Amalgaon
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Amalgaon is an average sized village on the north side of the India
India
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n city of Amalner
Amalner
Amalner, IndiaAmalner, India is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India, situated on the bank of the Bori River....

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It has a primary health centre and a telephone exchange tower. This village has educational facilities up to 12th grade. Population is around 6,000 (as of 2008).

The Chikhali River, India flows around the south west part of the village. People in this village speak Ahirani, Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 and Hindi. Amalgaon has an active Gram Panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

or local government. People in this village are very active in political activities and contribute in district politics. For example, Panchayat Samit, Zilha Parishad, Shetaki Sangh etc.

Amalgaon's zipcode is 425 420. Telephone area code is 02587.

Ninety percent of people are engaged in farming.Farming here mostly dry and traditional but now people have started drip irrigation.Mostly sown seeds here are cotton,mug,jawar and bajara. There are many other small businesses which are closely related to farming.Amalgaon also holds got business in creation of clay pots which are used for drinking water in summer.

In June 2006, this village suffered a flood. The high school and some of the houses were destroyed. However, the people in this village rebuilt their highschool.
There is dam under construction near amalgaon which may cause backwater problem to farming and many farming land will be in backwater.
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