Jalna pronunciation (help·info) is a city in Jalna district in the Aurangabad Division, or Marathwada region, of the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1] It was part of Hyderabad State as a tehsil of Aurangabad district, before Jalna district was formed effective 1 May 1981.[3]

Jalna
City
Railway Station in Jalna
Nickname(s):  City Of Steel, Seed Capital of India
Jalna Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19.8410°N 75.8864°E / 19.8410; 75.8864
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Jalna Municipal Council
• M.L.A. of Maharashtra	Kailash Gorantyal
Area [1]
• Total	81.6 km2 (31.5 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	508 m (1,667 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	285,577
• Rank	127 in India
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Jalnekar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	431203 431213
Telephone code	02482
Vehicle registration	MH-21

Geography

Jalna is located at 19.8410°N 75.8864°E / 19.8410; 75.8864. It has an average elevation of 508 m (1,667 ft), on the banks of the Kundalika River.[2]

Climate

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] census, Jalna had a population of 285,577. The total population constitute, 147,029 males and 138,485 females —a sex ratio of 942 females per 1000 males. 38,834 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 20,338 are boys and 18,496 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 81.80% with 201,829 literates.[1]

Economy

The first cotton-ginning & oil-pressing factory was established in the year 1863 by Mr. Pestonji Meherwanji.

In 1889 a cotton-spinning and weaving mill was erected in Aurangabad city, which employed 700 people. With the opening of the Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways in the year 1900, several ginning factories were started. In Jalna alone, there were 9 cotton-ginning factories and 5 cotton presses, besides two ginning factories at Aurangabad and Kannad, and one oil press at Aurangabad. The total number of people employed in the cotton presses and ginning factories in the year 1901 was 1,016.[4]

Jalna is the biggest producer of sweet lemons and oranges in Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

Jalna is the biggest steel producer in Maharashtra state, with many steel companies located in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Jalna is primarily connected with the rest of India by railway and road.

High Speed Rail

Jalna is going to be an important station in the middle of the bullet train project proposed between Mumbai and Nagpur. So in the future, Jalna is going to boost of high speed in transport connectivity.[5]

Rail

Jalna is a station located on the Secunderabad–Manmad line of the newly created Nanded Division of South Central Railway. Formerly, it had been a part of Hyderabad Division, before divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw HYB's bifurcation.

Road

Jalna is connected to major towns of the state by state highways. Road connectivity is excellent, roads connecting to Aurangabad, Pune, Ahmednagar, Nagpur, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Khamgaon, and Mumbai having been upgraded to four-lane highways. A new Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway, passing through Jalna, is being developed

Dry port

Recently, a new dry port project has been set up in the MIDC Phase 3 area near the city. This is the first dry port project in the country. A similar, smaller project is also in progress in Wardha.[6]

See also

• Marathwada
• Jalna Dry Port

• Jalna-Nanded Expressway

References

External links

• Jalna Online at India Online Network

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