Narkhed

Narkhed नरखॆड़
City
Narkhed Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°28′18″N 78°32′06″E / 21.47167°N 78.53500°ECoordinates: 21°28′18″N 78°32′06″E / 21.47167°N 78.53500°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
Area
• Total	3.96 km^2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation	398 m (1,306 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	21,127
• Density	5,300/km^2 (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

• 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 and commerce.
• 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

• Narkhed taluka

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