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PLACES
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POHARA
Pohara, with in 1971 a population of 5590 is a fairly large village in Sakoli tahsil on the Bombay-Nagpur-Calcutta national highway, about 16 miles south-east of Bhandara and three miles from Lakhani. Bidi manufacture is undertaken on a small scale; there is also a pottery industry. At Pohara sillimanite associated with a tourmaline rock is found. There are nearly five small belts of sillimanite kaynite bearing rocks, the estimates of reserves being put at 1,000 tons. Corrundum occurs at the foot of a small hill near here. This mineral is mined mainly by digging pits in the ground. Vegetables, guavas and oranges are grown by irrigation. On Thursdays is held the weekly market at which besides grain, chillis and tobacco, cattle are also sold. Pohara has a post office, a middle school, a primary health centre and an Ayurvedic dispensary. Water-supply is obtained from wells, a nala and a tank. Scarcity is felt during the summer months.
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