Niphad

िनफाड (Niphad)
—  town  —
िनफाड (Niphad) Location of िनफाड (Niphad) in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	20°05′00″N 74°07′00″E / 20.0833°N 74.1167°E / 20.0833; 74.1167Coordinates: 20°05′00″N 74°07′00″E / 20.0833°N 74.1167°E / 20.0833; 74.1167
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Nashik
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Population • Density	9,274 (1971[update]) • 9 /km2 (23 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	1,053 square kilometres (407 sq mi) • 569 metres (1,867 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 422303 • Telephone • +02550 • Vehicle • MH 15

Niphad (Marathi: निफाड) is the name of a town, and of the taluka headquartered there, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. The Marathi name signifies a place without mountains; indeed, the taluka's topography is fairly level with hardly even any hills.

Niphad's latitude and longitude coordinates are 20°5′0″N 74°7′0″E / 20.083333°N 74.116667°E / 20.083333; 74.116667. Located northeast of Nashik proper, the taluka borders Sinnar, Nashik, Dindori, Chandwad, and Yeola Talukas and Ahmednagar District and has no direct ocean access. Niphad Sub-Division comprises Niphad, Sinnar, and Yeola Talukas.

Niphad Town

About 40 km (25 mi) just North of due east of Nashik, the town lies on the Nashik–Aurangabad Highway, and has a station on the Mumbai–Nagpur section of the Central Railway. Though its villages' facilities are improving, the town remains the local Transportation and Communication Hub as well as the seat of Government and law enforcement with Additional District Courts serving Niphad,Yeola and Pimpalgaon Baswant courts and the center for Medical and Veterinary care, Trade, Banking (with State Bank and Land Development Bank branches), and education (through High schools,Junior Colleges,Senior Colleges,Government ITI and other technical Institutes ).

Niphad Town is home to a number of Hindu temples dedicated to various deities as well as a dargah and a few mosques. A Traditional fair in honour of Shree Khandoba (not to be confused with the other Khandoba fair in Chandori in the taluka) is held on Magha Shuddha Paurnima and attracted over 2,000 participants annually in the time of the 1975 Gazetteer.

Niphad Taluka

Agrarian Niphad is one of the district's most fertile—and flood-prone—talukas.

Its major rivers are the Godavari and its tributary the Kadawa; as of 1975 irrigation was achieved by means of the Vadali river bandhara near the taluka in addition to "well over a hundred" wells within it.

Sugarcane is one of its most important agricultural products and is the basis for its sugar refining and alcohol distilling industry, conducted at its two co-operative sugar factories, the Niphad Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in Bhausahebnagar and the Karmaveer Kakasaheb Wagh Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in Kakasahebnagar, major factories of wines in Vinchur MIDC area like VINSURA, VINSULA, VINEYARDS.

Other major crops include onion, grapes, soyabean, tomato and flowers, exported internationally, as well as wheat, gram, onions, and other vegetables and grains (bajra, jovar, tur).

In the 1971 Census, the taluka's total population was 216,641, up from 124,727 in 1951.

Niphad Town is notable as the birthplace of the reformer Mahadev Govind Ranade.

Villages

There are 136 villages in Niphad Taluka.

Ahergaon, Anterweli, Aurangpur, Behed, Bharwas, Bhendali, Bhuse, Bokaddara, Brahmangaon Vanas, Brahmangaon Vinchur, Brahmanwade, Chandori, Chapadgaon, Chatori, Chehadi Kh., Chitegaon, Dahigaon, Darna Sangvi, Datyane, Davachawadi, Deogaon, Dhanore, Dharangaon Khadak, Dharangaon Veer, Dongargaon, Gajarwadi, Golegaon, Gondegaon, Jivhale, Jalgaon, Kanlad, Karanjgaon, Karanji Kh., Karsul, Kathargaon, Khadak Malegaon, Khangaon Najik, Khangaon Thadi, Khede/Mauje Khde, Khedlezunge, Kokangaon, Kolgaon, Kotamgaon, Kothure, Kumbhari, Kundewadi, Kurudgaon, Lalpadi, Lasalgaon (Urban Area I), Lonwadi, Mahajanpur, Manjargaon, Manori Kh., Maralgoi Bk., Maralgoi Kh., Mhalsakore, Mukhed, Naitale, Nandgaon, Nandur Kh., Nandur Madhmeshwar, Nandurdi, Narayan Tembhi, Narayangaon, Nimgaon Wakada, Niphad, Oney, Ozar (Urban area 2), Pachore k., Pachore Kh., Pachore Wani, Palkhed, Panchakeshwar, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Pimpalgaon Najik, Pimpalgaon Nipani, Pimpalas, Pimpri, Ranwad, Rasalpur, Raulas, Redgaon Bk., Rui, Sakore, Sarole Kh., Sarole Thadi, Sawargaon, Sawli, Saykhede, Shimpi Takali, Shingve, Shirasgaon, Shirvadewakad, ShirwadeWani, Shivadi, Shivare, SonewadiBk, Sonewadi Kh., Sukene Kasabe, Sukene Mauje, Sundarpur, Takali Vinchur, Talwade, Tamaswadi, Tarukhedle, Thergaon, Thetale, Ugaon, Umbarkhed, Vadali Najik, Varhedarna, Vinchur, Wahegaon, Wakad, Wavi, Welapur, bhausahebnagar

References

General

• Falling Rain Genomics. Maps, Weather, and Airports for Niphad, India.

• National Informatics Centre, Collectorate, Nashik. Nashik District maps.

The Gazetteer

The 1975 Gazetteer, a revision of the 1883 first edition—both editions use the former spelling of Nashik—compiles a wealth of information about the district:

• Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra. Kunte, B. G., exec. ed. Nasik District Gazetteer, second edition (revised). Bombay: Government Central Press, 1975.

An electronic transcription is available online:

• Pathak, Arunchandra S., exec. ed. The 1975 Gazetteer, with some supplementary material. 2004.

Information on Niphad specifically may be found throughout the Gazetteer: see especially the chapter on Places.

The major drawback of the Gazetteer is its age; little or no information was updated for the 2004 electronic version, and since it was compiled over a period of more than two decades, some of its data and descriptions may have already been out of date at the time of its publication in 1975. Therefore, it is not appropriate to uncritically apply its statements and conclusions to Nashik District in the present day.

Other Official Reports

• Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. "Maharashtra: List of industries having adequate facilities to comply with the standards/List of the industries not having adequate facilities to comply with the standards." Online.

• Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Environmental Department, Government of Maharashtra. "Report on Environmental Status of Nashik Region Maharashtra." Publication date uncertain, but no earlier than August 2005. Online.

• Relief and Rehabilitation Division, Revenue and Forests Department, Government of Maharashtra. "Nashik District Disaster Management Plan." Online.