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TIRORA

Tirora, with a population of 15596 persons in 1971, is a municipal town in Gondia tahsil, situated on the Nagpur Howrah railway line, 23 miles from Bhandara Road station and 31 miles from Bhandara town by road. About 19 miles distant from the tahsil headquarters, Tirora was formerly the headquarters of the tahsil to which it gave its name. The tahsil headquarters were, however, shifted to Gondia in 1914 and the name of the tahsil was also changed to Gondia. The town is about a mile from the station and is divided into two parts called the old and the new bastis, which are virtually separated by a tank. Foodgrains and especially rice are grown in abundance in the surrounding tracts, an important rice market being held on Sundays. A regulated market, with essential facilities and amenities, has been established here for the collection and export of agricultural produce. There are some rice and flour mills. Bidi industry, of which there are both large and small scale units, is increasingly gaining an importance. It has provided gainful employment to a large section of the population. The tobacco is imported from Assam, Madras and Chanda and rolled in leaves of tendu tree (Diospyros tomentosa), which burn with a pleasant flavour. In addition to primary and middle schools. Tirora has two high schools and a college. The town has a primary health centre, a T.B. survey, education and treatment centre, and a veterinary dispensary. It is the headquarters of a development block and has post and telegraph, and telephone facilities, a police station and a rest house. It was created a municipality in 1956.

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