Narkhed is a town and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is about 87 km north-west of Nagpur. It is the administrative headquarters of Narkhed taluka, one of the 14 talukas of this district. It is located in the "orange belt" and is a major center for orange-trading.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India
census,
Narkhed had a population of 21,536. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Narkhed has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 67%. In Narkhed, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Culture
Festivals include
Holi,
Diwali,
Navratri, Pola. Melas take place on Holi, Dasara and Pola.
Ganesh Utsav and
Navratras Mela are famous in nearby
Eid-ul-Fitr,
Christmas and
New Year are celebrated.
Climate
The climate is hot and humid. About 100–120 cm rainfall occur each year. In winter the average minimum temperature is about 9-15 °C. In summer the average maximum temperature is about 38-45 °C.
Administration
The governing body for Narkhed city is the Municipal council.
[ narkhedelection.org] The 17 wards each elect a corporator. A separate election takes place for Mayor. Shri Abhijeet Ramesh Gupta is the Mayor. His grandfather, the late Shri Balmukundji Gupta, was the founding Mayor of the Narkhed Municipal Council, and his father, the late Shri Ramesh Balmukundji Gupta, was Mayor for 22 years.
Mayors and councillors are responsible developmental work in their wards. Different committees supervise different works.
Narkhed is the taluka headquarters and Panchayat Samiti. 138 villages come under Narkhed taluka with 70 .
Court
There is Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court at Narkhed having around 20 lawyers. Adv. Sadhana S. Badiye is the first woman to join the Narkhed court as a lawyer in the year 1990.
Economy
The economy of Narkhed depends primarily on agriculture. Commercial activities increase during orange season.
Agriculture
Narkhed is a major producer of oranges. Cash crops other than orange include
cotton,
, wheat,
jower and rice. Tul, Moong and Harbara cultivate in the
taluka. Because of the demand for vegetables in
Nagpur, market farmers grow vegetables throughout the year. Rabi and
kharif have taken in Narkhed.
Irrigation
Agriculture mostly depends on rainfall. Farmers supplement with wells, river water, irrigation dams and canals. Pimpalgoan Wakhaji is the biggest irrigation dam. Other irrigation dams include Kar dam, Paradsinga dam, Ambada dam. Rivers including Wardha, Jam, Mandakini, Wandali and Kolar are used for irrigation of the
Rabi crop, but farmers face serious water problems in summer making it difficult to maintain orange orchards.
Transport
Narkhed is connected with
Nagpur by good roads via
Katol and
Saoner, as well as by
Warud,
Multai,
Pandhurna, Pusla,
Shendurjana, Badchicholi, Seoni and others. MH SH 246 Sawargoan-Narkhed-Mowad passes through Narkhed. Its villages are connected by roads.
Bus
MSRTC buses services reach
Katol,
Mowad, Sawargoan and Jalalkheda. Buses connect
Nagpur,
Saoner,
Warud,
Morshi, Karanja.
Rail
Narkhed town is on the Chennai-New Delhi Grand trunk route. It directly connects with
Amravati by rail. The 138 km Narkhed-Amravati Railway line connects Narkhed with
Warud,
Morshi,
Chandur Bazar and
Amravati. All those places are in the orange producing belt, hence it provides connectivity and markets to orange producing farmers.
Amravati city is about 10 km from the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line connecting with
,
Mumbai,
Chennai,
Hyderabad,
Bangalore,
Pune,
Nagpur,
Kolhapur,
Bhopal,
Harda,
Indore,
Patna,
Ernakulam,
Amritsar,
Nanded,
Jabalpur,
Jaipur,
Raipur, Hinganghat and
Bhusaval. 18-20 trains have daily stops in Narkher Junction railway station.
