Manmad

Manmad
—  city  —
Manmad Location of Manmad in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	20°15′N 74°27′E / 20.25°N 74.45°E / 20.25; 74.45Coordinates: 20°15′N 74°27′E / 20.25°N 74.45°E / 20.25; 74.45
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Nashik
Population	72,412 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 580 metres (1,900 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 423104 • Telephone • +02591 • Vehicle • MH 15,MH 41

Manmad (Marathi: मनमाड) is one of the cities in Nasik district in the state of Maharashtra state in India. It is the third largest city in Nasik district, with a population of approximately 125,000. Though it is bigger in area as well as in population compared to most of the Tehsils in the district it still does not have a Tehsil office.

Manmad houses the largest grain storage godowns in Asia administerd by Food Corporation of India and also the offices of the petroleum companies like Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and Indian Oil.The city also has a popular Sikh Gurudwara.^[1] Manmad is also one of the largest markets for onion producing farmers after Lasalgaon. Many of the farmers from nearby villages sell their farm produce in Manmad to wholesale traders, who in turn sell it in Mumbai. The Central Railway Engineering workshop at Manmad,^[2] which constructs and maintains railway bridges for central railways, completed 100 years of operation in December 2005. The Centralized Engineering Workshop is under the direct control of Chief Engineer, Central Railway, Mumbai. This workshop undertakes fabrication of steel structural items including Bridge Girders (longest span build so far is 400 ft or 122m – KRCL) approximately 1160 employees work in the Engineering Workshop.^[3]

Manmad is a major railway junction on Central Railway.There are seven railway lines converging at Manmad, One each from Bhusawal, Daund-Pune, Aurangabad-Hyderabad and the most important one from Mumbai. Manmad is a very crucial junction for all those who want to travel to Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Konkan or Bangalore. It is a city with majority of population dominated by Central Railway Employees . Now Survey has been started to lay the rails from Manmad to Indore and Manmad to Navapur, that will connect Central Railways to Western Railways.

Places to see in & around Manmad:
1. Ankai & Tankai Mountains (अनकाई किल्ला व टनकाई डोंगर).^[4]
2. Ankai Caves (अनकाई गुहा ).^[5]
3. Hadbichi Shendi (हडबीची शेंडी)),.^[6][7]
4. Nageshwar Temple at Nagapur (नागेश्वर मंदिर, नागापुर)is about three miles north-east of Manmad and is a carved Hemadpanti temple thirty-four feet long by twenty-six broad. [Dr. Burgess' List of Archaeological Remains.].^[8]

Ankai and Tankai forts (900 ft tall and situated at a height of 961 m - 3125 ft above sea level) of Satpuda/Chandwad range are situated about 8 km south of Manmad. Can be reached by railway from Ankai station or via road by bus going towards Shirdi or Aurangabad after getting down at Ankai. It has ancient caves, a lake and a temple of Agastya Muni, who has the honour of being the first Aryan to cross the Vindhya Mountains. These were said to be strong forts of that time and command a view of Khandesh and Godavari Valley.

Hadbichi Shendi (literally meaning "The tuft of hair of Habdi")

While travelling by train, a very prominent and curious looking hillock resembling the shape of "Thumbs up" is seen about 5 km before Manmad. As one approaches Manmad by train ,this Hadbi-chi Shendi like pinnacle of about 150 ft is visible from a distance. Walk from the station along "Dattamandir road" and further towards Katarni village will take you to this beautiful place. Its an easy scramble up to the base of the pinnacle. The last parts are exposed and difficult to climb, over rather unsafe rocks. This Shendi has been climbed by a few enthusiasts and it must be an exhilarating climb.

Geography

Manmad is located at 20°15′N 74°27′E / 20.25°N 74.45°E / 20.25; 74.45.^[9] It has an average elevation of 580 metres (1902 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[10] Manmad had a population of 72,412. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Manmad has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Manmad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Football clubs

D.N boys football club.

manmad boys football club.

R.G boys FC.

Schools

Shri Guru Gobind Singh English School

Madhya Railway Madhyamic Vidyalaya (मध्य रेल्वे माध्यमिक विद्यालय)

Chhatre New English School (छत्रे न्यु इंग्लिश स्कुल) (twitter.com/ChhatreNES) (www.facebook.com/pages/Chhatre-New-English-School-Manmad/156115744454625)

Central School (केंद्रिय विद्यालय)[Website: http://www.kvmanmad.net/].

V. N. Naik High School (वसंतराव नाईक हायस्कुल).

Mahatma Gandhi Arts, Commerce and Science College (महात्मा गांधी कला, वाणिज्य व विज्ञान उच्च महाविद्यालय).

ND MVP Junior Collage

St. Xavier High School (संत झेवियर विद्यालय).

K.R.T High School.

H.A.K High School Saint Barnaba high school Yeola Road

Notable Doctors

Dr. Dongargaonkar - Ophthalmologist

Dr. Kulkarni - MD Medicine

Dr. Shingi - MD Cardiology

Dr. Dharwadkar - Dermatologist

Dr. Sali - MS

Dr. Tuse - Gynecologist

References

1. ^ Manmad Gurudwara on langarsahib.org
2. ^ Inside the machine shop at Manmad Works, India, 1927
3. ^ Central Railway Bhusawal Administration
4. ^ Ankai-Tankai photos at ephotoz.blogspot.com
5. ^ Maharashtra Gazzetteer.
6. ^ Hadbichi Shendi at www.bhramanti.com
7. ^ Hadbichi Shendi at Panoramio.com.
8. ^ Maharashtra Gazzetteer.
9. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Manmad
10. ^ "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.