Jintur
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Jintur is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
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 in Parbhani district
Parbhani District
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 in the India
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 of Maharashtra
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Geography

Jintur is located at 19.62°N 76.7°E. It has an average elevation of 455 metres (1492 feet).

Demographics

India census
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, Jintur had a population of 38,109. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jintur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 56%. In Jintur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Important places

1.Jain Temple

An ancient Jain Temple is situated 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Jintur called Nemgiri. This has seven caves and Idols of Bhagvan Mahaveer, Bhagvan Adinath, Bhagvan Shantinath, Bhagvan Neminath, Bhagvan Parshwanath, Nandishwar and Bhagvan Bahubali. Bhagvan Neminath idol is the largest Padmasanastha Idol and Bhagvan Parshwanath Idol is rested on a small stone of about 3 to 4 in (76.2 to 101.6 mm) diameter. This idol is about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. It is an old temple and for last 400 years it has been created by King sanghavi and his family and nowadays maintained by the Digamber Jain samaj Jintur.
Two more Digamber Jain temple situated in city, one is Shree Parshvanath Digamber Jain Mandir(Nice Glass work to see here) and another one is Shree Mahaveer Digamber Jain Mandir.

2."Shri Nrusimha Temple Varud" and "Shri Santoba Samadhi Mandir"

Interesting places

There are many places around Jintur, specially Aundha Naganatha Temple 43 km (26.7 mi) from the Jintur, this is one of the very ancient temple, Yeladari dam 12 km (7.5 mi) and a very good place to visit, Charthana, Mainnapuri, Ganeshpur is near from jintur there is temple of ganesha every sankshti chaturthi people come from jintur by walk ganeshpur is around 24 km from jintur

Education

There are many good institutions around the town, like Dyneshwar Vidyalay, Jawahar Vidyalay,ITI Jintur, DSM college and Government Polytechnic and
Viasrao Deshmukh Urdu High School & Jr. College.

Conectivity

Town has been connected to parbhani, Hingoli, Aurangabad by road. Nearest Railway Station Parbhani 43 Km, Nearest airport Nanded 100 km and Aurangabad 160 km.
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