Murtajapur

Murtajapur
Murtijapur
—  city  —
Murtijapur
Location of Murtijapur
in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates 20°44′N 77°31′E / 20.73°N 77.51°E / 20.73; 77.51Coordinates: 20°44′N 77°31′E / 20.73°N 77.51°E / 20.73; 77.51
Country India
State Maharashtra
District(s) Akola
Population 38,551 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


308 metres (1,010 ft)

Murtijapur (also known as Murtijapur and Murtizapur) is a municipal council and one of the taluka of district of Akola of Amravati division of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

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Geography

Murtajapur is located at an average elevation of 308 metres (1210 feet).[1] It is an important railway junction station in Akola district and is under Bhusawal-Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.

Two out of three narrow gauge branch lines in Bhusawal railway division of central railway viz Murtajapur - Achalpur and Murtajapur - Yavatmal operate here.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Murtijapur had a population of 48,551. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Murtijapur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 72%. In Murtijapur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transportation

Murtajapur is the junction station of the 762mm narrow gauge railway known locally as the Shakuntala railway. This line is composed of two legs intersecting with the MumbaiKolkata broad gauge railway at Murtajapur — the 76 km northern leg to Achalpur and the 113 km southeastern leg to Yavatmal. [3] As of 2004 this line was still owned by a London-based company which had leased the line to India's Central Railway since 1903.[4]

Post

Murtajapur has a post office with PIN code as 444107. The PIN code is shared with other post offcies in the tehsil viz Murtizapur City, Ambhora, Bhatori, Ghota, Ghunshi, Hirpur, Kherda Vilegaon, Kinkhed, Kajaleshwar, Kanadi, Kanzara, Lakhpuri, Mangrul Kambe, Nimbha, Sirso, Wai Pargane Mana, Sonori. [5]

School Education

Murtajapur has schools from pre-primary to graduation in arts and commerce. Still there is a scope for colleges to provide education in science, engineering and medicine. There is clearly a lack of public interest for developing Murtajapur with respect to education. Local leaders need to put more efforts and focus in this area.

There are lot of young citizens of Murtajapur who have left the town for education and employment and have settled in the metro areas of Maharashtra like Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur. Several highly educated youths are even working abroad in the Multinational companies. These technocrats, doctors and chartered accountants need to bring some social, political and educational awareness among the local folks. new government ITI has now started its building is hightech with its turbo ventilation system. Arun B Ingle is the first person from murtijapur taluka doing PhD in IIT Bombay Mumbai. murtizapur In Murtizapur city newly Establish(2010) new Polytechnic which is run by Sakshi Shikshan Santha's DR RAJESH RAMDASJI KAMBE POLYTECHNIC TURKHED MURTIZAPUR DIST AKOLA MAHARASHTRA This polytechnic 6 km from Murtizapur city .

Healthcare

Town has primary healthcare centers run by state government and few privately run clinics. Still town lacks good healthcare services.

Economy

Mostly dependent on agriculture. Few small industries like oil mills and cotton pressing factories can be seen in MIDC. Town also has small traders in the market. Despite of having a good connectivity to the major cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad and Nagpur, one can see the lack of growth in this old town. Usually people go to nearby cities like Akola and Amravati for shopping, medical facilities and purchase of automobiles.

Places of interest

  • Katepurna
  • Pundalik Nagar
  • Hathgaon
  • Lakhpuri
  • LANGHAPUR

Notable people from Murtajapur

  • Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande - Kavi Anil
  • Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar- is a IT computer scientist India. He is best known as an architect of the PARAM series of Supercomputers.
  • Dr. Shrikant Tidke (secretary world marathi academy)
  • Late Dr. Capt. S.L.Dhami (1917-1997) Medical Practitioner & Educationist known for his selfless Social Service in the rural area of Murtajapur taluka.
  • capt.Amol A. Kharode(first pilot from the town)

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Murtajapur
  2. ^ "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. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  3. ^ "Satellite Map of Murtajapur Railway Station". India Rail Info. http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/202. Retrieved 9 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Indian Narrow-Gauge Lines 2002-2003". Simon Mortimer. Indian Railways Fan Club. February 13, 2004.
  5. ^ Pin codes of Akola district, Akola pincodes, Maharashtra zip code



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