Bhusawal

Bhusawal
Rail city
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	204,016
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Bhusawal or Bhusaval (Marathi: भुसावळ) is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Geography

Bhusawal is located at 21°02′50.56″N 75°47′15.99″E. It has an average elevation of 209 metres (685 feet).

It is the biggest taluka of Jalgaon district, and situated on National Highway No. 6 (NH6). Bhusawal railway junction is one of the largest railway yards of the Indian subcontinent. The hinterland of Bhusawal is famous for banana cultivation. World Heritage famous Ajanta is about 60 km (via Jamner) from Bhusawal. The Major Village in Bhusawal is Khadke

Bhusawal is also known as Bhusaval. The spelling "Bhusaval" is used by the Railways (Central Government), while the spelling "Bhusawal" is used by the municipality. Generally People magazine spells it as "Bhusawal" or "Bhusaval" according to their preference.

Demographics

The total population of Bhusawal is 204,016. The male population of which is 105,164 while female population is 98,852.The literacy rate of Bhusawal Agglomeration is 90.53% which is higher than National Urban average of 85%. Literacy rate for male and female for Bhusawal stood at 94.94% and 85.89% respectively. Total literates in Bhusawal UA were 165,435 of which males were 88,928 and remaining 76,507 were females.

Religions in Bhusawal
Religion			Percent
Hindus			74%
Muslims			14%
Buddhists			8.6%
Christians			1.4%
Jains			1.7%
Others†			0.3%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

River

Bhusawal is located on the bank of Tapi river, The Tapti River (Hindi ताप्ती, Marathi तापी, Gujarati: તાપ્તી) ancient original name Tapi River (Sanskrit: तापी), is a river in central India. It is one of the major rivers of peninsular India with a length of around 724 kilometres (450 mi).

Transport

Road

Bhusawal is situated on National Highway No. 6 (NH6). Internal roads like Varangaon Road, Khadaka Road, Sakari Phata, Jamner Road, Jalgaon Road, Fekari over bridge are very congested in Bhusawal and also get connected to [NH 6], in total they have four exits from the town. Nasik (Hindu Pilgrimage place) is only 3+1⁄2 hours' journey by road and railway. Shegaon, famous place is also 120 km from Bhusawal.

Railway

• Bhuswal railway station has very good railway connectivity, and is an important divisional headquarters of Central Railway of the Indian Railways. It is on both the Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.
• The famous American 1956 movie, Bhowani Junction features a railway station that was modelled on the Bhusawal railway station.
• Bhusawal is a very big junction on Central Railway (The biggest railway station in Maharashtra).Mumbai–Delhi(North/West) & Mumbai-Kolkata (East/West) connections splits at this Junction.
• There is a Zonal Training Center for Railway Staff in Bhusawal. ZTC is the area known popularly.
• P.O.H. & M.O.H. are the two overhauling units work 24 hrs for maintenance of locomotive engines.
• When steam locomotives were used in India, this was a big Steam loco shed for the same and due to river Tapi, the train usually used to stop here to get water and stock for loco engines as well as passenger utility.
• A unique '#' crossing (known as diamond crossing) of railway line - which is in 90 degree to each other is seen here first.
• Bhusawal is the nearest such a railway junction to Ajanta (60 km away), where every train has a stop.
• Bhusawal railway yard is one of the biggest yard in Asia. It is second largest yard in Asia.

Delicacies of Bhusawal

Bhusawal is also famous for its banana cultivation. Traders from various parts of the country come to Bhusawal to buy raw bananas. Bananas are exported to different countries across the world. Lt Col Sanjoy Banerji, the famous photographer and adventurer hails from Bhusawal. Bhusawal is also known for its special white brinjals that are grown locally in the nearby areas. They often constitute the delicacies in local marriages, along with daal baati toop (a lentil dish served with ghee) served with peanut garlic chutney or famous eggplant sabji called vangyachi bhaji. In local hotels Shev Bhaji, spicy Bandyacha aluvada, and Bengan bharta and Dalgandori bhaji are served which are delicious.

Weather

The weather in Bhusawal is dry and hot. In the summer season temperatures reach around 46 to 49 degree Celsius, which amounts to the highest in the country. Now in 2010 summer period the temperature of this city cross their limit i.e. 49. In May-2010 the temperature came to souring 49.8 Due to so much high temperature diseases like Swine flu doesn't exist in Bhusawal

Wellness Foundation - Bhusawal said that Bhusawal is badly affected by global warming and local warming because of the presence of multiple power plants and factories. Ratio of tree cutting is also increasing. it was 49 in May 2010 and in DECEMBER 2011 it was 8.5 DC. and meter will rise rapidly again, this change is drastic and giving signs of dangers in the near future.

In fiction

The fictional Indian town of Bhowani, the setting of the historical novels Nightrunners of Bengal and Bhowani Junction by John Masters, is thought to be modeled on Bhusawal.

'27 Down', a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Awtar Krishna Kaul, features Bhusawal Railway Station, Railway Colony. Its storyline revolves around people working with Railways at Bhusawal and their families.

Director Vijaya Mehta's fil 'Pestonjee' (1988) also features Bhusawal.

Lt Col Sanjoy Banerji, the famous adventurer and photographer had published a photo feature on Bhusawal's Railways in National Geographic magazine.

External links

• Latest News On Bhusawal: http://www.ebrightmedia.com/article/