TOWN DIRECTORY MAO~YA P~AOESH ' NAGPUR CHANor.tAPUR 'STRICT : BHANDARA _ANNING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT ' MAHAWASHTRA. ... _ -STATE. URbAN RESEARCH CELL PUNE . VOLUME XVII 1981. TO\'/N DIH~CTORY VOL XVII FEBRUARY, 1984. CONTENTS PAGE 00 Introduction i - ii 00 Bhandara District •••• iii - vi At a Glance · / 00 NUNICIPALI COUNCIL§ * Bhandara • • • • •••• 1 - 15 \• * Gondia • • • • •••• 18 - 30 * Pauni • • • • •••• 33 - 45 * Tirora .. .. •••• 48 - 60 * TUIDSar • • • • •••• 63 - 75 00 MAPS- * I:'lap of Maharashtra State •••• ..vii i showing position of Bhandara District. * ~ap showing location of •••• Nunicipal Councils in Bhandara District. .... ii - * .Hap sho1d.ng the existing & proposed land-use of Municipal Councils. PAGE 0 Bhandara 0 ••• •••• 16 & 17 0 Gondia • • • • •••• 31 & 32 0 J;auni • • • • •••• 46 & 47. 0 Tirora • • • • •••• 61 &: 62 0 Tu.msar • • • • •••• 76 & 77 - oOo Published by The Dy.Director of Town Planning, Urban Research Cell,· Pune - oOo - I N T R 0 D U C T I 0 N I. General- - 1. Maharashtra is the most urbanised State in India with a proport;i.on of urban population as 31.2% as against the national average of J9.9% as ·per 1971 Census.· Final results ·:of 1981 Census are yet to be published. However, provisional fig~es in!licate th~t urb~isati."on· ·. .'• .. in the State is 3? .03%.•. • .• 1- 2. As per the :provisional figures of 1981 Census, there are 307 urban: areas in _Maharashtra, out of Which 220 are Municipal'towns, 7 Cantonments, 5 Corporation towns and 75 Non-Municipal towns. Classification of Municipal towns indicates that 20 are 1 A1 Class- Municipal towns, 34 are 1 B 1 Class while the remaining 166 are 1 c• Class Municipal towns. 3. Towns in Maharashtra are at different levels of Development. They differ from one another in several respects. Their regional settings, functional characte­ ristics, economic base, lnfrastructural development, _per capita income and expenditure,present a heterogeneous picture. Hence various measures are adopted to achieve a balanced development. II. Object and Scope ·j. The Registrar General of Census and various other . ; . Agencies present the urban statistics in different forms. However, we have compiled the information from the available Census Publications, Municipal Year Book published by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, the District G"azetteer and the Development Plan RepOJjs prepared for eac~ of the towns by this Department. ~ile compiling the information for .a town, it is obsefyed that ' - ii - reference period varies from one-source to another. Hence such a compiled information in a precise form was brought- up-to-date to a specific reference year by contacting the concerned authorities of the town. 2. Such townwise information for the towns i~ a particular District is being published by the Urban Research Cell of the Town Planning & Valuation Department, M. s .Puna. Uptill now the . Town Directories for six·teen Districts in the State have been pUblished and circulated to various agencies. · 3. Present Town Directory (Volume No.XVII) relates to Bhandara District. There ·are 5 Municipal towns in the District viz. i) Bhandara,ii) Gondia, iii) Pmrni, iv) Tirora_and_v) Tumsar. Of these towns, Gondia has 'A' Class -~<1 .tfllandara h9-s 1 B 1 Class Munici]:)al Counoi1 Municipal CouncilL while all 't!le rema~n~ng towns nav-e 1 C' Class Municipal Councils. In the following pages, information regarding each of the above Municipal towns has been presented separately in respect of different items relating to the latest available year. 4. Similar volumes of other Districts in Maharashtra will be issued in due course. However, to be really useful, Town Directory will have to be updated periodically. If the idea of compiling and presenting such a Town Directory is appreciated and found useful, the same would be updated accordingly. • ••••• BHANDARA--------------- DISTRICT AT A GLANCE Item Unit Description . 1 2 .. 3 . 1 ) LOCATION • 1.1 Latitude Degree: 20°-39 1 to 21°-38'N 1 • 2 Longitude !I : 79°-27' to 80°-42 1 E . 2) CL III'JA TE • • 2.1 Rainfall mm. • 1404 2.2 Tem}erature a Maximum Centi- ..• 45 grade b)~linimum II .• 11 3) AREA AND POPULATION : ( 1981(P) Census) . -. 3.1 rotal Area sq.km. .• 9213 3.2 lio .of Villages · No. .• 16 59 ( 1971 Census) 3.3 No.of Towns II 5 3.4 Total. Population · II • 1836234 3.5 Total Rural Population/ No./%. • 1595581/86.89 ~ercentage to total Population. 3.6 Total Urban Population/ .II . 240653/13.11 ?ercentage to total Population. }·7 J)ensi ty of Population Per sq.: · 199 km. j.8 Sex Ratio- Females . 998 per. 1000 males 3.9 Total Main Workers No. : 838214 3.10 Percentage of Total % .• 45.65 ~ain Workers to Total Population \ .4) AGRICULTURE(1978-79) 4-1 ~otal Geographical 00 Ha . 9280 Jx:ea 4.2 krea under Forest u : 2480 4.3 Area not available II • 920 for Cultivation 4-4 Other Uncultivated II .• 1669" l.and excluding Fallow·· land 4.5 Fallow Land II .• 322 - iv - 1 2 3 --4.6 Net-Area Sown 00 Ha • 3889 4.7 Area Sown more than once II .• 1159 4.8 Gross Cropped Area II • 5048 4·9 Total Net Area Irrigated II • 1383 4.10 Percentage of Net Area % : 35.56 Irrigated to Net Area Sown 4.11 Major Crops of the Distt. Name .• Rice,Wheat, Jowar etc. 5) INDUSTRIES (1979) 5.1 Total No.of Working No. : 195 Factories 5.2 Average Daily Employment II : 2865 5.3 Total No.of Registered II : 205 Factories 5-4 Total Workers in Regi- II 2865 stered Factories 5.5 No.of Workers employed II : 156 in Registered Factories fer lf~ of Po}ulation 1981 P Census 6) CO-OPERATION( As on 1.7.79 to 30.6.80) 6.1 Total No.of Co-operative No. • 1342 Societies 6 .. 2 Total No.of Members 1 000' . 265 6 .. 3 Total Loans Advanced Crores .• 19 of Rs. 7) MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH ( 1979) 7.1 Hospitals No. • 10 7.2 Dispensaries II • 122 7.3 Primary Health Centres II : 15 7.4 No.of Beds in Hospitals II • 481 & Dispensaries 7.5 Beds per lakh of Popula- II • 26 tion(1981(P)Census) • 7.6 Birth Rate Per '000 1 • 22.97 estimated Population 7.7 Death Rate II • 9.78 7.8 Veterinary Hospitals/ No. • 1/67 Dispensaries • - v- 1 2 3 8) EDUCATION(1979-80) • ~ ~ v .. 8.1 Primary Education Institutions No. 1345 ~~ Students· 1 000' .• 225 8.2 Secondary Education Institutions No. • 167 ~~ Students 1 000 1 . 78 8;3 Higher Education Institutions No• .• 11 ~~ Students '000 1 . 5 8;4 Percentage of Sdhool roing Children 1971 . Census) a) In age'-group of % • 63.00 6-11 years. b) In age-'group of % • 32.40 11-14 years 8.5 Percentage of Literacy ( 1 981 (P) Census) a~ Total % .• 43.86 b Rural II : 41.00 c Urban II .• 62.83 9) TRANSPORT & COMr>lUNICATION 119"t9-80) 9.1 ·Total Railway tength . km. • 253 9·2 Total Extra Municipal II i 2959.40·. Road Length 9.3 Length of Roads per II t 31 .89. 100 sq.km.of Geographical Area 9.4 Length of Roads per II t 16'1.16 lakh of Po~ulation (As per 1981(P)Census) ' 9.5 Total No •Of Post No. .• .276 '\ . _Offices. 9.6 Total No.of Telegraph II . 40 Offices - vi - 1 2 3 10) OTHERS( 1978) 10.1 Total No.of Banking No. 79 Offices 10 .. 2 No.of Banking Offices n . 4 fer lakh of Poyulation 1981 (P)Census 11) MISCELLANEOUS 11.1 No.of Urban Centres No. 7 n • 11.2 No.of Municipal Towns .• 5 11 .3 No.of Municipal Towns II .• 5/5 for which Dev.Plan prepa~red/aanctioned. 11..4 No.of Non-Municipal Towns II :- ... Nil/Nil for which Dev.Plan prepared/sanctioned. 11.5 .. No.of Municipal Towns II . Nil/Nil for which Revised Dev.Plan prepared/sanctioned. 11 • 6 No.of Town Planning II • Nil Schemes sanctioned. 11.7 Regional Plans.prepared/ II .• Nil/Nll sanctioned • . ·,. • p ( = Provis:j,onal.· .... ) M· 0 H y " .4 p •. R .. .... -~ ') ..., .;:, (!) ,. (II ., ll: l> -v OJ < 0 - Q ~s J> ~ ""' z. ~ '\" If> A <" ,. "' ~ 'V ot- MAHARASHTRA. M A 0 y 4 t4MTE.I'- NAG PUR < -·-' CALCUTTA / ' . .• '-·-\ .l· ·-·-·~ I<URVEDA\ DISTRICT BHANOARA • ~ A CLASS ,._,UNICIPAL COUNCIL a CLASS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL c CLAS5 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BHANDARA 1 • NAME OF TOWN : Bhandaxa:. 2. GEdGRAPHICAL ' · : Latitude :. - . 210 10 1 N LOCA~ION AND . Longitude .:.. 790. 40 1 E .ADl'IINISTRATIVE Bhandaxa is a. 1 B 1 ·Class Municipal FUNCTIONS town. It is the headquaxters of the district to which it gives its name. The town is 61 km.and 1091 km.away from Nagpur and Bombay respectively. It is situated on the Nagpur-Raipur National Highway No.6, towaxds north­ east of Nagpur~ Bhandara Road Railway Station is about 11 km. from Bhandaxa town, located on the Nagpur-Calcutta main broad gauge railway line of the South-Eastern Railway. The·Muriicipality was established at Bhandara in the year 1867 and is presently governed under the Mahaxashtra Municipalities Act,1965. The area under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Council is 1679•54 Hectaxes. ~. GEOGRAPHY : Bhandaxa town is situated in the AND :PHYSICAL Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State. FEATURES . The town is situated on the bank of 'Wainganga' river which flows along the southern and eastern boundaries of the town. Similaxly 1 Sur' river . is flowing towards north of the town. The physical aspects of the town are as under : :- ·i)Altitude - 256 m.abave :!oi.s.L. · ii) Ju:l.tluo.l :Ov:Gr~e -- ! ~ (.-.