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Jalgaon

Jalgaon is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Jalgaon
Jalgaon · Didier Descouens (CC BY 4.0)
The place

Jalgaon is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra in the sub-region of Khandesh, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. In the sub-region of Khandesh, Jalgaon is the largest city in Khandesh. Situated on Asian Highway 53 and 76.3 Km(47.41 Miles) from 'Ajanta Caves'.

The Girna river flows from the western part of the city. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the "Banana city of India" as the region's farmers grow approximately two-thirds of Maharashtra's banana production.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jalgaon

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Gandhi Teerth

    Gandhi Teerth is a research institution and museum on Mahatma Gandhi, in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. Located 60 km away from Ajanta Caves.

    6.8 km · museum in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University

    Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University is a university in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Formerly North Maharashtra University, it was established on 15 August 1990 after separating from the parent University of Pune.

    7.4 km · state public university in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mehrun Lake

    Mehrun Lake is a natural lake situated near Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. The lake is a hangout place for jalgaonkars.

    2.7 km · lake in India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Ardi is a small village in Amalner taluka. it is very near from taluka place hardly (12 km). in this village there is main door to the village on that door there is symbol of Ashok chakra or what we see normally on Government offices or on court. It is said that one of the good political leader from that village brought it and placed it the main door.

  1. 01
    Gandhi Research Foundation

From Wikivoyage: Jalgaon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are many roadside stalls serving local soda, ice cream and kulfis (Indian-style ice cream). Bharit - Don't miss the baingan ka bharta which is called bharit in local language (Marathi). It is a spicy dish made from peculiar big light green colored brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) which is available exclusively in this region of Maharashtra. The brinjals are huge and weigh from 1-1.5 kilograms.

From Wikivoyage: Jalgaon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Jalgaon

Airports
Shirdi (SAG), 192 km · Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar (IDR), 192 km · Nashik (ISK), 198 km
Stations
Jalgaon Airport, 7.7 km · Jalgaon railway station, 1.7 km
  • Kakadi → Jalgaon
    664 km · quickest by road, 13h 49m · ₹5,650–7,050
  • Indore → Jalgaon
    193 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · ₹1,920–2,410
  • Nashik → Jalgaon
    216 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ₹1,600–2,000
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jalgaon

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jalgaon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    637 km
  2. 02
    GokarnaIN

    7 ways of moving, 14 sources

    730 km
  3. 03
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    1,111 km
  4. 04
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,168 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,171 km

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