Pahur
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Pahur is a town on the banks of the river Waghur in Jalgaon district
, Maharashtra
, India
. It was named on a person who belonged to Pahore
clan of Rajput
Chandravanshi. The Ajanta Caves are located 20 kilometers away from Pahur.
This place is situated in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, its geographical coordinates are 20° 42' 0" North, 75° 41' 0" East. This town is divided in 2 parts. Pahur Peth and Pahur Kasabe. The other parts like Lele Nagar and Khwaja Nagar are the newly developed hamlets. It has the temples of Rama, Shankar, Kewadeshwar in Peth side while Vitthal Temple is in Kasabe. The main railway station to reach at Pahur are Bhusaval and Jalgaon. Both these stations are at the same distance from Pahur i.e. 36 km. The river name is Waghur and it has one history as a long way back one tiger was came to Pahur through the river from Ajanta caves hills. So it is called as Waghur river. As in Marathi language Tiger is called as Wagh so peoples named the river as Waghur.
Taluka of Pahur is Jamner & it is 15 km away from the Pahur. In Pahur at every Sunday a big market is concluding and it is called as "BAZAAR" it is on weekly basis. From Pahur at 9 km in a village called as Wakod is situated where every Saturday a Market for selling Bullocks takes place. The main source of income for the people in Pahur is farming. The main crop taken here are Banana, Kapas (Cotton), Jawar, Wheat (Gehu) & Chillies. From Pahur is supplying all these things to different vegetable markets as Madhya Pradesh, Surat, Kalyan and Navi Mumbai and Mumbai too. The total population is about 15,000 (in year 2010).
Jalgaon District
Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was named on a person who belonged to Pahore
Pahore
The Pahur or Pahor or Pahore are a clan of Chandravanshi Rajputs.They are found in Karachi, Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Dadu, Khair Pur, Larkana, Jowngal, Sukkur and Shikarpur, Chachran, Mauza Pahoran, Hasanabad, Zahir Pir, Khan Pur, Rahim Yar Khan, Bhawal Pur, Melsi and Rajanpur, Bolan, Bhag Nari,...
clan of Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
Chandravanshi. The Ajanta Caves are located 20 kilometers away from Pahur.
This place is situated in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, its geographical coordinates are 20° 42' 0" North, 75° 41' 0" East. This town is divided in 2 parts. Pahur Peth and Pahur Kasabe. The other parts like Lele Nagar and Khwaja Nagar are the newly developed hamlets. It has the temples of Rama, Shankar, Kewadeshwar in Peth side while Vitthal Temple is in Kasabe. The main railway station to reach at Pahur are Bhusaval and Jalgaon. Both these stations are at the same distance from Pahur i.e. 36 km. The river name is Waghur and it has one history as a long way back one tiger was came to Pahur through the river from Ajanta caves hills. So it is called as Waghur river. As in Marathi language Tiger is called as Wagh so peoples named the river as Waghur.
Taluka of Pahur is Jamner & it is 15 km away from the Pahur. In Pahur at every Sunday a big market is concluding and it is called as "BAZAAR" it is on weekly basis. From Pahur at 9 km in a village called as Wakod is situated where every Saturday a Market for selling Bullocks takes place. The main source of income for the people in Pahur is farming. The main crop taken here are Banana, Kapas (Cotton), Jawar, Wheat (Gehu) & Chillies. From Pahur is supplying all these things to different vegetable markets as Madhya Pradesh, Surat, Kalyan and Navi Mumbai and Mumbai too. The total population is about 15,000 (in year 2010).