Jalgaon Jamod
City
Jalgaon (Jamod)
Jalgaon Jamod is located in Maharashtra
Jalgaon Jamod
Jalgaon Jamod
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°02′55″N 76°32′04″E / 21.0486°N 76.5344°E / 21.0486; 76.5344
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictBuldhana
Area
 • City200 km2 (80 sq mi)
 • Urban
200 km2 (80 sq mi)
 • Rural
300 km2 (100 sq mi)
Elevation
291 m (955 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • City128,275
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Urban
98,000
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code00-91-07266
Vehicle registrationMH 28
Lok Sabha constituencyBuldhana
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJalgaon Jamod

Jalgaon Jamod is a town in Buldhana district of Indian state of Maharashtra.

History

The name Jalgaon is a combination of two Marathi words, Jal and Gaon, that mean village of water. This name came because of heavy water resources around the town. The name 'Jalgaon Jamod' developed because of a smaller village called 'Jamod' near to Jalgaon. Mughal emperors gave the name ‘Jamod’ 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 the city of Burhanpur near Jalgaon Jamod. After this incident Mughals started calling the village Ja-e-Maut (Place of Death). Ja-e-Maut was a Persian word later called Ja-maut, Ja-mod or Jamod by locals. As per Ain-e-Akbari, it was a Pargana town in the Sarkar (then district) of Narnala of Berar Subah.[1] "Raja Bhartuhari", King of Bhoj Nagri(Bhopal) had samadhi at Jalgaon Jamod.

In August 1905 it was part of what was then Akola District and was transferred to Buldhana district along with Khamgaon tehsil.[2] The municipality of Jalgaon was established in 1931.[3]

Geography

The town is situated at the base of the Satpura Range, about 10 km from Satpuda. Purna is the largest river in the tehsil which is also the largest in the district. Rajura and Gorada are famous natural dams in the Satpuda Ranges. They are enriched with the green beauty of Satpuda rows.

Borders:

Satpuda Range

In Satpuda Range, the way consists of 3 famous points called 1st mori, 2nd mori, and the last one 3rd mori. The third mori is Aam-Paanee, where there are two beautiful falls (origin of a river) and one wall we called "Satpudaa wall". This town has a dam called Godada Dam, having a beautiful overflow called Dudh ganga. In the Satpuda Range you can see beautiful places with falls, scenes and nature: 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 (confluence of three rivers), and Mahilgad (mailgad). These are the places having their own identity, and all come within a range of 40 km from "Satpudaa Nagree Jalgaon Jamod". Nature helping in growing the beauty of the town. One of the best nature sites for photos. Seeing the complete site should take almost 4–5 days.

Demographics

Religion in Jalgaon Jamod City (2011)[4]

  Hinduism (76.61%)
  Islam (15.07%)
  Christianity (0.14%)
  Sikhism (2.09%)
  Buddhism (5.36%)
  Jainism (0.63%)
  Other religions (0.02%)
  Atheist (0.06%)

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Education

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Places of interest

  • Dhanora (Mahasiddha) :There is an ancient temple and Samadhi of Shri Mahasidham Maharaj in one of the 84 SIDDHA in Dhanora Nagari, which is situated in the holy city of Satpura, situated about 06 km away from Jalgaon Jamod. This eight-day fair is the second largest in Buldhana district.

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 14, page 27 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library
  2. ↑ "Buldhana District Gazette 1976". Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Buldhana District Gazette 1976 - Places". Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "in large Population by religion in Buddhism community - 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
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