Nijampur Dhule | |
Native Name: | Nijampur-Jaitane |
Native Name Lang: | mr |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Maharashtra#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates: | 21.1117°N 74.33°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Maharashtra |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dhule |
Parts Type: | Talukas |
Parts: | Sakri |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.04 |
Population Total: | 49004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Marathi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 424305 |
Registration Plate: | MH 18 |
Nijampur-Jaitane, about 16km (10miles) north-east of Pimpalner, is a small village in Sakri tehsil in Dhule district of Maharashtra state in India.
Nijampur-Jaitane lies about 19 km north of Sakri. Maharashtra State Highway 17 (MSH 17) passes close to Nijampur. Nijampur is on Nandurbar-Sakri state highway.Nijampur-Jaitane is in sakri taluka.
It is said to have derived its present name from Nizam-ul-Mulk, who had halted there for some time. In the beginning of the 17th century (1610) it was described as the first great town between Surat and Agra and was inhabited by many wealthy money-lenders.
Fragments of hemadpanthi temples found scattered throughout the village indicate that the place was of some consequence before the advent of the Muslims.
The village has a few temples dedicated to various deities but those dedicated to Vitthal Rakhumai, Lord Balaji, Parasnath, Peshve kalin Ganpati Mandir and Gupteshvar are the only ones of any note.
The village has also an old gadhi, now in utter ruins, and a spring called Sakharjira whose waters are palatable. The village of nizampur is near to the India biggest project "Suzlon private limited" &"Solar city project".Outside 3 km on Nijampur-Jaitane has very popular "Mhasai mata temple".Some people originally belonging to this place have surnames such as Nijampure, Nijampurkar (belonging to Nijampur)There is a temple of Shree Sant Savta Maharaj which is built in 2010.
Most of the economy is agriculture related. Vegetables grown in the village are sold in the markets of Surat, Nasik and Mumbai. Crops such as Millet, Chilli, onion, Groundnuts, sugarcane, Gram, cotton, wheat, jowar, etc. are also grown.
Nijampur has as Village Gram Panchayat for day-to-day administration. The District Zilla Panchayat headquarters is at Dhule and the Block Panchayat is also at Dhule.
Nijampur has no commercial banks, co-operative banks, agricultural credit societies, non-agricultural credit societies or other credit societies present within the village.