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LAKHANI

Lakhani, is a large and prosperous village of 7,591 inhabitants in 1971 in Sakoli tahsil, situated on the Bombay-Nagpur-Calcutta national highway, 13 miles distant from Bhandara and about midway between that place and Sakoli. It is an electrified village and is so called because of the lac bangles which used to be manufactured here. This industry as well as glass bangle manufacturing industry which once flourished here is almost extinct. A substantial number of people are engaged in wicker and leather work, the latter having a co-operative society. Bidi manufacturing is also undertaken on a small scale. There are a sale and purchase union, Lakhani being an important centre for the collection and export of foodgrains and other agricultural produce, and a seva sahakari society and a branch of the District Central Co-operative Bank. Although a village, Lakhani has good educational facilities, there being two balak mandirs, five middle schools, three high schools and an Arts and Commerce College. For accommodating the students two Government aided hostels are maintained. Medical institutions include a maternity home, an allopathic dispensary and a veterinary dispensary. Means of entertainment include a cinema house and a local club known as Sangam Friends' Club. Among places of worship may be noted a temple dedicated to Hanuman and a mosque.. Lakhani has the usual village panchayat, a police out-post, and offices of the soil conservation and Deputy Engineer (Irrigation). A weekly market is held on Tuesdays, at which, besides the usual commodities, cattle are also brought for sale.

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