Partur is a city and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Jalna district

Jalna district

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 in the India

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 of Maharashtra

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Geography

Partur is located at 19.6°N 76.22°E. It has an average elevation of 439 metres (1440 feet). Godavari is major river flows through various villages of Partur. The main source of income is Agriculture. Most of the people in this area are Farmers. Major Crop is Cotton, Arhar, Sorghum, Wheat, Sugar Cane.

Demographics

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, Partur had a population of 28,941. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Partur has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 54%. In Partur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Rail

Partur railway station is located on the Hyderabad - Mumbai (via Manmad) line under Division of South Central Railway(SCR) jurisduction. Partur is well connected through rail with Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Manmad, Latur, Parbhani, Parli Vaijnath, Osmanabad, Mudkhed, Adilabad, Basar, Nizamabad, Daund etc. Ajanta Express between Secunderabad and Manmad is the most prestigious train passing through this station. The Nanded(NED)-Amritsar Sachkhand Express and Madurai-Manmad Express(now Rameswaram-Okha Exp)do not have stop at Partur.

Road

Partur is well connected to Pune, Aurangabad, Akola, Nanded, Latur, Hyderabad through state road transport.

Education

Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya known as JNV are Indian schools for talented children and form a part of the system of gifted education
is situated in Partur.
Schools : Lal Bahadur Shastri High School, Z. P. High School amongs oldest in city.
Higher Eduactional Institute Provides Arts, Science Commerce Graduation in this area.

Utility Services

Electricity is provided and distributed by Maharashtra State Elictricity Distribution Company Ltd. Consumption of electricity is growing faster than production capacity. The largest telephone service provider is the BSNL, which held a monopoly over fixed line and cellular services, and provides fixed line as well as mobile WLL services.

Cell phone coverage is extensive, and the main service providers are AirTel, Vodafone Essar, BSNL, Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular and Tata Indicom. Both GSM and CDMA services are available in the city. BSNL provides broadband internet service.

Banks

State Bank of Hyderabad is one of the oldest Nationalised bank in City. Many other Banks provides financial services to farmers like State bank of India, Co-oprative Banks.