Kalameshwar Bramhani | |
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city | |
Coordinates: 21°13′56″N78°55′05″E / 21.2321022°N 78.9179599°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Nagpur |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Council |
• Body | Kalameshwar-Bramhani |
Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 70,000 |
Demonym | Nagpurkar |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 441501 |
Vehicle registration | MH-40 |
Website | www.mckalmeshwar.org/ |
Kalameshwar-Bramhani is a city and a municipal council also a major Industrial hub in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. [1] It is connected to National Highways NH-353I, NH-353J and NH-547E.
As of 2001 [update] India census, [2] Kalmeshwar had a population of 17,241. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kalmeshwar has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 71%. In Kalmeshwar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Year | Male | Female | Total Population | Change | Religion (%) | |||||||
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Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikhs | Buddhist | Jain | Other religions and persuasions | Religion not stated | |||||
2001 [3] | 9052 | 8279 | 17331 | - | 90.566 | 3.150 | 0.340 | 0.496 | 5.256 | 0.190 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
2011 [4] | 10047 | 9531 | 19578 | 12.965 | 88.472 | 3.826 | 0.306 | 0.725 | 6.579 | 0.077 | 0.000 | 0.015 |
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Kalmeshwar (Marathi: कळमेश्वर) Name after the god Kadambeshwar (Mahadev). Kalmeshwar is an industrial town. Hence, people from various part of the country living here. Dhapewada and Adasa are two important tourist places near Kalmeshwar.
Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in the Government of India. Sri. Nitin Gadkari hails from the Kalmeshwar Taluka. Sri. Seshrao Krishnarao Wankhede was a cricket administrator and politician also hails from the Kalmeshwar taluka. Wankhede cricket Stadium a prominent international cricketing venue build in Mumbai under his leadership, which is named after him.
The governing body for Kalmeshwar city is Municipal council [4] There are 17 wards in Kalmeshwar city from which 17 cooperators are elected by people.[5] In the same way separate election takes place for the post of Mayor. Mayor has been getting elected directly by people and then he/she needs to prove the majority of cooperators. Recently gram panchayat Bramhani and kalmeshwar are merged, Population of kalmeshwar increased more than 70000 (Approx) Cooperators are responsible for all the developmental work in their wards. There are different committees for different work.
Kalmeshwar is also the taluka headquarter and Panchayat Samiti. There are 106 villages under Kalmeshwar taluka and 51 Gram Panchayats. [5] Kalmeshwar is under Saoner Vidhan Sabha constituency [6] and Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency.
Kalmeshwar MIDC has almost 150 industrial plot.
In December 2018, Central Railway (CR) proposed a LHB plant at Kalmeshwar of investment of Rs.500 Cr, which has the potential to garner 700 direct and 2000 indirect employment, moved to Bhusawal, due land acquisition issue. This is widely seen as a major setback not only for the industrial town but for the Vidarbha region.
Agricultural is well developed in town, though they don't have any surface irrigation facility and groundwater condition not so good in the region. Local farmers are the main supplier of vegetable and milk to the Nagpur city, especially cabbage.
Once very famous for its orange market, however due to continuous bad orange harvest and change in weather pattern, farmer stop growing the oranges. Eventually the famous orange market completely diminished.
Kalmeshwar is just 25 km from Nagpur in north-west direction and hence directly connected with Nagpur by road and railway. NH-353J Nagpur-Katol-Warud is passing through Kalmeshwar town. NH 547E Kalmeshwar-Gondkhari connecting Kalmeshwar with National Highway 6 (India, old numbering), 12 km south of the city. Hence this highway provide connectivity with Hingna MIDC as well as Butibori MIDC through Outer Ring Road. MH SH Kalmeshwar-Savner connecting Kalmeshwar with Savner and NH 69.
Kalmeshwar is connected to the rest of Maharashtra by railway network. Kalmeshwar railway station is situated in the town outskirt.
Kalmeshwar is also connected with the buses of state transport(MSRTC). All the buses on the way to Katol and Warud stops here. Regular buses are running between Nagpur, Katol, Savner, Dapewada, Mohapa, Gondkhari etc.
Nagpur city bus service (i.e. STAR BUS) is also available from Nagpur at regular interval.
Kalmeshwar comes under Nagpur metropolitan area and hence large number of educational institutes exist in the Kalmeshwar area.
Institutes near Kalmeshwar include-
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