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FAIZPUR
Faizpur (Yaval taluka 21° 10' N, 75°50' E; R. S, Savada m. 5;
p. 12,210), is a municipal town two miles west of Savada railway station (Bombay-Itarsi line). It is surrounded by a high mud and burnt brick wail, with several fine gateways. Inside the wall the buildings are crowded, the main streets are crooked and narrow, and the houses high and tiled, some of them with three or four storeys. The town is still famous for its dark blue and red dyes and its weekly wool market. There are about 250 families of weavers at Faizpur. Like the neighbouring town of Savada, Faizpur is surrounded by garden land watered from wells, and babul (Acacia arabica) trees grow all about it in great luxuriance. Faizpur is one of the chief cotton marts, and once gave its name to the best variety of Khandesh cotton.
Population.
Of the total population of 12,210 according to the census figures of 1951, the agricultural classes number 4.262 and the non-agricultural classes, 7,948. Of the latter, 3,298 persons derive their principal means of livelihood from production other than cultivation; 1.554 persons from commerce; 201 persons from transport; and 2,895 persons from other services and miscellaneous sources.
Municipality.
The municipal area is 1.25 sq. miles where the civic affairs are managed by a municipality, established on 1st December 1889 but now governed by the Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901. The Municipal Council is composed of 20 members, all elected. Two seats are reserved for women, and one seat is reserved for the Scheduled Castes.
During the year 1956-57, the total municipal income excluding extraordinary and debt heads, was Rs. 1,57,652, comprising of conservancy rates (special and general), Rs. 7,281; other municipal rates and taxes, Rs. 12,491; rent on lands, houses etc., and sales-proceeds of lands and produce of lands, Rs. 3,726; conservancy receipts other than rates, etc., Rs. 3,223; receipts from markets and slaughter-houses, Rs. 11,408; fees from educational institutions, Rs. 25,622; fees from medical dispensaries and other fees Rs. 2,596; Government grants, Rs. 34,916; and miscellaneous Rs. 2,315.
The total expenditure for the same year, excluding extraordinary and debt heads, was Rs. 1,45,133. Under public health and convenience, the total was Rs. 52,511; conservancy, Rs. 34,806; water supply, Rs. 1,620; and hospitals, dispensaries and vaccination, Rs. 6,098; and other items, Rs. 9,987.
Water supply is mostly from wells. The municipality has erected five electric water pumps at different wells and also constructed water tanks fitted with pipes. Roads are watered by municipal trucks. There is no flush system for latrines. The municipality
has provided carts for carrying all the rubbish and night-soil collected from public as well as private latrines to the compost depot for preparing compost manure. There is no special equipment for five service, except the water tanks, pipes and buckets.
There is compulsory primary education managed by the District School Board, to which the municipality pays its statutory contribution. There is a high school managed by the municipality. The expenditure on this high school during 1956-57 was Rs. 42,994. The municipality also runs a reading room.
The total length of municipal roads is about five miles, of which only three miles are metalled. The vegetable market is held daily on an open verandah of the Ram Mandir. There is also a weekly market.
The municipality runs one Ayurvedic dispensary with a maternity ward situated on Yaval-Raver Road. There is no Government dispensary in Faizpur. The municipality contributes yearly Rs. 400 to the District Local Board which manages a veterinary dispensary at Savada. There is also the Sane Guruji Charity Ayurvedic Dispensary.
There is a cremation ground for Hindus and a burial ground for Muslims.
The 50th Indian National Congress Session was held at Faizpur in December,,1936. It was the first Congress Session arranged in a rural area. A considerable number of delegates attended the session and temporary arrangements were made for the provision of conveniences and amenities to the delegates.
A fair is held in Khandoba Vadi temple in the month of Phalgun on Holi Paurnima when the municipality undertakes all the sanitary arrangements.
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