Yawal
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Yawal is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
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 in Jalgaon district
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....

 in the India
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 of Maharashtra
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Places in Yawal:
  • Anjale
    Anjale
    Anjale is a small town which is situated 8 km from Bhusawal in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India....

  • Chikhali Bk
  • Chikhali Kh
  • Rajore
  • Bamnod
  • Padlase
  • Amode/Amoda
    Amoda
    Amoda/Amode is small village in the Jalgaon District of Maharashtra,India. The village population is near six thousand. It is onBhusawal-Raver road...

  • Faizpur
    Faizpur
    Faizpur is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Geography :Faizpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 226 metres .-History:...

  • Nhavi
    Nhavi
    Nhavi is a village near Bhusawal in the Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Education :There are 09 major academic institutes in Nhavi:* Bharat Vidyalaya Nhavi* G P Madhyamik Nhavi* Sharada Vidyalaya Nhavi...

  • SANGVI BK
  • KINGAON
  • MALOD
  • HAMBARDI

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census
Census
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, Yawal had a population of 31,799. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yawal has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 59%. In Yawal, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

It has a very old fort said to have belonged to the Sansthanik Raje Nimbalkar although there is no documentary proof for this. Yawal has two temples, one of which is the ancient temple of Shree Jagatguru Ved Maharshi Vyas Muni who wrote the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

, the other being the 'Tarkeshwar Mandir'.

Yawal has 2 rivers (Harita & Sarita a.k.a. Hadkai and Khadkai) and it was very prosperous city.
Places to visit near yawal.

Manudevi Temple situated in satpuda parvat.

Unapdev is famous for hot water continuously flowing from Gau Mukh since many years.

Gavali Wadaa having the 9-10km long wall. It is Located on the Barhanpur-Ankaleshwar Highway.

Also Dongarde is a place of Datta.

Rameshwaram a very small village near bhadli gaon.Shiv temple is there.

More dam.

Hatanur Dam.

Some Amazing Facts of Yawal:
  • The Great Maharshi VED VYAS was actually had been stayed in the area of his temple. Also there are only 2 temples of the VED VYAS in the whole world.One is in Kashi and the other in Yawal.
  • There is a naturall canal between the two rivers harita and sarita which was the major source of the sweetest water to the town long time before.
  • The muncipal high school was been established in 18th century was named as "Sincox High School". Now is "Sane Guruji High School"
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