Yeola

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state_name = Maharashtra
district = Nashik
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Yeola (or Yevla) is a town and a municipal council and a taluka headquarters in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Yeola is 29 kilometres south of Manmad on the Manmad - Ahmednagar road. Yeola is 35 kilometers from Shirdi and is 260 kilometres northeast of Mumbai. It has a station on the Belapur–Manmad rail route. Aurangabad Domestic Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport are the nearest airports.

Formerly, Yeola was under the control of the Emperor of Delhi and later it was handed over to the Maharajas of Satara and then to the Peshwa. Finally, it was given as a gift to Vithal, the ancestor of the chief of Vinchur. Yeola is the birthplace of the revolutionary leader Tatya Tope.

Yeola is a major handloom weaving center and the "Shalu" and "Paithani" silk saris woven here find a prominent place in the markets of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh as well as internationally. It is also famous for gold and silver wire. Places of tourist interest include Muralidhar Temple, Jumma Mosque, and Parshvanath Temple.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Yeola had a population of 43,205. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yeola has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 66%. In Yeola, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Famous people

Tantya Tope

History

Yeola has a temple of Makardhwaj, son of Hanuman.

B.R. Ambedkar urged "dalits", at a conference in this town on October 13, 1935 to convert out of Hinduism due to that religion's classification of them as outcasts.

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