Ralegaon

For the village in the Ahmedanagar district, see Ralegaon Siddhi.
Ralegaon
राळेगांव
town
Ralegaon

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 20°25′0″N 78°31′00″E / 20.41667°N 78.51667°E / 20.41667; 78.51667Coordinates: 20°25′0″N 78°31′00″E / 20.41667°N 78.51667°E / 20.41667; 78.51667
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Government
  Type Nagar Panchayat
Elevation 248 m (814 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 13,766
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 445402
Telephone code 07202
Vehicle registration MH-29
Nearest city Yavatmal
Lok Sabha constituency Yavatmal-Washim
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ralegon

Ralegaon (राळेगांव) is Tahsil place town in Yavatmal District of Maharashtra (India). It is located in Vidarbha region of Maharashra. Geographically it is located northwest from Yavatmal. It is located 42 km away from Yavatmal and 21 km away from the Kalamb which is on Nagpur-Yavatmal road. And just 41 km from city Wardha.

This is a border taluka between Yavatmal district and Wardha District.

This town is special in production of cotton and also in soya bean and other pulses. There are about 10 ginning and pressings in this taluka and one raw oil mill. It also has a S.T. depot.

Formerly this town was part of Pandharkawada Taluka in Yavatmal district and then it became Taluka Place.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Ralegaon had a population of 13,766. Males constitute about 51.23% of the population and females about 48.77%.

This is the taluka headquarters in Yavatmal district and has various saw mills. It also has Ginning and Pressing Mills. H.P industries is the biggest Ginning and pressing mill in ralegaon. it has a production house of 40000 bails per year. It is also one of the adivasi (Scheduled Tribe) tehsil in Maharashtra. MLA seat of this Taluka reserved for Scheduled Tribe community candidate.

Education

This place is having one of the very old High School, Names as New English High School, which was founded by Mr. Raghuvir Singh Geharwal in year 1954. This is one of the best education institute in Taluka. Other schools are Netaji High School, Virani School, Mahavir School etc. For Junior college all faculties education is available(Arts, Science, Commerce). For bachelor's degree only Arts and Commerce is available. If you want to do any other field then you need to go to district place. Now this city also having some D.Ed and B.Ed. college. Nowadays English medium schools also opened in Ralegaon, which follows CBSE pattern. So from Kinder Garden to 10th class education available in full English medium

Places to Visit

1. Garden Near Talav: This is newly created park just on the side of the Talav.

2. Hanuman Mandir, Raveri: Just 2.5 km from Ralegaon, there is village Raveri. This village is having very old Hanuman Temple. This is very huge statue of God Hanuman. Also near to that there is Sita temple, which was built from Ramayan Time.

3. Ramtirth: Riverside village nearly 7 km from Ralegaon

4.yavati village is the femous village for doma gaht and there are sona mata temple, we can say this is pure relagins place for place

Transport

This town is connected via only State Transport(S.T) bus. S.T. having depot at Ralegaon. Buses for Yavatmal, Amarawati, Nagpur, Wardha, Amrawati, Chandrapur runs from Ralegaon. Nearest railway station is Wardha & Dhamangaon. Nearest airport is Nagpur.

Languages

Marathi, Gondi, Banjara are most commonly spoken languages in this Taluka

Climate

As per normal vidarbha, this town is also very hot during summer. During Summer temperature from 40 -45 °C and during winter and rainy season maximum up to 30 °C.

See also

References

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