Ujaleshwar

Ujaleshwar water tank

Ujaleshwar (उजळेश्वर) is a small village in Akola district of Maharashtra State, India.

It is in Barshitakli tehsil. It is one of 159 villages in Barshitakli Block along with villages like Kajaleshwar and Nimbhara. Nearby railway station of Ujaleshwar is Barshitakli and nearby Airport is Shivani Akola.

Etymology

Ujaleshwar (in Marathi (उजळेश्वर, Ujaḷēśvar)) is a name has been taken from the God Ujaleshwar. Ujaleshwar means Shiva, or Shiva Shankar "Ujale (उजळे)=inlight. And (ईश्वर) "Shwar"=Ishwar (god) . inlighting god means UJALESHWAR.

History

This village has historical background.
this village was exist at the time of Maratha empire.
In this village many coins of Shivaji maharaj are found in digging of old places.
At that times the people of this village were poor and there was no means of earning except wages.
These People used to work in farm of nearby villages like, Tamsi, Nimbhara.
AT that time there was no irrigation system in this village.
The Government of Maharashtra build many Dams near the village since when Wells in farm have water in it.
And now people can make irrigation system on their farms.
Nowadays this village is become rich and there are ample chances of employment related to the farm.

Population

According to census to 2011 the Population of Ujaleshwar village is 912. In that 484 are male and 428 are female. In this village the population of child between 0-6 age are 96.

Which is 10.53% of total population. The sex ratio of this village
is 884 which is less than sex ratio of Maharashtra.

The literacy of this village is 86.52 which is higher than
the literacy of Maharashtra.[1]

Religion

In this village there are three religions: Hindu, Buddhist , and Brahmin.

Festivals

In this village many festivals are celebrated like, Navratri ,

Ganeshotsav.Shivaji Jayani Utsav 

In Navaratri Utsav, the people of Ujaleshwar plays Garbha .

Specifically young males and females 

participates in this occasion. Shivaji jayanti is celebrated in tremendous enthusiasm.

Nearby villages

References

[1] [2]

  1. Villages in Akola District ~ Author-books LLC
  2. http://pincodeaddress.com/locality/Ujaleshwar_Akola
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