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Coordinates: 21°26′18″N 78°34′06″E / 21.43833°N 78.56833°E / 21.43833; 78.56833
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Narkhed
City
Narkhed is located in Maharashtra
Narkhed
Narkhed
Location in Maharashtra, India
Narkhed is located in India
Narkhed
Narkhed
Narkhed (India)
Narkhed is located in Asia
Narkhed
Narkhed
Narkhed (Asia)
Coordinates: 21°26′18″N 78°34′06″E / 21.43833°N 78.56833°E / 21.43833; 78.56833
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictNagpur
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyNarkhed Municipal Council
Area
 • Total
3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation
398 m (1,306 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
21,227
 • Density5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialMarathi[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
441304
STD Code07105
Vehicle registrationMH-40

Narkhed is a town and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It is about 87 km north-west of Nagpur. It is the administrative headquarters of Narkhed taluka, one of the 14 talukas of this district. Being located in the "orange belt", it is a major center for orange-trading.

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census,[2] Narkhed had a population of 21,536. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Narkhed has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 67%. In Narkhed, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Map of Nagpur district with major towns(including Narkhed) and rivers.

Culture

All the festival like Holi, Diwali, Dasara, Pola are celebrated in the town. There are melas on Holi, Dasara and Pola. Ganesh Utsav and Navratras Mela are very famous in nearby areas. Other than that Id, Christmas and New Year are also celebrated in the town.

Climate

The climate of Narkhed is hot and humid. About 100–120 cm rainfall occurred in Narkhed each year. In winter the average minimum temperature is about 9-15 °C. In summer the average maximum temperature is about 38-45 °C.

Administration

Abhijeet is one of the youth leaders among the region and fights for the problems of youth. The governing body for Narkhed city is the Municipal council.[3] There are 17 wards in Narkhed city from which 17 corporators have been getting elected by people. In the same way a separate election takes place for the Mayor. The Mayor gets elected directly by the people. At present Shri Abhijeet Ramesh Gupta is the Mayor and the town is getting developed under his guidance. His grandfather, the late Shri Balmukundji Gupta, was the founding Mayor of the Narkhed Muncipal Council, and his father, the late Shri Ramesh Balmukundji Gupta, was Mayor of the town for 22 years.

Mayors and Councillors are responsible for all of the developmental work in their wards. There are different committees for different works.

Narkhed is also the taluka headquarter and Panchayat Samiti. There are 138 villages under Narkhed taluka and 70 Gram Panchayat.[4] Narkhed is under Katol Vidhan Sabha seat and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency.

Economy

The economy of Narkhed depends primarily on agriculture. The commercial activities increase during orange season.

Agriculture

Narkhed is quite famous all over the country for its oranges. Once Narkhed was Asia's largest Santra Mandi (Now Kalamna Market Nagpur). Cash crops other than orange include cotton, soybeans, wheat, jower, and rice. In places like Tul, Moong and Harbara are also cultivating in the taluka. Because of the big demand of vegetables in Nagpur, market farmers also grow vegetables throughout the year. Both the session of rabi and kharif has taken in Narkhed.

Irrigation

Agriculture in taluka is mostly depends on rainfall. Other than that farmer used water well, river, irrigation dam, canal for irrigation. Pimpalgoan Wakhaji is biggest irrigation dam in Narkhed taluka. The other irrigation dam are Kar dam, Paradsinga dam, Ambada dam and many more. But still it is on very small level and there are big scope for development in irrigation facilities. River like Wardha, Jam, Mandakini, Wandali, Kolar, and other rivers are used for irrigation for Rabi crop. But farmers face serious water problems in summer and it has become very difficult to maintain Orange orchards without water.

Transportation

Narkhed is directly connecting with Nagpur by good road via Katol and Saoner. As well as with Warud, Multai, Pandhurna, Pusla, Shendurjana, Badchicholi, Seoni and many more. Narkhed is just 15 km southward of Seoni villages form NH 69. MH SH 246 Sawargoan-Narkhed-Mowad passing through Narkhed. It has also connected with all the villages of taluka by all session tar roads. MSRTC buses services available regularly for Katol, Mowad, Sawargoan, Jalalkheda etc. Few Buses are also connecting Nagpur, Saoner, Warud, Morshi, Karanja, etc.

Railway Junction

Narkhed town is on Chennai-New Delhi Grand trunk route. It is also directly connecting with Amravati by railway. As Narkhed-Amravati Railway line become functional Narkhed railway station start working as Railway Junction.Narkhed-Amravati Railway line is about 138 km. It is connecting Narkhed with Warud, Morshi, Chandur Bazar and Amravati. All those places are in Oranges producing belt hence it provide connectivity and market to Orange producing farmer. Amravati city is about 10 km north of Badnera town which is on Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. Hence Narkhed has directly connected with[5]Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Nagpur, Kholapur, Bhopal, Harda, Indore, Patna, Ernakulam, Amritsar, Nanded, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Raipur, Hinganghat,Bhusaval and many more big city of the country directly by railway. There are 18-20 train has daily stoppage in Narkhed.

The station code of Narkher Junction is NRKR.

Education Facilities

In Narkhed town a number of schools and colleges is available. They are as follow.

Primary, Middle and High Schools

  • Nagar Parisad Primary and Middle School(From No.1-7) (Marathi and Urdu Medium)
  • Nagar Parisad High School.
  • Evergreen Convent and High School (English Medium)
  • Arvind Indo Public School( English medium)
  • Orange City Convent School (English Medium)
  • Kranti Joyti Savitribai Fule Kaniya School.
  • Rashtra Mata Indira Gandhi Kaniya School.
  • Nadekar Middle School Narkhed.
  • Nadekar High School Narkhed.
  • Dixit Middle and High School Narkhed

Junior Colleges

  • Kranti Joyti Savitribai Fule Kaniya Junior College.
  • Rashtra Mata Indira Gandhi Kaniya Junior College.
  • Shri Pandharinath Junior College for art commerce and science
  • Mundafale Junior College for art and commerce.
  • Nadekar Junior Science College.

Senior Colleges

  • Shri Pandharinath College for art,commerce and education.
  • Mundafale College for art and commerce.
  • Shri Pandharinath mahavidyalaya

Government Technical School

  • Industrial Training Institute, Narkhed.
  • Narkhed Industrial Training Institute, Narkhed.

See also

References

  1. ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ^ narkhedelection.org
  4. ^ nagpur.nic.in
  5. ^ indiarailinfo.com
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