Hinganghat

Hinganghat
City
Hinganghat Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Government
• Type	Democracy
• Body	President of Municipal Council (pandari kapse)
Area rank	1
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	101,805
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	442301
Telephone code	07153
Vehicle registration	MH-32
Sex ratio	936 ♂/♀

Hinganghat is a city in Wardha district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city is administered by a municipal council and is located about 34 km (21 mi) from Wardha and 75 km (47 mi) from Maharashtra’s second capital Nagpur. Hinganghat is surrounded on two sides by the Vena River, which provides natural resources. National Highway 7, a part of the North-South Corridor, passes through the city. Hinganghat is located in the fertile Wardha Valley; it was historically a centre of the Indian cotton trade. The municipality of Hinganghat comprises about 76 villages and has a significant marwadi population. The main language spoken in Hinganghat is Marathi.

Geography

Hinganghat is located at . The city has an average elevation of 215 m (705 ft) above sea level, which is low in comparison to the surrounding region. As a result, the River Vena flows throughout the year. Apart from the river, the average depth of ground water is around 120 ft (37 m). The Hinganghat APMC market ranks second in the Vidarbha region.

The city is a hub of India's cotton industry; it has four large textile mills: R.S.R Mohota Mills, Pee Vee Textiles Private Limited, Gimatex Industries Private Limited, and Spinning and Weaving Mill of Hinganghat—locally called the Daga Mill and currently closed.There are good ginning industries including Prakash WhiteGold and eleven others. There is also a soybean oil industry and numerous small to medium scale dal mills and oil mills in the vicinity of Hinganghat.

Demographics

In 2011, Hinganghat's population is approximately 100,400 according to that year's census. Males constituted 52% of the population. Hinganghat's average literacy rate of 94% was higher than the Indian national average of 74%. The male literacy rate was 97% and female literacy rate was 90%. Many people live in Hinganghat but register their residences in other villages. This suggests that Hinganghat has a real population greater than that of Wardha. Hinganghat would be large enough to form its own district apart from Wardha, but it lacks sufficient hospitals and educational institutions. According to the Times of India, Hinganghat has the highest literacy rate of any city in Maharashtra. Literacy data analysed by UNICEF for cities with populations of more than 100,000 puts Hinganghat at the top, with a literacy rate of 94.34%, followed by Wardha (94.05%), Panvel (93.98%) and Gondia (93.70%).

Culture and religion

Jain temple in Hinganghat.

Bansilal Kochar developed the Jain temple in 1955, one of the more beautiful temples of the Vidarbha region. The decorations of the temple are made of glass.

The Temple of the Goddess Amba is an example of the religious architecture of the Vidarbha region. According to a local legend, when Lord Krishna abducted the Rukmini from her wedding ceremony, he used a tunnel from Ambadevi temple to Koundinyapur. Hinganghat is home to the world's largest statue of Lord Pandurang, which is 16 metres (52 ft) tall.

In Hinganghat, Garba is worshipped in Mata Mandir, "a temple of Mata Devi". It is the most important place in Navratri in Hinganghat and the oldest temple in the city and the landspace was donated by Ganpatro Sadashiv Mawle.

Transport and communications

Hinganghat Railway station

The Hinganghat railway station lies on the main Delhi to Chennai railway line. Express services include the Navjeevan, Nandigram, Dadar, Dakshin, G.T., Raptisagar Expresses, and Chennai Express.

National Highway 7 passes through Hinganghat.

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