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Jalgaon is a city in western India, to the north of the Maharashtra state in Jalgaon District, which itself is located on the northern Deccan Plateau. Located within the productive, irrigated agricultural region of Khandesh, Jalgaon has a municipal corporation which is home to 460,468 inhabitants at the 2011 census.. Situated near the famous Ajanta Caves located just about 59 kilometers(36.6609 miles) away, is one of the key attraction places for tourists. Jalgaon is connected with Central Railway zone and National Highway No.6 and has Airport.

Modern Jalgaon now has major industrial areas, educational institutes and good hospitals. The city is well developed with good roads, shopping malls, and residential areas, and also has good communication and transport infrastructure. Known as "Banana-City", it contributes to about half of the Maharashtra state's Banana production.

Jalgaon has a diverse climate. It is exceptionally hot and dry during summer with temperatures reaching as high as 47 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recording in May 2010 was 49.2 degrees Celsius. Jalgaon receives about 700 mm rainfall during monsoons, which is followed by pleasant temperature in winter.

Jalgaon is also the hometown of Pratibha Patil, the 12th President of India and Suresh Jain.

History
Jalgaon was established by The Marathas, Sardar Tulajirao Bhoite founded this village. He belonged to The Satara District. Early noblemen from this family were Durgojirao Bhoite, faithful of Chhatrapati Shahu received grants of Baglan, Parganas like Nashirabad, Savaladbhare, Sovanibhare along with Senapati Dabhade by Chhatrapati. Bhoites remained rulers of their Saranjam centred at Jalgaon and built a mansion, now recognised as Bhoite Gadhi.

Geography
Jalgaon has an average elevation of 209 metres ( feet). The Girna River flows north just to the east of the city.

The city is served by several major rail lines with routes to Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Delhi, Howrah and Ahmedabad. It lies on AH 46 (Asian highway 46) connecting it to Surat and Dhaka, Bangladesh via Kolkata.

The Ajanta Caves are located about 55 km (about 34 mi) to the south of Jalgaon, and the Yaval Wildlife Sanctuary is about 32 km (about 20 mi) to the north.

Demographics
India census, Jalgaon had a population of 460,468. At the 2001 census, Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jalgaon has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Jalgaon, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.Ahirani is a commonly spoken vernacular tongue.

Business


Jalgaon district produces more than 16% of India's bananas and thus 3% of world banana production happens in Jalgaon. Jalgaon thus produces more bananas than most of the countries of the world. According to Mahabanana, an association of banana growers of Maharashtra, 66% of Maharashtra's land under banana crop is in Jalgaon.

Jalgaon is also one of the world's largest pulse (beans/daals) milling centers. It has some jewellery makers and is a leading cotton producing region.

Jalgaon is often known as the "Banana Capital" of India. Upon entering Jalgaon city through the railway station, the first building that visitors see is the 17-floor Jalgaon Municipal Corporation. Adjoining this is the Golani complex with more than 500 shops and flats. Crossing Mahatma Gandhi road towards the Shastri tower visitors will find Phule market, well known as a retail market for clothing, cosmetics, and almost all consumable items. Further along is another one of Jalgaon's important markets known as Dana Bazaar, a wholesale market for food grains. Next to it, after crossing Subhash chowk, visitors enter the market of Jewellery (Sarafa bazaar). Jalgaon is one of the biggest Jewellery markets in Maharashtra and famous for its Gold quality and designstherefore it's well known as 'Golden city'. Beside the jewellery market, is the construction, hardware and paints market (Bohri gully).

Cultural activities
Jalgaon has hosted a number of musical concerts. Artists like Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Zakir Hussain, Jagjit Singh, Vaishali Samant, Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Sana and Swapnil Bandodkar have performed at Jalgaon. An event by the name of Khandesh Festival took place from January 28 to 30, 2010. Various competitions were conducted during these three days which show the real Khandeshiness. Stalls of Khandeshi dishes were arranged at Sagar park. Top Indian music artists like Shreya Ghoshal, Avadhoot Gupte and Pankaj Udhas performed here.

Road
Jalgaon is well connected to the major cities of Maharashtra state as well as to the cities like Mumbai, Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Sambalpur and Kolkata through Asian Highway no. 46 (formerly National Highway no. 6).

Rail
Jalgaon railway station lies on the main railway line. Several trains like Karnataka express, Navjeevan express, Jabalpur Garibrath Express, etc. have a stop at Jalgaon. Recently some more express trains like Gitanjali, Goa and Sachakhand have also been provided with stoppage. Though an important city and district place, many of the trains stop at Bhusawal due to operational convenience of Railways. Though this arrangement of providing stoppage to Bhusawal junction is of great inconvenience to commuters of Jalgaon. But the imperical structure set by the British is continuing still the date. The political leaders of Jalgaon are famous for their idleness and have not done anything significant to provide stoppage to all important trains at Jalgaon. Bhusawal railway junction, which is exactly 25 kilometers away from Jalgaon city, is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. It connects the city with New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, etc.jalgaon all so connect to big western Indian city surat' by tapti rail line which under doubling. jalgaon have special train starting from bhusaval to education hub Pune via commercial capital of India Mumbai.

Air
Jalgaon Airport, at Kusumba (approximately 6 km from the city) has been upgraded by the AAI and was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil. Airlines like JetLite and Kingfisher Red have shown interest in starting services between Jalgaon and Mumbai but sadly the air services are yet to be started. All the citizens of Jalgaon have to access Aurangabad airport (150 KM) to gain access to air services.

Local transport
A new bus service called "JMTU" was started by the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation on 15 August 2009. More than 10,000 people travel by the Ecobus daily. it is an economical bus service being operated by a private operator after paying some royalty to the Municipal corporation. When the services were started it was quite economic but subsequently within 5 months the fares were raised to considerable levels in the interest of the private operator.

Ajanta Caves
A lot of them.

The famous Ajanta Caves are 50 km from Jalgaon. Ajanta caves were carved by Buddhists.

Padmalaya
Padmalaya is a Ganesh temple considered as one of the 3.5 peeths. It is a temple with two statues of Ganesh (swayambu) which have trunks bending on right as well as on left. You can walk to Bheemkund- the place where Bheema killed Bakasura in Mahabharata. The Padmalaya has got the very big history from the Mahabharata. The place was first known as 'Ekchakranagari' but later on it was pronounced as Erandol.

Manudevi
Its place almost 30 km north of city, located in satpuda forest ranges. Which has a local transportation till village Adgaon by ST. From Adgaon you can hire richshaw or people from village provide the service with bullock cart. Manudevi is kul-daiwat of almost 90% khandeshi people and everyone visits the place often. Best time to visit is during monsoon, it has a water fall of @ 60 Feet height, which is pleasant to see when it is raining. Water of the fall looks like milk and creates a pleasant environment around the temple. People come to visit the place from all over the country and few have visited from other country as well. After visiting Jalgaon, Manudevi is not a place to miss. People from Adgaon are supportive of visitors and they have formed a trust to support and help visitors.

Mehrun Lake
"Mehrun" is another famous spot in the district for its famous fruit 'Bor'. A fun park is located nearby the premises as well.Supposedly the name Jalgaon is inspired by Mehrun Lake, meaning of 'Jal' being water.

Muktainagar
Muktainagar is a sacred place which was named after Sant Muktabai who was younger sister of Sant Dyaneshwar. Actual temple of Sant Muktabai is situated at 'Kothali'.

Pal Sanctuary
Pal is a small village situated in Raver taluka. Here, the beauty of the nature is breathtaking. It is located in Satpuda.

Education
North Maharashtra University is located in Jalgaon and has a jurisdiction over the entire Khandesh area which includes Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts. There are many other schools and colleges in Jalgaon. Government Polytechnic and Engineering college are one of the premier institutes of Khandesh.

Medical Colleges. Pharmacy College.
 * Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical College and Hospital
 * Iqra Unani Medical College, Hospital and Research Center
 * J.Z.M.D.S's College Of Pharmacy, Mamurabad, Jalgaon
 * Shree P.E. Tatya(Patil)College of Pharmacy, Jalgaon

Engineering colleges.
 * Government College Of Engineering
 * College of Engineering And Technology
 * Godavari Foundation
 * Khandesh College Education Society's College of Engineering and Information Technology
 * G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering and management
 * Shree Sureshdada Jain College of Engineering
 * Shri. Gulabrao Deokar College of Engineering,
 * Shree Sant Gadgebaba College of Engineering.

Polytechnic Colleges
 * Govt. Polytechnic, Jalgaon
 * Sureshdada Jain Polytechnic
 * G. H. Raisoni Polytechnic
 * Shri Sant Muktabai Institute of Technology, Jalgaon.

Arts, Science, Commerce Colleges:
 * Moolji Jaitha College
 * Nutan Maratha College
 * Dr. G. D. Bendale Mahila Mahavidyalay (formerly called as Sharda College) [specially for Girls]
 * Dhanaji Nana Chaudhari Vidya Prabodhini's Arts, Commerce and Science College, Jalgaon
 * Dhanaji Nana Chaudhari Vidya Prabodhini's College of Social Work, Jalgaon
 * St Joseph Convent Senior Secondary High School (C.B.S.E. college)
 * St.Teresa's Convent School
 * Adarsh Jr. College
 * Orion CBSE English Medium School

Management Colleges:
 * G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering and management
 * Khandesh College Education Society's Institute of Management and Research (IMR)
 * College of Hospitality Management
 * Gyansinchan School of Business & Research Institute

Animation Colleges:
 * Raisoni Group's Global Business School

Law Colleges:
 * S. S. Maniyar Law College, Jalgaon

Music College
 * Godavari Foundation’s Godavari College of Music and fine Arts
 * Swarashrya sangget academe, Jalgaon
 * Department of Fine and arts NMU jalgaon
 * Industrial Training Institute (ITI)
 * Industrial Training Institute for girls (ITI)

Education College:
 * K. C. E. College of Education, Jalgaon (B. Ed. College)
 * K. C. E. Adhyapika Vidyalaya, Jalgaon D. Ed. College
 * Jilha shikshan and Prashikshan Santha, Jalgaon
 * Shikshan Mandir Sanstha's Adhypika vidyalaya, Jalgaon
 * Shikshan shastra Vidyalaya (Nutan Maratha Area), Jalgaon (Mens)
 * Iqra Adhyapika vidyalaya, Jalgaon (Urdu)
 * Sadguru Education Society's, College of Education, Jalgaon

Physical Education:
 * Sadguru Education Society's, B.P.Ed College, Jalgaon

For primary and secondary education, Jalgaon has various co-educational schools affiliated to SSC, CBSE, ICSE as well as IGCSE (Cambridge Board).


 * Central School located in North Maharashtra University Campus

Secondary Schools:
 * Raosaheb Rupchand Vidyalaya
 * Nandinibai Wamanrao Mulinche Vidyalaya (only for girls)
 * Seth Lalji Narayanji Sarvajanik Highschool
 * Bhagirath English School
 * Ujjwal English School
 * Adarsh High School
 * Sant Hardasram High School

Primary Schools:
 * Smt. Shantabai Lakshamanrao Khadke Mulinche Vidyalay
 * Bhausaheb Kashinath Lathi vidyamandir (formerly called Navin Marathi Shala)
 * New Adarsh English Medium School

Balwadi:
 * Lakshamanrao Sampat Khadke Vidyamandir
 * Little Wonder Play School-1, Vidyut Nagari.
 * Saint Muktabai Prathamic Vidyamandir.

English Medium Schools: These Schools are affiliated to C.B.S.E.,except for the last which is a school that follows the state curriculum.
 * St Joseph Convent Senior Secondary High School
 * Rustomjee International School
 * St.Teresa's Convent School
 * Vivekand Pratishthan's Kashinath Palod Public School

International Schools:
 * Anubhuti International School (the only school which is affiliated to ICSE-residential).

Some renowned schools like Podar International School, Indus World School have opened up with GCSE (Cambridge Board) and CBSE respectively.

Industries
Jalgaon is a prominent industry center in Drip Irrigation, Pipe manufacturing, Fruit Processing, pulse milling, biofertilizer production, Green / Solar Energy and mattress manufacturing and printing of educational books. Jalgaon is a significant collection and distribution center of agricultural goods and agriculture input industry (including biofertilizers). The leading products are jowar and raw cotton and banana; the region's rich volcanic soil is particularly well-suited to cotton production. Jalgaon is an important center for cotton-textile and vegetable-oil mills, particularly groundnut-oil and hydrogenation plants. Jalgaon is also well known for banana production. The city is also famous for its gold market which has reputation of being pure. The Jalgaon city surrounded by various well-known and reputed industries like irrigation, pipe, forging, cloths. Jalgaon is nowadays becoming a well trading centre of Maharashtra and a leading producer of sugarcane. This year the sugar production has increased. The onion dehydration plant in Jalgaon has annual onion dehydration capacity of 10,000 tonnes, which is about 15 per cent of the total exports of dehydrated onions from India.

Pulse Milling in Jalgaon started in the late seventies with JJ Group, Salecha,Vinod and Adarsh groups setting up milling plants which subsequently grew into multiple plants employing hundreds of people and serving all of India and over 20 other countries. Until recently traders and processors in Jalgaon have been leading the country in the pulse trade and processing. NCDEX and other commodity exchanges quote prices on the basis of Jalgaon delivery.

Notable businesses & Manufacturing Units

 * Jain Irrigation Systems
 * Bosch Brakes Ltd.
 * Legrand India Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly MDS Switchgear)
 * Marico (Saffola edible oil)
 * Tulsi Extrusions Ltd
 * Nilon's Enterprises Private Limited
 * Raymond Limited - Textile Division
 * Wipro Technologies, founded in 1945 at Amalner, Jalgaon
 * Supreme Industries- pipe division
 * Emco Industries- Transfor manufacturer
 * Orient Cement
 * Patil Biotech Pvt.Ltd.