Chalisgaon is a city and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Jalgaon district

Jalgaon District

Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....

  in the state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

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Chalisgaon is the second largest tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 after Bhusawal in Jalgaon district. Villages under Chalisgaon administration include Alwadi

Alwadi

-Geography:Alwadi is located at . It has an average elevation of 344 metres .-Economy:Alwadi is located near the Manyar Dam, and a canal off of the dam provides irrigation for the village. Sugarcane is the major agricultural product and is the basis for the local sugar refining and rum distilling...

, Bahal, Bhoras, Devali, Hirapur, Jamda, Khedgaon, Mehunbare, Patonda, Pilkhod, Ranjangaon, Saygaon, Umbarkhed, and Waghali,.

Geography

Chalisgaon is located at 20.47°N 75.02°E. It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).

Special

The world famous mathematician & philosopher Bhaskaracharya is from Challisgaon. The world famous artist Keki Moos was from Chalisgaon.India’s well known personalities like – Late. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (Primeminister of India), Baba Amte(social worker & follower of Vinoba Bhave, Late.Jaiprakesh Narayan, Shankar Rao Dev. Late. Sane Guruji (Pandurang Sadashiv Sane). Pt. Mahadev shastri Joshi. Maharshi Anna Saheb Karve, Narayan Hari Aapte (writer) Prof. N. S. Phadke, shri M. Mate, Acharya Atre, Vasant Shantaram Desai etc. visited Keki’s museum.

The Belganga Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana is located at Bhoras in Chalisgaon

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Chalisgaon had a population of 100,321. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chalisgaon has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 67%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Chalisgaon is one of the important railway junctions under Bhusawal division of Central Railways. Situated on the Mumbai-Bhusawal railway line, this junction offers connectivity to Dhule

Dhule

Dhule is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India. It is one of the very few well-planned cities of India before Indian Independence.-Geography:Dhule is located at...

. A slip route of around 57 km is connected to Dhule city from Chalisgaon. Trains stopping at Chalisgaon include Punjab Mail

Punjab Mail

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, Jhelum Express, Howrah Mail, Vidarbha Express, Sevagram Express, Nagpur Pune Express, Maharashtra Express

Maharashtra express

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Chalisgaon is at junction of important highways viz. NH-211 Dhule-Aurangbad-Solapur, SH-18 Malegaon-Chalisgaon-Pachora-Bodwad-Nagpur and SH-24 Chalisgaon-Nandgaon.

Schools & Colleges

Schools and colleges in Chalisgaon include K.D.M.G.S. Ayurved College and Hospital,
Hirubhai Himabhai Patel prathmic Vidya Mandir,
Indira Gandhi Sindhi High School,
A. B. Boys' Highschool,
A. B. Girls' Highschool,
Good Shephard Convent School,
St. Joseph's Convent School (CBSE),
Rashtriya Vidyalaya,
Rashtiya Girls' Highschool,
Haribhau Chavan Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Ranjangaon,
Gurukul Vidyalaya(Tatyasaheb Samant Madhyamik Vidyalaya know more about Gurukul Vidyalaya (http://www.tsmvchalisgaon.in)),
Abhinav Vidyalaya (Kakasaheb Purnapatre Madhyamic Vidyalaya),
Rashtriya Arts Science & Commerce College,
Chalisgaon Education Society's B.P. Arts, S.M.A. Science & K.K.C. Commerce College,
Chalisgaon Education Society's K. R. Kotkar Junior College,
Tahejeeb Urdu Highschool, and Anglo Urdu Highschool Ghat Road,
Tahezib Urdu High School ,Musa Qadri Nagar Chalisgaon.

Tourist Places

Chalisgaon has tourist attractions. Patanadevi is a Hemadpanthi

Hemadpanthi

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 temple and archaeological site

Archaeological site

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. It is surrounded by the dense vegetation of the Gautala Outram Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary. During the Monsoon

Monsoon

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s the Dhawaltirtha Waterfall is active in the mountains. Also Girna Dam is popular place when its overflowed.

The famous mathematician 'Bhaskaracharya' was lived here and written a book 'Leelavati' in the forest of Patanadevi.

The mountains are filled with caves, including Pittalkhora Caves, and the place where Digambar Jain Saint Bhavsagar Maharaj was given his last rituals.

Mudaidevi temple is situated on the banks of the river Titur.

From Chalisgaon world famous Ajanta

Ajanta

The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 29 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE. The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of both Buddhist religious art as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya...

 and Ellora caves are at the distance of 110 and 65 km respectively.