JALGAON

PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES

[The section on 'geography' (pp. 1—8) was contributed by Shri C. D. Desh-pande, Chairman, Secondary School Certificate Examination Board, Maharashtra State, Poona.]

SITUATION.

JALGAON [ In 1906, the District of Khandesh was divided into two districts called West and East Khandesh with headquarters at Dhulia and Jalgaon respectively. Now after the formation of the Maharashtra State the two districts are named after their headquarters as Dhulia and Jalgaon districts.] LYING BETWEEN 20° AND 21° NORTH LATITUDE AND 74° 55' AND 76° 28' EAST LONGTUDE, with a total area of 4467.3 [This figure is taken from the East Khandesh District Census Handbook (based on the 1951 Census). The figure supplied by the Surveyor General is 4,535.1 square miles. The Census authorities had obtained the figures from the District Inspector of Land Records or from local records.] square miles had in 1951 a populatuon of 1471351 or 3244 persons per Square mile.The district has now three sub divisions with Jalgaon  as the district headquarters.

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