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Buldhana district | |
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    Temple of Daitya Sudana nearLonar Lake and the vicinity | |
.svg) Location in Maharashtra | |
 Buldhana district | |
| Coordinates (Buldhana):20°30′N76°09′E / 20.5°N 76.15°E /20.5; 76.15 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Division | Amravati |
| Headquarters | Buldhana |
| Tehsils | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Buldhana Zilla Parishad |
| • Guardian Minister | Makrand Jadhav - Patil (Cabinet Minister) |
| • President Zilla Parishad |
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| • District Collector |
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| • CEO Zilla Parishad |
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| • Superintendent of Police |
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| Area | |
• Total | 9,661 km2 (3,730 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,586,258 |
| • Density | 267.7/km2 (693.3/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 82.09% |
| • Sex ratio | 928 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH-6 NH-753A |
| Average annual precipitation | 946 mm |
| Website | buldhana |
Buldhana district (Marathi pronunciation:[bulɖʰaːɳa]) is located in theAmravati division ofMaharashtra, India.It is situated at the western border ofVidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital,Mumbai. The district has towns and cities like Deulghat, Dhad, Mehakar, Shegaon, Malkapur, Khamgaon, Lonar and Chikhli. It is surrounded byMadhya Pradesh in the north,Akola,Washim, andAmravati districts on the east,Jalna district on the south, andJalgaon andAurangabad districts on the west.Khamgaon is the largest city in the district.
Buldhana district holds religious significance as it is the site of the Shri Gajanan Maharaj Temple,Shegaon.[1] Lonarkar Top (about 923 meters) is highest altitude in Buldhana District placed inAmbabarwa Wildlife Sanctuary.
| Guardian Minister Buldhana | |
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| पालकमंत्री बुलढाणा | |
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since 15 Dec 2024 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Residence | Buldhana |
| Appointer | Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| Term length | 5 years / No time limit |
| Website | buldhana |
| Name | Term of office |
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| Suresh Shetty | 7 November 2009 – 10 November 2010 |
| Balasaheb Thorat | 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014 |
| Eknath Khadse | 5 December 2014 – 8 November 2019 |
| Rajendra Shingne | 9 January 2020 – 29 June 2022 |
| Gulab Raghunath Patil | 24 September 2022- 4 October 2023 |
| Dilip Walse-Patil | 4 October 2023 – Incumbent |
| District Magistrate / Collector Buldhana | |
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| जिल्हाधिकारी तथा जिल्हदंडाधिकरी बुलढाणा | |
Emblem of India | |
Incumbent since January 2019Dr. H. P. Tummod (IAS) | |
| Residence | At Buldhana |
| Appointer | Government of Maharashtra |
| Term length | No time limit |
| Website | buldhana |
| Name | Term of office |
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| Dr.Kiran Patil (IAS) | January 2024 – Incumbent |
The name of the district is probably derived fromBhil Thana (place ofBhils, a tribal group).[2]
Buldhana, along with the rest ofBerar Province, was part of theVidarbha kingdom mentioned in theMahabharata, aSanskrit epic poem. Berar formed a part of theMaurya Empire during the reign ofAshoka (272–231 BCE). Berar came under the rule of theSatavahana dynasty (2nd century BCE–2nd century CE), theVakataka dynasty (3rd to 6th centuries), theChalukya dynasty (6th to 8th centuries), theRashtrakuta Dynasty (8th to 10th centuries), the Chalukyas again (10th to 12th centuries), and finally theYadava dynasty ofDevagiri (late 12th to early 14th centuries).
A period of Muslim rule began whenAlauddin Khalji, theSultan of Delhi conquered the region in the early 14th century. The region was part of theBahmani Sultanate, which broke away from the Delhi Sultanate in the mid-14th century. The Bahmani Sultanate broke up into smaller sultanates at the end of the 15th century. In 1572, Berar became part of theNizam Shahi sultanate, based atAhmednagar. The Nizam Shahis ceded Berar to theMughal Empire in 1595. As Mughal rule started to unravel at the start of the 18th century,Asaf Jah I, theNizam of Hyderabad, seized the southern provinces of the empire in 1724, forming an independent state. Berar was a part of the independent state.
In 1853, the whole district came under the administration of theBritish East India Company. Berar was divided into East and West Berar with Buldhana district being included in West Berar. In 1903, Berar was leased by the Nizam of Hyderabad to theBritish Government of India. Thus, Berar became part ofCentral Provinces. In 1950, it became part ofMadhya Pradesh with Nagpur as its capital. In 1956, along with other Marathi-speaking regions of Vidarbha, it became part of the newly formed stateMaharashtra in 1960.
The district has six revenue sub-divisions headed by a Sub Divisional Officer (SDO):Buldhana,Mehkar,Khamgaon,Malkapur,Jalgaon-Jamod, andSindkhedraja.
As of 2010, the district of Buldhana comprises thirteentalukas (tehsils):Buldhana,Chikhli,Deulgaon Raja,Malkapur,Motala,Nandura,Mehkar,Sindkhed Raja,Lonar,Khamgaon,Shegaon,Jalgaon Jamod, andSangrampur.[3]
All colleges in Buldhana are affiliated withSant Gadge Baba Amravati University. One of the schools,Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Shegaon, a system of central schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas in India, is located in Shegaon near Chincholi village in Buldhana district.[4]
The district superintending agriculture officer comes under the Divisional Joint Director of Amravati Division. There are three sub-divisions at Buldhana, Khamgaon, and Mehkar with a taluka agriculture officer posted at each taluka.
There are multiple circles under each taluka. They are Dhad,Shelapur, Dhamangaon, Motala, Shelsur, Amdapur, Chikhli, Dharangaon, Malkapur,Janephal, Mehkar, Bibi, Lonar,Sakharkherda,Sindkhed Raja, Mera Khurd,Deulgaon Mahi,Deulgaon Raja, Ganeshpur,Pimpalgaon Raja (Khamgaon),Nandura,Shegaon, Jalgaon Jamod,Warwat Khanderao, and Sangrampur.[5]
The district has six police subdivisions and thirty-three police stations.[6]
The distribution of electricity comes underAkola Zone and Buldhana Circle with Buldhana, Khamgaon, and Malkapur Divisions. Each subdivision caters to more nearby talukas and has 33KV distribution substations under them.[7]
The district comes under Buldhana Irrigation Project Circle along with Akola and Washim district. The circle comes under Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation,Nagpur. It has its Major Project division at Shegaon, Kadakpurna at Deulgaon Raja, Mun Project division at Khamgaon, and Minor Irrigation Division at Chikhli and Akola.[8]
The completed irrigation projects are theNalganga Dam project in Motala and a major project inVaan having one-fourth of the benefit accrue toAkola district. Many further irrigation projects are under way or are in the planning stages.[9]
The district comes under Amravati Public Works Region and Akola Public Works Circle. It has one Public Works division at Buldhana with subdivision at Buldhana, Chikhli, Mehkar, and Deulgaon Raja; and a second, Khamgaon division, with subdivisions at Khamgaon, Jalgaon Jamod, and Malkapur; plus the Buldhana District Mechanical Subdivision.
There are Road Project subdivisions at Buldhana and Khamgaon under the Road Project Division of Akola. There is a separate Zilla Parishad Works Division at Buldhana with subdivisions at Buldhana, Kahmgaon, Mehkar, and Malkapur.[10] The department manages Government Rest houses at Buldhana, Khamgaon, Shegaon, Malkapur, Motala, Jalgaon Jamod, Sangrampur, Chikhli, Amdapur, Lavhala (Mehkar), Mehkar, Dongaon, Deulgaon Raja,Deulgaon Mahi, Sindkhed Raja, Lonar, and Nandura.[11]
The district contributes one seat to theLok Sabha (Lower House), namelyBuldhana (Lok Sabha constituency).Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav of Shiv Sena is the current Member of Parliament from Buldhana.
The district has seven seats in the Maharashtra State legislature assembly: Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon, and Jalgaon Jamod. The seventh seat atMalkapur is part ofRaver (Lok Sabha constituency) inJalgaon district.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 617,990 | — |
| 1911 | 673,698 | +0.87% |
| 1921 | 703,643 | +0.44% |
| 1931 | 766,584 | +0.86% |
| 1941 | 820,862 | +0.69% |
| 1951 | 870,168 | +0.59% |
| 1961 | 1,059,698 | +1.99% |
| 1971 | 1,262,978 | +1.77% |
| 1981 | 1,508,777 | +1.79% |
| 1991 | 1,886,299 | +2.26% |
| 2001 | 2,232,480 | +1.70% |
| 2011 | 2,586,258 | +1.48% |
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According to the2011 census Buldhana district has a population of 2,586,258,[13] roughly equal to the nation ofKuwait[14] or the US state ofNevada.[15] This gives it a ranking of 159th in India (out of a total of640).[13] The district has a population density of 268 inhabitants per square kilometre (690/sq mi).[13] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.93%.[13] Buldhana has asex ratio of 928females for every 1000 males,[13] and aliteracy rate of 82.09%. 21.22% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.21% and 4.39% of the population respectively.[13]
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 71.35% | |||
| Buddhism | 14.08% | |||
| Islam | 13.70% | |||
| Jainism | 0.47% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.40% | |||
| Tehsil Name[16] | Hindu | Buddhist | Muslim | Jain | Others |
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| Buldhana | 68.91 | 13.06 | 16.99 | 0.59 | 0.45 |
| Shegaon | 69.63 | 16.81 | 13.08 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Khamgaon | 65.92 | 16.40 | 16.50 | 0.71 | 0.47 |
| Malkapur | 67.85 | 10.55 | 20.14 | 0.98 | 0.46 |
| Nandura | 70.46 | 13.94 | 15.12 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Jalgaon Jamod | 75.24 | 10.72 | 13.37 | 0.15 | 0.52 |
| Sangrampur | 75.02 | 12.51 | 11.93 | 0.01 | 0.53 |
| Motala | 73.17 | 13.14 | 13.17 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
| Mehkar | 75.00 | 15.03 | 09.15 | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| Chikhli | 70.82 | 14.98 | 13.53 | 0.37 | 0.30 |
| Deulgaon Raja | 73.33 | 14.67 | 10.54 | 1.04 | 0.42 |
| Sindkhed Raja | 74.65 | 16.76 | 7.94 | 0.22 | 0.43 |
| Lonar | 77.70 | 11.64 | 9.57 | 0.68 | 0.41 |
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 78.67% of the population in the district spokeMarathi, 10.99%Urdu, 4.41%Hindi and 2.11%Lambadi as their first language.[17]
Residents of Buldhana communicate inMarathi language.Nihali language, alanguage isolate of India, is spoken by some 2,000 people (1991) in Jalgaon Jamod tehsil. Apart from the commonly usedVarhadi, a dialect ofMarathi language used in the district includesAndh, anIndo-Aryan language spoken by 100,000 people.[18]Hindi andEnglish are also spoken in the region.
The district lies in theTapi River andGodavari River basins.Purna River is a tributary of the Tapi River. Nalganga river is a tributary of Purna river. The Painganga and Khadakpurna rivers are tributaries ofGodavari River.
Here are the rivers in the district, with theirtributaries.
Buses, jeeps, two-wheelers, and railways are the common modes of transport.
National Highway 53 passes through Khamgaon, Nandura, and Malkapur towns in the district and Aurangabad-Buldhana National Highway 753A. There are manyMaharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus stands in all towns of the district. There are State Transport bus depots at Buldhana, Malkapur, Chikhli, Mehkar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, and Jalgaon-Jamod.
Vehicles from Nagpur, Amravati, and Akola pass through Khamgaon, Chikhli, Deulgaonraja while going towards Jalna, Aurangabad, and Pune. Regular State Transport buses are available from any Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Bus Stand.National Highway 53 passes through Khamgaon, Nandura, and Malkapur Talukas in Buldhana District.
Vehicles Nagpur, Karanja Murtizapur pass through Mehkar and Sindkhed Raja onMumbai–Nagpur Expressway while going towards jalna, Aurangabad and Mumbai and Government of India also plannedMumbai Nagpur High Speed rail corridor through along with Mumbai Nagpur Expressway it goes through district Buldhana and Mehkar will be upcoming High Speed Railway Station
Malkapur,Nandura, andShegaon railway stations fall under theBhusawal-Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of theCentral Railway. The nearest railway station is at Malkapur which is 45 km from District Headquarters. Malkapur, Shegaon, Nandura railway stations come under Bhusawal Division of Central Railway. Bhusawal (101 km) and Akola (102 km) are also the nearest railway junctions from the District headquarters. There is a branch line from Jalamb to Khamgaon. The main line was originally under theGreat Indian Peninsula Railway and the branch line between Jalamb and Khamgaon was under the Khamgaon State Railway.
The railway stations in the district, with their codes, areKhamkhed (KMKD), Malkapur (MKU),Wadoda (WDD),Biswa Bridge (BIS), Nandura (NN),Kumgaon Burti (KJL),Jalamb Junction (JM), Khamgaon (KMN), Shegaon (SEG), andShrikshetra Nagzari (NGZ).
A computerized railway reservation facility is available at Buldhana, Malkapur, and Shegaon, while manual reservation facility is available at city booking office, Khamgaon, Nandura, and Jalamb Junction.
The nearest airport is at Akola (not functional), which is 102 km from district headquarters.However, the nearest functional airport is at Aurangabad at a distance of 145 km.
Cotton,sorghum and other cereals, oilseeds, soybean, sunflower, and groundnuts are the predominant crops grown in the district.
Khamgaon and Malkapur are the major cotton trading towns in the district. The district has many minor and medium size irrigation projects. The important ones are Nalganga and Vaan. There are thirteen Agriculture Produce Market Committees-Main Market, one in each tehsil, and there are twenty sub-markets in the districts.[19]
The Indian Council for Agriculture research funded a farm science centreKrishi Vigyan Kendra, Jalgaon Jamod in the district in 1994.[20]
The district has major industrial areas at Khamgoan and Malkapur and has smaller industrial areas at Chikhli, Buldhana, Dasarkhed, Deoulgaonraja, Mehkar, Sangrampur, and Lonar.
There is a fair calledChaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami at Shegaon onRama Navami inChaitra (March or April) each year.
Common folk arts areBhajan (devotional singing),Kirtan (devotional chanting with musical instruments), and Gondhal (a complex art form involving ritual acts, dances, songs, and poems).
Lonar Crater Lake is located in Buldhana district. It is the second largest impact crater in basaltic rock in the world. It was formed 60,000 years ago by a meteor impact. ThepH of the water is about 11 (extremely alkaline). Lonar Crater has very different flora and fauna in its vicinity.
Lonar Altitude is on 563 meters.
Gajanan Maharaj fromShegaon, was a saint from India. "Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan", a body of 12 trustees was formed on 12 September 1908 to commemorate the holy place which the saint had hinted about, forSamadhi.[21] Later, a temple was built around his Samadhi/tomb.
This temple has a tourist attraction called "Anand Sagar", anINR 3 billion project completed in 2005.[22] It is maintained by the Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan. It surrounds a big artificial lake. It has a meditation center, an aquarium, temples, playgrounds, lawns and open theatre wherefountain-show is conducted for entertainment. It has been decorated with artifacts and carvings. An amusement park has also started with a toy train encircling the entire place.[23]
Sindkhed Raja is birthplace ofJijabai, mother of ChhatrapatiShivaji, the town still has the palace and tomb ofLakhuji Raje Jadhav, father of Jijabai.
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