Jalgaon district

Jalgaon is the eastern part of the Khandesh region, known in ancient times as Rasika. Southern parts of Jalgaon were controlled by the Vatsagumla Vakatakas by 5th century, as evidenced by copper plates dated to 316 and 367. Two plates were issued from Valkha, modern Waghli near Chalisgaon. In 10th and 11th century Jalgaon district constituted a part of Seuna-Desa of Yadav kingdom. It then became part of the Delhi Sultanate.{{Cite journal|last=Singh Deol|first=Ranjit|date=31 May 2014|title=District census handbook Jalgaon , series 28 |url=https://www.web&rct=j&url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2703_PART_B_DCHB_JALGAON.pdf|journal=District Census Handbook Jalgaon 2011|volume=XII-B|pages=8|via=Censusindia.gov.in}}

In 1795, the Nizam of Hyderabad was forced to cede Khandesh to the Marathas after the Battle of Kharda. Much of Khandesh was given to the Holkars, and the remainder was divided between the Peshwas and Scindias. The part the Peshwa received was made into a separate subha containing Gaulana, Khandesh, Meiwar, Bajagur, Pallnemaur, and Hindia. This included what would be known as Jalgaon district. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War this territory came under British control.{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Buldhana |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/796/download/2834/DH_2011_2703_PART_A_DCHB_JALGAON.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}{{rp|7}}

In 1864, Jalgaon municipality was established.{{Cite book |url=https://censusindia.gov.in |title=District census handbook Jalgaon (year 1961) |publisher=The Maharashtra census office Bombay |year=1966 |location=Bombay |pages=10 |language=en |format=PDF |access-date=6 September 2022 }}

Before 1906, this district's region was part of Khandesh district. In 1906, it got divided into two districts : East Khandesh and West Khandesh,{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Khandesh, East and West |volume=15 |page=771}} with East Khandesh covering the territory that is now Jalgaon district have.{{cite book |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=James M. |title=Khandesh District Gazetteer |date=1880 |publisher=Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency |edition=Volume XII |url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Khandesh%20District/preface_i.html |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |format=Facsimile}} East Khandesh's Chalisgaon taluka's 13 enclave villages was transferred to neighbouring Aurangabad district.{{Cite book |url=https://censusindia.gov.in |title=District census handbook Jalgaon |publisher=The Maharashtra census office Bombay |year=1966 |language=en |format=PDF |access-date=6 September 2023 }}

After the 1956 reorganisation of India's states, East Khandesh became part of Bombay State. Four years later, in 1960, it became part of the newly formed Maharashtra and was renamed Jalgaon and Dhulia Districts, respectively.

Until 1960-61, there were only two colleges in Jalgaon district {{endash}} Mooljee Jetha Arts and Science college and Pratap college at Amalner. These colleges were affiliated to Poona University. Around 1961, three more colleges started at Chalisgaon, Bhusawal and Faizpur.

In British Raj, the construction of a railway line in the limit of Khandesh district started in 1852 and opened for trains in 1861 and 1865. Before, there was no railway transportation in the district. The British government also built a number of small station like Jalgaon, Nashirabad Bhadli, Varangaon, Nadgaon, Chalisgaon stations in the cost of £ 300to £500 (Rs 3000 - 15,000) with a station master's room and booking office. There has been built a big station at Bhusawal.{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=James M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbUBAAAAYAAJ|title=Gazetteer of Bombay presidency : Khandesh|publisher=British Government of India|year=1880|location=Bombay presidency, India|pages=1}}

The district covers an area of 11,765 km².

File:Waghur Dam Sunset.jpg|Waghur Dam Sunset

File:Manyad dharan chalisgaon.jpg|Manyad Dam

{{Image array}}On average, Jalgaon receives between 77 cm and 80 cm of rainfall per year. In the easternmost part of the district—i.e., in Yawal—the average annual rainfall is 77 cm; in Bhusawal, Pachora, and the city of Jalgaon, it is 79 cm; and in Jamner, it is 80 cm.{{ISBN|938072559-0}}

The Tapi River flows through Jalgaon from the north. Its total length is 724 km, of which 208 km are in Maharashtra. The Tapti has numerous tributaries in and around the district, including the Purna, Aner, Bhuleshwari, Biswa, Chandrabhaga, Dolar, Gadgi, Kapara, Katpurna, Man, Morana, Nalganga, Nand, Pedhi, Sipana, and Wan Rivers..The Girna is another major river flowing through the talukas of Chalisgaon,Bhadgaon and Pachora.

Jalgaon district consists of 15 talukas, or tehsils: Dharangaon, Amalner, Bhadgaon, Bhusawal, Bodwad, Chalisgaon, Chopda, Erandol, Jalgaon, Jamner, Muktainagar, Pachora, Parola, Raver, and Yawal. Jalgaon city is the administrative headquarters.

The district has 11 constituencies in the Vidhan Sabha, the state legislative assembly: Amalner, Bhusawal, Chalisgaon, Chopda, Erandol, Jalgaon City, Jalgaon Rural, Jamner, Muktainagar, Pachora, and Raver. It has two constituencies in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament: Raver and Jalgaon.{{cite web|url=http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |title=District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055304/http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php |archive-date=2010-03-18 }}

• Smita wagh {{small|(Jalgaon)}}

• Gulab Raghunath Patil - 27 September 2022 - Incumbent

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,54,077|13=1911|14=10,28,126|15=1921|16=10,69,656|17=1931|18=11,98,260|19=1941|20=13,20,074|21=1951|22=14,71,351|23=1961|24=17,65,047|25=1971|26=21,23,121|27=1981|28=26,18,274|29=1991|30=31,87,634|31=2001|32=36,82,690|33=2011|34=42,29,917|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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As of the 2011 census, Jalgaon district had a population of 4,229,917, roughly equal to that of the Republic of the Congo{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Congo, Republic of the 4,243,929}} or the United States' state of Kentucky.{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=Kentucky 4,339,367 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2013-10-19}} It is the 46th most populous of India's 640 districts. The population density is {{convert|359|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. The population growth rate from 2001 to 2011 was 14.71%. Jalgaon has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.73%. 31.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.20% and 14.28% of the population respectively.

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 63.45% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 12.15% Khandeshi, 7.74% Urdu, 6.02% Hindi, 2.77% Lambadi, 1.61% Bhili, 1.47% Pawri and 1.00% Tadvi as their first language.{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

North Maharashtra University named for Kavayatri Bahinabai Chaudhari was established in the city of Jalgaon on 15 August 1989 and serves as the regional university. Government Polytechnic Jalgaon was established in 1960. The district is also home to schools and colleges of the Khandesh Education Society and Maratha Vidya Prasarak Mandal and the Government Polytechnic Jalgaon.

Government Medical College, Jalgaon is a tertiary medical college in Jalgaon that was established in 2018 and offers undergraduate course in MBBS. Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical college. is a privately operated medical college.

Jalgaon district is well known as birthplace of renowned Marathi poet Bahinabai Chaudhari, who wrote many poems addressing to the village life and about rural women's and hardship of farmers of the district. Balkawi alias Trambak Bapuji Thombre was born in Jalgaon. To honor literary work of Bahinabai North Maharashtra University adapted her name and now the university is known as Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University.{{Cite web|last=Suryawanshi|first=Sudhir|date=2018-05-03|title=Maharashtra University named after poet Bahinabai who never went to school|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-university-named-after-poet-bahinabai-who-never-went-to-school-2611259|access-date=2021-03-06|website=DNA India|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon > Home|url=http://nmu.ac.in/#|access-date=2021-03-06|website=nmu.ac.in}}

The district is well known for its significant banana cultivation. The district's administrative center, Jalgaon city, is a well known hub for gold jewellery shopping and business. The Bhusawal Thermal Power Station is near Bhusaval.

The major Marathi-language newspapers published in Jalgaon are Deshdoot, Deshonnati, Divya Marathi, Lokmat, the Maharashtra Times, and Sakal, [https://bharatlive.news Bharat Live News Media].

• Hari Narayan Apte (1864–1919), a Marathi writer.
• Balkavi (1890–1918), Marathi poet.
• Bahinabai Chaudhari (1880–1951) an illiterate cotton farmer, her poetry published posthumously, helped popularize Ahirani dialect.
• Bhalchandra Nemade (1938-), Marathi Writer.
• Bhavarlal Jain (1937–2016), an entrepreneur who founded Jain Irrigation Systems
• Suresh Jain, 8 times MLA from city and Ex-minister in government of Maharashtra.
• Eknath Khadse (1952–present), Former Revenue minister of Maharashtra, veteran NCP politician.
• Girish Mahajan (1960–present), politician and former Water resources minister of Maharashtra.
• Gulab Raghunath Patil (1966–present), Senior Leader of Shiv Sena and Minister in Maharashtra
• Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor (1942–present), a Marathi poet and recipient of the Padma Shri award
• Ujjwal Nikam, a public prosecutor who has worked on high-profile murder and terrorism cases
• Pratibha Patil (1934–present), First woman president of India (2007–12) and governor of Rajasthan (2004–07)
• Bahadur Nariman Kavina, prominent Indian naval officer
• Azim Premji (1945–present), an entrepreneur who founded Wipro Limited
• Chandrakant Sonawane, MLA and Shiv Sena leader.

Jalgaon Bharit Brinjal was awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) status tag from the Geographical Indications Registry, under the Union Government of India, on 3 June 2016 and is valid until 29 September 2024.{{cite web |title=Jalgaon Bharit Brinjal |url=https://search.ipindia.gov.in/GIRPublic/Application/Details/501 |website=Intellectual Property India |access-date=29 November 2024}}

Navnirmiti Shetkari Mandal from Asoda, proposed the GI registration of Jalgaon Bharit Brinjal. After filing the application in September 2014, the Brinjal was granted the GI tag in 2016 by the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai, making the name "Jalgaon Bharit Brinjal" exclusive to the Brinjal grown in the region. It thus became the first brinjal variety from Maharashtra and the 23rd type of goods from Maharashtra to earn the GI tag.{{cite web |title=Geographical indications of vegetables in india |url=https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/download/105392/41266/272934 |website=Indian Council of Agricultural Research |access-date=30 November 2024}}

Jalgaon Banana was awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) status tag from the Geographical Indications Registry, under the Union Government of India, on 30 October 2016 and is valid until 29 September 2024.{{cite web |title=Jalgaon banana |url=https://search.ipindia.gov.in/GIRPublic/Application/Details/498 |website=Intellectual Property India |access-date=16 December 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Jadhav |first1=Radheshyam |title=Jalgaon farmers export GI-certified banana to Dubai |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/jalgaon-farmers-export-gi-certified-banana-to-dubai/article34829348.ece |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=BusinessLine |date=16 June 2021 |language=en}}

Nisargraja Krushi Vidnyan Kendra from Jalgaon, proposed the GI registration of Jalgaon banana.{{cite news |title=GI-certified Jalgaon bananas exported to Dubai |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/gi-certified-jalgaon-bananas-exported-to-dubai-998241.html |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Deccan Herald |language=en}} After filing the application in August 2014, the banana was granted the GI tag in 2016 by the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai, making the name "Jalgaon Banana" exclusive to the bananas grown in the region. It thus became the first banana variety from Maharashtra and the 28th type of goods from Maharashtra to earn the GI tag.

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• [http://jalgaon.gov.in Jalgaon district official website]

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