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GHATANJI.

Ghatanji is a municipal town in Kelapur tahsil settled on the banks of the Waghara stream and lying 38.62 km (about 24 miles) south-east of Yavatmal. Its population in 1961 was 6,443. Ghatanji was created a municipality in 1931 and has an area of two square miles under its jurisdiction. The municipal income accrued from various sources excluding extra-ordinary and debt heads amounted to Rs. 2,54,648.03 in 1965-66. Expenditure during the same year totalled Rs. 2,30,112.57. Income and expenditure from extra-ordinary and debt heads stood at Rs. 66,529.56 and Rs. 66,990.36 respectively. A civil hospital which grew out of the dispensary established in 1906 meets the medical needs of the people, it is conducted by the municipality. The town has also a veterinary dispensary. Primary education is compulsory for which a network of primary schools is maintained by the municipality. Ghatanji has three high schools and a college all of which are maintained privately. There is a municipal maintained library. Ghatanji is a market place of much importance and the weekly market held here on Tuesday is one of the largest markets held in the tahsil and is largely attended. Besides goods of daily use, cattle figure prominently. The town has post and telegraph facilities, a rest house and a police station. A daily vegetable market place is maintained by the municipality. Potable water is obtained from the river and wells.

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