Amravati
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- This article is about the city in Maharashtra. For ancient town in Andhra Pradesh, see Amravati in Andhra Pradesh, or for other meanings of the word, see Amaravati
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Amravati
Maharashtra • India |
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| District(s) | Amravati |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
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| Codes • Postal • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 444 60x • +0721 • MH 27 |
| Website: amravati.nic.in | |
Amravati (also known as Amrawati or Amraoti) is a city in the state of Maharashtra in India. It is believed to be the city of lord Indra, the king of all gods. It has very historical temples of Goddess Ambadevi and Mahanubhava's Lord ShriKrishna Temple.
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[edit] Geography
Amravati is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 343 metres (1125 feet). It lies 156 km (97 miles) west of Nagpur, and serves as the administrative center of Amravati District and of Amravati Division. As with so many other small cities in India, Amravati is growing rapidly in terms of living quality. New flyovers and roads are being built to renovate the city, and other improvements like new traffic signals are underway under IRDP (Integrated Road Development Programme)implemented by government of Maharashtra
The town is located near the passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna basin to the West and the Wardha basin to the East. Amravati is a growing industrial center, with cotton mills as an important industry.
The town is expanding toward Badnera, 10 km to the south, which is the location of the railway junction where the branch railway line serving Amravati joins the main Mumbai - Bhusawal - Wardha - Nagpur - Howrah rail route.
National Highway 6 from Hajira (Surat) to Kolkatta passes through the city, which is part of Asian Highway 6.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,GRIndia Amravati had a population of 549,370. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amravati has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Amravati Mythological
Amravati Mythological: Temple of goddess Amba is one of the famous spiritual in Amravati. In Navaratri there is a fare for 9 days where in people from all near by towns and cities participate. Elder tell that when Lord Krishna Ran away with Rukhamini from her wedding ceremony, he used a tunnel laying from Amba Devi temple to Koundynapur- another spiritual place, This tunnel is still there and is now closed. researching team tried to investigate about length of this tunnel but in vain.
[edit] Amravati Historical
Freedom fighter Bhagat singh was hiding for 3 days in Amravati during his underground tenure and he frequently visited Hanuman Akhada ( A Gym) during that time.
[edit] Education
Amravati has emerged as an educational center offering many programs including medical and engineering courses. In addition to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, both a Government College of Engineering (http://www.gcoea.ac.in/) and a Government Polytechnic are located in Amravati. V.Y.W.S. College of Engineering is located at Badnera. New engineering colleges are coming up with every year, the latest additions being HVPM's Engg. College and the Sipna College of Engg. and Technology. There are some excellent high schools around the area with Golden Kids English High School, Holly Cross, Dyanmata (St. Joseph) and St. Francis High School being the pioneers in providing quality English medium education.
There are lots of Junior Colleges helping in education for the students from various parts of Maharashtra, they are
Brijlal Biyani Science College
Shri Shivaji Science College
Kesharbai Lahotie ( College of Commerce )
Vidyabharti Science College( Provides Senior Level education also )
"Hanuman Wyayam Prasarak Manadal" is a sports school of Amravati where thousands of students from all over India come to learn sports
[edit] Industry
Amravati finds home for popular Hindi-cinema film distributors for CP & Berar regions. Many of them have offices near Jai-Stambh, essentially the midpoint of the city. The city has lots of millionaires, most of them movie distributors and textile mill owners. Since it is located centrally in the country, Amravati has remained one of the most important commercial cities.
Amravati is also known for the famous Physical Education Institution the Hamuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal (popularly known as HVPM) founded by Late Dr. Shivajirao Patwardhan. This institution was established in the year 1928. This institute trains in most sports, including some foreign sports such as Taikwando. It is located in the old part of the city. HVPM has two large running track and also stadium, an international level swimming pool and two indoor stadiums. Students all over India come to train in various athletic disciples. The institution was founded as an akhaaraa (Gymnastic Club)) in 1914, by Vaidya Brothers, Shri Anant Krishna and Ambadas Krishna Vaidya.
Amravati is home to "Tapovan", society for leprosy affected people established by late Dr. Shivajirao Patvardhan in the year 1968. The campus of Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University is located near to it.
Amravati district has been traditionally a cotton growing area with the climate suited to textile production. It is also home to "Shivtekdi", a popular hilltop place with hundreds of people jogging in that area. Efforts are being done to revamp the "Maaltekdi", to make it a healthy destination for all early exercisers. Students and professionals from Amravati are scatterred all over the world and contributing towards globalization.
Though Amravati is improving it still has a long way to go to become one of the dominant cities in the state. Amravati has excellent grade of two pharmacy colleges, One is Vidybharti Pharmacy college and other is Government Pharmacy college. Both the colleges providing good educational, experimental and research facilities.
[edit] Governance
The current Member of Legislative Assembly is Dr. Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh of the Indian National Congress (INC). He is also a Minster of State for Finance and Planning, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and Command Area Development in the Government of Maharashtra. He is the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha, Maharashtra. He also serves as the present Vice-Chairman of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC).
The current Member of Legislative Council is Mr. Jagdish Motilal Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The current Member of Parliament is Mr. Anant Gudhe of the Shivsena.
The current Mayor is Mr. Ashok Dongre of the Indian National Congress (INC), while Chetan Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is the Deputy Mayor.
