Narkhed taluka

Coordinates: 21°26′07″N 79°07′25″E / 21.4351735°N 79.1235352°E / 21.4351735; 79.1235352

Narkhed Tehasil नऱखॆड़ तहसिल
Tehsil
Map of Nagpur district with major towns(including Narkhed) and rivers.
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Regions	Vidharbha
District	Nagpur District
Headquarters	Narkhed
Area^[1]
• Total	644.91 km² (249.00 sq mi)
Population (2001 census)^[2]
• Total	143,512
• Density	220/km² (580/sq mi)
• Sex ratio	935
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN^[3]	Jalalkheda- 441301 Khairgoan - 441303 Narkhed - 441304 Bishnoor - 441305 Sawargoan - 441306
STD Code	91-7105
Villages	154^[4]
Revenue circle	5
Average rainfall	1175 mm

Narkhed taluka is one of the 14 taluka of Nagpur district in state of Maharashtra, India. The administrative center of taluka is Narkhed city.

Geography

Narkhed taluka has total area of 64491 Hectors. Most of the area of Narkhed taluka are under agricultural land. Some area are hilly and cover with rare forest also.

Wardha river is flowing from western border of taluka. Kar river is flowing from southern border of taluka and Kolar river is flowing from eastern border of taluka. Other river are Jam, Mandakini, Wandali etc.

Mowad and Narkhed has municipal council. Sawargoan, Jalalkheda, Khairgoan, Belona, Thugoan Deo, Yenikoni, Kharsoli, Bindnoor, Bharsinghi, Tadhipauni, Ambada(t) are major villages in the taluka.

Narkhed is surrounded by Pandhurna taluka towards North, Warud taluka towards west, Saoner taluka towards East, Kalmeshwar taluka South East, Katol taluka towards South, Karanja taluka South west.

Narkhed, Pandhurna, Shendurjana, Warud, Katol, Saoner are the nearby Cities to Narkhed.

This place is in the border of the Nagpur District and Chhindwara District. Chhindwara District Pandhurna is North towards this place . It is near to the Madhya Pradesh State Border.

Demographics

^[5]

Sr.No.	Narkhed Taluka
1.	Toatal Population(2001)
2.	Rural Population	113238	Male : 58627	Female : 54611
3.	City Population	30274	Male : 15549	Female : 14725
4.	Total Families	30422
5.	Total Rural Family	26879
6.	Total Cities Family	6023
7.	Total Literacy Percentage	77.4	Male : 84.33	Female : 69.98
8.	Percentage of Rural Literacy	76.06	Male : 83.16	Female : 68.43
9.	Total Literacy Percentage	82.38	पुरुष : 88.77	Female : 75.68

Culture and Religions

Most of the people in taluka are Hindu. Other than Hindu , Buddhist, Muslim are also living in taluka. In Hindu most of the people are Teli and Kunbi. Tribal people like Gond are also in large number. All the festival like Holi, Diwali, Dasara, Pola, Ganesh Utsav are celebrated in the taluka. There are melas on Holi, Navratri, Shivratri, Pola and many more. Many Varkari used to go Pandharpur on Ashadhi Ekadashi. As well as people of the area also used to visit Chauragarh Mahadev on Nag Panchami and Shivratri. Other than that Id , Buddha Purnima , Ambedkar Jayanti , Christmas and New Year are also celebrated in the town.

Jalalkheda is famous for it Shivratri mela. Narkhed town is famous for Navratri mela. Belona is famous for Hanuman Temple and mela in Mounth of December.

Climate

Narkhed taluka has a tropical wet and dry climate with hot, dry summers and mild to cool winters. Summer start from March to June, monsoon season from July to October and winter from November to March.

Average maximum temperature in summer is in-between 37-46 °C. Average minimum temperature is in-between 9-19 °C. Average rainfall is in between 110-120 cm.

Administration

^[6] Narkhed is the taluka headquarter and Panchayat Samiti. There are 154 villages( 138 villages are inhabited and 16 are villages uninhabited ) under Narkhed taluka and 70 Gram Panchayat.^[7] Narkhed is under Katol Vidhan Sabha seat and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency.

Narkhed and Mowad has a Municipal Council

List of Panchayat Village

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Aarambhi
Agra
Amabada(sai)
Ambala(de)
Banor(p)
Banorchandra
Belona
Bharsingi
Bhishnur
Datewadi
Dawsa
Dewdi
Dindargaon
Ghogra
Godhani(g)
Hiwarmath
Jalalkheda
Jamgaon(b)
Jamgaon(ku)
Junona
Khairgaon
Khandala(bu)
Khapa(gu)
Khaprikene
Kharada
Kharasi
Kharbadi
Kharsoli
Khedi(gogo)
Khedikaryat
Kinkheda
Loharisawanga
Madna
Mahendri
Malapur
Manikwada
Masora
Maywadi
Mendhala
Mogra
Mohagaon(b)
Mohandidhotra
Mohdidalvi
Narsingi
Parsodi(di)
Pethismailpur
Pimpalgaon(w)
Pimpalgaon®
Pipla(ke)
Ramthi
Rohna
Saiwada(a)
Sakharkheda
Sawargaon
Shemda
Sindi
Singarkheda
Sinjar
Thadipawni
Thaturwada
Thugaondev
Thugaonnipani
Umri
Umtha
Vivra
Wadegoan(u)
Wadhona
Wadwihira
Yenikoni
Yerla

Other Villages

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Ambada
Ambada D
Ambola
Babulkheda
Baradpavni
Bhaiwadi
Bopapur
Borkhedi Theke
Chorkhairi
Dewali
Dhotra
Gaimukh
Gangaldoh
Gondegaon
Gumgaon
Hiwara
Indarwada
Indora
Jatlapur
Jolwadi
Junewani
Junona Fuke
Junoni G
Karanjoli
Karimabad
Khadki
Khalangondri
Khapri
Khargad
Khedi Kh
Khushalpur
Khutkheda
Koni
Lohagad
Mal
Lohara
Lohgad T
Mahajanpur
Maiwadi
Mamdapur
Mannath
Math
Mohagaon
Naigaon D
Naigaon T
Nanda S
Nandni
Nandori
Narayanpur
Nasirpur
Nawegaon
Panwadi
Pardi
Parsodi
Pilapur
Pimpaldhara
Pipala Kh
Pithori
Ramgaon
Rampuri M
Ranwadi
Sahajapur
Saiwada
Sardi
Sawanga L
Shemba
Shindi
Umari
Tara
Telgaon
Thugaon N
Tinkheda
Toyapur
Udapur R
Utara
Warjali
Yeni

Agriculture

Area of Agriculture Land is about 48000 hectors. It is about 74.43% of tatol area. Narkhed is very much famous all over the country for it Orange. Once Narkhed was Asia largest Santra Mandi. Other than orange cotton, soyabean are also another major cash crop in Narkhed taluka. Other crop are wheat, jower, rice.In pulses 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, tube well, river, irrigation dam, canal for irrigation. Pimpalgoan Wakhaji is biggest irrigation dam in Narkhed taluka. Kar dam is covering big area under irrigation through canal. The other irrigation dam are 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.

Transportation

Narkhed taluka is well connected with all the village with taluka headquarter, with all session tar road. SH MH 246 Sawargoan-Narkhed-Mowad, SH MH 247 Katol-Sawargoan-Badchicholi , SH MH 245 Karanja-Barshingi Jalalkheda-Mowad-Bangoan and SH MH 248 Nagpur-Katol-Jalalkheda-Warud are four state highway in Taluka.

Narkhed-Mohadi(D)-Yenwa, Narkhed-Teenkheda-Bhisnoor-Bharsinghi, Jalalkheda-Thadipauni-Ambada, Sawargoan-Mohagoan(b)-Pipla are major district road. Other than this almost all village are connected by Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

Narkhed, Jalalkheda, Mowad, Sawargoan, Bharshingi are major bus stop of MSRTC.

Narkhed taluka is also having good rail connectivity. Narkhed Jn. is main railway station of the taluka. Other station are Mowad and Teenkheda. Chennai-New Delhi Grand trunk route and Narkhed-Amravati are two railway line passing through taluka.

Narkhed taluka is well connected with Katol, Nagpur, Pandhurna, Warud, Multai, Saoner ard other major town and city of near by area by road and railway.

References

Pandhurna, Chhindwara District, (Madhya Pradesh State)

Warud taluka, Wardha River, (Amravati District)

Savner taluka,

Narkhed Taluka

Asti taluka, Karanja taluka, (Wardha District)

Katol taluka,

Kalmeshwar taluka,

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