Pahur, Maharashtra Explained

Pahur
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:20.7°N 75.6833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jalgaon
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:40000
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Pahur is a town on the banks of the river Waghur in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India. Its geographical coordinates are 20° 42' 0" North, 75° 41' 0" East.

The population was about 15,000 in 2010.

This town is divided in two parts - Pahur Peth and Pahur Kasabe. The other parts like Sai Nagar, Lele Nagar and Khwaja Nagar, Sant Ruplal Nagar are the newly developed hamlets.

Agriculture

The main source of income for the people in Pahur is farming. The main crops are banana, kapas (cotton), jawar, wheat (gehu) and chillies bajari, makka, soyabean. Pahur supplies these crops to vegetable markets in Madhya Pradesh, Surat, Kalyan, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai.

The Taluka of Pahur is Jamner, 15 km away. In Pahur every Sunday a big market is held called "Bazaar". 9 km from Pahur is a village called Wakod where every Saturday a market is held for selling bullocks.

River

The river name is Waghur. A long way back a tiger came to Pahur through the river from the Ajanta caves in the hills. As in the Marathi language a tiger is called a Wagh so people named the river as Waghur.

Sights

Transport

The main railway stations used to reach at Pahur are Bhusaval(42 km), Jalgaon (38 km) and Pachora (38 km). All these stations are 40 km. from Pahur.