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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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BULLOCK CARTS
Bullock-cart still occupies an important place in the rural transport economy. A farmer generally owns a pair of bullocks and a cart. The total number of bullock-carts in the talukas of Jalgaon district in 1953-54 was as under: —
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Taluka or peta |
Number of bullock-carts |
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(1) |
(2) |
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1. |
Amalner |
9,739 |
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2. |
Bhadgaon |
3,611 |
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3. |
Bhusawal |
5,290 |
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4. |
Chalisgaon |
9,010 |
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5. |
Chopda |
6,494 |
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6. |
Edlabad |
2,622 |
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7. |
Erandol |
6,467 |
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8. |
Jalgaon |
6,534 |
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9. |
Jamner |
8,000 |
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10. |
Pachora |
6,224 |
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11. |
Parola |
5,548 |
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12. |
Raver |
5,551 |
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13. |
Yawal |
4,554 |
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Total |
79,634 |
The vehicles are divided into four categories—motors, cycles.
tongas and ox-drawn vehicles.
STATISTICS OF VEHICLES IN MUNICIPAL TOWNS.
The following table gives the statistics of vehicles plying in
municipal towns: —
TABLE No. 14.
STATISTICS OF VEHICLES PLYING IN MUNICIPAL TOWNS IN JALGAON
DISTRICT. |
Name of the Town |
Motors |
Cycles |
Tongas |
Ox-drawn carts | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) | |
Erandol |
15 |
175 |
5 |
683 | |
Bhusawal |
61 |
1,221 |
19 |
339 | |
Chalisgaon |
43 |
N. A. |
51 |
612 | |
Parola |
20 |
251 |
11 |
472 | |
Raver |
6 |
209 |
30 |
319 | |
Yawal |
23 |
226 |
N. A |
438 | |
Jalgaon |
190 |
N. A. |
80 |
600 | |
Amalner |
31 |
N. A. |
36 |
699 | |
Chopda |
36 |
600 |
25 |
500 | |
Savda |
19 |
325 |
9 |
329 | |
Faizpur |
28 |
333 |
N. A. |
284 | |
Pachora |
7 |
N. A. |
12 |
461 | |
Dharangaon |
40 |
300 |
N. A. |
400 |
The State Transport Corporation runs a city bus service within the municipal limits of Jalgaon and Bhusawal. At Jalgaon the city bus service plies between M. J. College and the War Memorial (Javastambh). At Bhusawal the bus service plies between the Bhusawal S. T. Stand and the Ordnance Factory.
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