Amravati district

Amravati district is a district of Maharashtra state in central India. Amravati is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Area 12,210 km²., population 2,607,160 (2001 census). Amravati District is bounded by Betul District of Madhya Pradesh state to the north, and by the Maharashtra districts of Nagpur to the northeast, Wardha to the east, Yavatmal to the south, Washim to the southwest, and Akola and Buldhana districts to the west. The district is 34.50% urban as of 2001. [http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm]

In 1905, Ellichpur District was merged into Amravati District.

Geography

The climate is tropical and people mostly use cotton clothes.The summer temperatures can go up the higher 40's.The Wardha River forms the eastern boundary of the district, and the eastern portion of the district lies within its watershed. The Purna River drains the southwestern portion of the district, while the northwest is drained by the Tapti River.

Here are some of the rivers in Amravati District, with their tributaries
*Tapti River
** Burshi River
** Surkhi River
** Tigria River
** Khandu River
** Khapra River
** Sangiya River
** Gadaga River
*Purna River
** Aarna River
** Pedhi River
** Shahanur River
*** Bhavkhuri River
** Chandrabhaga River
*** Bhuleswari River
** Vaan River
*Wardha River
** Vidarbha River
** Bor River

Important railway stations with their codes are Badnera (BD), Amravati (AMI)and are under Bhusawal-Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.

The other stations under meter gauge are Wan Road (WND), Dhulghat (DWT), Dabka are under Purna - Khandwa Section of South Central Railway.

The stations under narrow gauge are Daryapur, Anjangaon Surji and Achalpur under Narrow Gauge Branch lines viz Murtajapur-Achalpur of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.

Major towns

Achalpur, Anjangaon Surji, Chikaldara, Warud, Morshi, Shendurjana Ghat, Chandurbazar, Paratwada, Daryapur, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, Badnera, Dharni

Prominent persons

* Pratibha Patil First Woman President of India.
* Devisingh Shekhawat Educator and former Mayor of Amravati
* R.S.Gavai Governor of Kerala

* Rastra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj [1090-1968] Social reformer
* Gadge Maharaj [1876-1956] Social reformer
* Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh [1888-1965] Social reformer, educationist and Central Agriculture Minister.

* Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman of UGC
* Suresh Bhat [1932-2003] Marathi Poet - Marathi Ghazal Samrat

* Hemant Kanitkar Indian Cricker-1974

Places of interest

*Melghat Tiger Reserve, of Project Tiger
*Chikhaldara Hill Station
*Gugarnal National Park
*Wan Wildlife Sanctuary
*Gawilgarh Fort
* Ambadevi temple - Historic place to visit
* HVPM Institute - India's major sport institute
*Koudanyapur Birth Place of Rukmini
*Shahanur Dam, Anjangaon Surji
*Simbhora Dam, Morshi
*Deonath Math, Anjangaon Surji
*Ekveera Temple, Murha, Anjangaon Surji
*Vitthal Mandeer, Anjangaon Surji
*Bettle Leave Farming, Anjangaon Surji
*Saint Ruplal Maharaj, Anjangaon Surji
*Saint Gulab Baba Ashram, Takarkheda, Anjangaon Surji
*Khandeshwar Bhagawan Temple, Nandgaon Khandeshwar

Education in Amravati district

Engineering Colleges

*Government College of Engineering, Amravati
*Sipna Shikshan Prasarak Mandals College Of Engineering Amravati
*College Of Engineering Badnera, Amravati
*HVPM College Of Engineering, Amravati

Other Colleges

*Shri.Ramkrishna Krida Vidhyalaya and College.
*Bhartiya Mahavidhyalaya.
*Vidarbha Maha Vidhyalaya (VMV) College.
*Shri Shivaji Science and Arts College.

Medical Colleges

*Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College
*Pandit Jawaharlal Neheru Memorial instutute of Homeopathic Medical SciencesWits net computerA computer training institute stablished by mahammad Tanwir iqbal in 1 january 2008

External links

[http://amravati.nic.in Amravati district official website]