- Goregaon, Maharashtra
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For the Mumbai suburb, see Goregaon (Mumbai suburb).
Goregaon — city — Coordinates 18°10′N 73°18′E / 18.17°N 73.3°ECoordinates: 18°10′N 73°18′E / 18.17°N 73.3°E Country India State Maharashtra District(s) Raigad Population 6,868 (2001[update]) Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Area
• 28 metres (92 ft)
Goregaon is a census town in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Geography
Goregaon is located at 18°10′N 73°18′E / 18.17°N 73.3°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 28 metres (91 ft).
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Goregaon had a population of 6868. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Goregaon has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Goregaon, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
History
Goregaon is a small town in the Raigad district and Mangaon Tehsil of Maharashtra, is an educational center from years to the peripheral area. Situated near to the river Kal, Goregaon is well resourceful with WATER, Electricity, Education, Culture, NATURE and many more. The original name was "Ghodegaon", the combination of Ghode (Horses) and Gaon (Village), which was main Horse trading centre in the rule of Chatrapati Shivaji. There is nearby village named "Ghodeghoom" at 10 km distance on steep hilltop.The warriors used to purchase horse from Goregaon (Ghodegaon) market after trial round at Ghodeghoom. There are three lakes in the village made to cater the water supply for the horse market. Goregaon has beautiful ancient temple of Mallikarjun (Lord Shiva) on the top of green hillock.
Goreganv, formerly known as Ghodeganv (T. Manganv; 18°05' N, 73° 15' E; p. 3,678; RS. Khopoli, 53 m.) an inland port in the Manganv taluka, lies about six miles (10 km) north-west of Dasganv and two miles (3 km) south of the junction of the Ghod and the Kal, where they meet the tide from the Savitri river. Boats of about twelve tons (50 khandi) pass up to Goreganv but compared to road traffic little is endeavoured by sea, as Konkan-Goa State Highway has made it extremely economic and easy to transport goods to all parts of the country. Goreganv is probably a very old trade centre, the Hippokura (Ghodekula) of Ptolemy (A. D. 150). Ptolemy (Bertius's Edition, 198, 205) has two Hippokuras one on the coast, the other inland. The inland Hippokura is mentioned as the capital of Baleokuros, which Professor Bhandarkar (MS.) identifies with the Vidivayakuras, a branch of the Satakarnis who ruled at Kolhapur. No name of Kolhapur resembling Hippokura has been discovered.] Ptolemy has Balipatna and Hippokura south of Symulla or Ceul. Of these Balipatna is probably Palepattan or the city of Pale, the modern village of Pale about two miles (3 km) to the north-west of Mahad possessing Buddhist caves. Hippokura has been supposed to be Ghodbunder in Salsette. But Ghodeganv seems a more likely identification, as its position at the limit of navigation on the northern branch of the Banakot river must have made it an early centre of trade. Till 1718 it was the headquarters of a petty division. Afterwards it was ceded to the Pesava by the Habsi, and in those disturbed times is said to have more than once been burnt. In 1826 Ghodeganv is mentioned as the terminus of two routes from Poona by the Dev and Kumbha passes. It has a country town or kasha, with 500 houses and forty shops and some temples and wells. [Clunes' Itineiary, 40.]
Among the old temples the temple of Mallikarjun or Siddhesvar is said to have been built about 800 years ago. The shrine is said to be self-originated or Svayambhu. Situated on the top of the hill, bounding the village to the north, it is 413 feet (126 m) in height. The Ganapati temple has a building which though unimposing is only of its kind in India, for the fact that the shrine has its upper half of the body of a male and the lower half that of a female. Existence of sricakra marks another distinguishing feature of this temple. The temple of Vithoba is 200 years old and has fine specimens of sculpture and carving on the pillars. To the north of the village on a descent there is the dargah of Daud Malik, a well known Muslim Fir. The village has three water tanks dating back from the ancient times. They are: (1) Gaotalav occupying an area of 12 acres (49,000 m2), (2) Visnu Talav with a ' Haud ' or tank in the centre and occupying 8 acres (32,000 m2) of land and (3) Ram Talav spread over an area of 4 acres (16,000 m2). Due to the availability of water the Maratha armies used to camp at Goreganv and the nearby villages of Vaki and Hurdi. The noted tamdies of Adhikaris, Desais and Potdars have settled here and the first of these has a history of 400 years.
Since 1955 a scheme to supply water through pipes has been implemented at the cost of Rs. 4,00,000. Supply of water is ensured by putting a bund across the river Kal half a mile up the stream. A scheme is approved to provide the village with electricity by the end of 1961.
In memory of late Sri Vaman Malhar Josi, a celebrated MarathI writer, a building is erected in which a library named Jnyana Vikas Vacanalaya has been housed. It is recognised as the taluka library and has many books in English and Marathi besides daily and weekly papers and magazines.
More recently, an NGO called SHARE has its office in Madina Complex, Goregaon Shrivardhan Road, Goregaon. Villagers from 5 Talukas including Mangaon visit Goregaon to meet the SHARE officials.
References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Goregaon
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
On the border of Goregaon Village there is a "SAMAJ SAMATA MANDIR HALL AND LORD BUDDHA'S TEMPLE". The temple and hall is a buitiful example of Sarva Dharma Samabhav. Said Temple and Samaj Samata mandir is Build by Panchashil Bouddha jana seva samiti Goregaon Vibhag. Dalit Mitra Late Advocate Chandrakant Adhikari who was 1st sarpancha of Goregaon village for 12 years, and coworker of Br. Babasaheb Ambedkar in his Khoti abolition movement and who was one of the trustees of samiti, was main brain behind this Samaj Samata Mandir and temple project. He devoted many years for this project though he was about above 75 years old. People from all the cast and creeds and religions contributed for the project since 1980.The Project and hall is use full for multipurposes as this is on state highway to shriwardhan. In Goregaon SECULAR EDUCATION TRUST GOREGAON is running 3 schools 1. Zainab Tobaccowala Secular School ( English Medium ) from 1st standard to 10nth standard 2. Chandrakant Adhikari Vidyalaya (Marathi Midium) from 8th standard to 10nth standard 3.) Karuna Kinder Garten (Preprimary Kinder). Garten. Mr. Uday Adhikari Advocate is chairman of secular Education trust Goregaon.
Categories:- Cities and towns in Raigad district
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