it is the Golani complex with more than 500 shops and flats. Across Mahatma Gandhi Road on the way to the Shastri tower is the Phule market, which sells clothing and cosmetics. Another market is the Dana Bazaar. In December 2010 Jalgaon's first shopping mall, the 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m2) Khandesh Central, opened.

Connections

Road

Jalgaon is connected to other cities in Maharashtra and beyond, such as Mumbai, Nashik, Dhule (Dhulia), Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, and Kolkata, with Asian Highway 46 (formerly National Highway 6).

Rail

The Jalgaon station is on the main rail line, and the Karnataka Express, Punjab Mail and the Navjeevan, Jabalpur Garibrath, Gitanjali, Goa and Sachakhand Express stop there. The Bhusawal railway junction, 25 kilometres from Jalgaon, is a major Maharashtra rail junction and connects with New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

Air

Jalgaon Airport, at Kusumba (about six km from the city) has been upgraded by the AAI and was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by Indian President Pratibha Patil.[4]

Gandhi Teerth

Grey building with outside spiral stairs
Shri Jinkushalsuri Dadawadi temple
Large white temple with ornate railings
Jain temple in Dadawadi

Gandhi Teerth in Jain Hills, a modern museum of Mahatma Gandhi's life and work, has audio guides in English, Hindi and Marathi. The museum has more than 8,000 books written by and about Gandhi, more than 200,000 pages of digitised documents, 152 audio speeches by Gandhi, 85 documentaries and stamps commemorating Gandhi from 116 countries. Its archives have the diaries of Mahadevbhai Desai, Manuben and more than 5,000 issues of weekly publications from India's independence movement.

Education

North Maharashtra University and the international Gandhi Research Foundation are in Jalgaon. President college of hotel management

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Banana republic Jalgaon bears fruit". Indian Express. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ Medicine India. "List of Pharmacies, Chemists, Drugstores in Jalgaon".
  4. ↑ "President inaugurates Jalgaon airport". Newstrackindia.com. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
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