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Jamgaon | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Ahmadnagar |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | approx. 6,700 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 022488 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
| Vehicle registration | MH-16, |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ahmednagar south |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Parner |
| Website | maharashtra |
Jamgaon is a village in Parner taluka in Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra, India. [1] This village comes into Moderate income zone and rain shadow area but It is well known for diploma in education college, i.e.(D.ed). This village has a fort of great administrator and one of the chief of Army of Peshwa, Mahadaji Shinde, who got this area as a gift for there bravery called as a 'Jagir'. The fort is gifted to Rayat Shikshan Sanstha by Mahadji shinde's decedent. The main source of income for people is farming but still there are some intellectual families are there like Bora, Pol, Shinde, Navale, Khade and Pawar etc. There are many villagers bearing surname Shinde, this surname came from the maratha clan. Muslims also live together. Jamgaon is very famous for the temples, 'Rameshwar' and 'Malganga' are the main God and Goddesses of the village. All Hindu as well as Muslim and Christian festivals celebrate together. [2]
Parner taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Ahmednagar district is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar was the seat of the Ahmednagar Sultanate of late medieval period. This district is known for the towns of Shirdi associated with Sai Baba and Meherabad associated with Meher Baba, Shani shinganapur with Shanidev, Devgad with lord Dattatreya, Ahmednagar district is part of Nashik Division.Sangamner is the biggest city by development, market, population after the city of Ahmednagar.
Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity.
