Narkhed

Narkhed
नरखॆड़
City
Narkhed

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 21°28′18″N 78°32′06″E / 21.47167°N 78.53500°E / 21.47167; 78.53500Coordinates: 21°28′18″N 78°32′06″E / 21.47167°N 78.53500°E / 21.47167; 78.53500
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Government
  Body Municipal Council
Area
  Total 3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation 398 m (1,306 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 21,127
  Density 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 441304
STD Code 07105
Vehicle registration MH-40

Narkhed (or Narkher) is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It is about 84 km north-west of Nagpur. It is the administrative headquarters of Narkhed taluka, one of the 14 talukas of this district. Being located in orange belt it is a major center for orange trading. It is one of the largest oranges producer in the country and well connected by rail having all the facilities i.e educational institutions, hospitals. People of this town mostly depend on agriculture.

Narkhed-Amravati Railway line is a new project whose stone laying function had presided by the then Prime Minister of India Late Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] 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 celebrating in the town. There are melas on Holi, Dasara and Pola. Ganesh Utsav and Navratras Mela are very much famous in near by area. Other than that Id, Christmas and New Year are also celebrating in the town.

Climate

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

Administration

The governing body for Narkhed city is Municipal council.[2] There are 17 wards in Narkhed city from which 17 cooperators has been getting elected by people. In the same way separate election has been taken for Mayor. Mayor has been getting elected directly by people and then he/she has need to proven the majority of cooperators.

Cooperators are responsible for all the developmental work in their wards. There are different committees for different work.

Narkhed is also the taluka headquarter and Panchayat Samiti. There are 138 villages under Narkhed taluka and 70 Gram Panchayat.[3] Narkhed is under Katol Vidhan Sabha seat and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency.

Economy

The economy of Narkhed is mostly depending on agriculture. The commercial activities has increased during Orange session.

Agriculture

Narkhed is very much famous all over the country for it oranges. Once Narkhed was Asia largest Santra Mandi(Now Kalamna Market Nagpur). Other than orange cotton, soyabean is also another cash crop in Narkhed taluka. Other crops are wheat, jower, rice. In places like Tul, Moong and Harbara are also cultivating in the taluka. Because of big demand of vegetables in Nagpur market farmer also growing 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 river are used for irrigation for Rabi crop. But farmer facing serious water problem in summer and it become very difficult to maintain 'Orange Orchid' without water.

Road Connectivity

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[4]Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Banglore, Pune, Nagpur, Kholapur, Bhopal, Indore, Patna, Ernakulam, Amritsar, Nanded, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Raipur, Bhusaval and many more big city of the country directly by railway. There are 18-20 train has daily stoppage in Narkhed.

Railway Time Table[5]

Sr. No. Train No. Name of the Train Arrival Departure Day
1. 18238 Chhattisgarh Express 01:23 01:25 Daily
2. 12160 Jabalpur-Amravati SF 04:51 04:53 Daily
3. 51294 Amla-Nagpur Pass 06:39 06:40 Daily
4. 12913 Indore-Nag Tri. Exp 06:49 06:51 M
5. 19301 Indore-Yashwantpur Exp 07:20 07:25 M
6. 12406 Nizamuddin-Bhusaval Gondwana Exp 07:25 07:27 M,St
7. 12410 Nizamuddin-Raigarh Gondwana Exp 07:25 07:27 S,M,Tu,W,T,F
8. 51151 New Amravati-Narkhed Pass 08:30 N/a Daily
9. 22112 Nagpur-Bhusaval SF 08:37 08:39 M,T,St
10. 11045 Dikshsabhoomi Exp 08:53 08:55 St
11. 16359 Ernakulam-Patna Exp 08:53 08:55 M
12. 51829 Nagpur-Agra Pass 09:41 09:42 Daily
13. 12861 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin 10:43 10:44 Daily
14. 12721 Dakshin Express 10:43 10:44 Daily
15. 12616 Grand Trunk(GT) Exp 10:49 10:51 Daily
16. 19714 Sec-Jaipur Exp 11:58 12:00 Tu
17. 11203 Nagpur-Jaipur Weekly Express 13:03 13:05 T
18. 12615 Grand Trunk(GT) Exp 13:30 13:32 Daily
19. 12405 Bhusaval-H.Nizamuddin Gondwana Exp 14:08 14:10 S,Tu,
20. 12409 Raigarh-H.Nizamuddin- Gondwana Exp 14:08 14:10 M,W,T,F,St
21. 16360 Patna-Ernakulam Exp 14:08 14:10 W
22. 11046 Dikshsabhoomi Exp 14:09 14:10 Tu
23. 22111 Bhusaval_Nagpur SF 14:36 14:38 S,W,F
24. 19713 Jaipur-Sec Exp 15:48 15:50 Tu
25. 12722 Dakshin Express 16:00 16:02 Daily
26. 51183 Bhusaval-Narkhed Pass 16:00 N/a Daily
27. 11204 Jaipur-Nagpur Exp 17:24 17:25 St
28. 19302 Yashwantpur-Indore Exp 17:35 17:40 W
29. 51830 Agra-Nagpur Pass 18:04 18:05 Daily
30. 51293 Nagpur-Amla Pass 19:55 20:00 Daily
31. 12914 Nagpur-Indore Tri. Exp 20:08 20:10 M
32. 12159 Amravati-Jabalpur SF 22:30 22:32 Daily
33. 18237 Chhattisgarh Express 23:09 23:10 Daily
34. 51152 Narkhed-New Amravati Pass N/a 18:00 Daily
35. 51184 Bhusaval-Narkhed Pass N/a 09:00 Daily

Education Facilities

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

Primary, Middle and High Schools

Junior Colleges

Senior Colleges

Government Technical School

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. narkhedelection.org
  3. nagpur.nic.in
  4. indiarailinfo.com
  5. indiarailinfo.com
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