Partur


Partur is a town with municipal council in Jalna district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Earlier, it was known as Pralhadpur, but the name was later changed to Partur due to misspelling.

Geography

Partur is located at. It has an average elevation of 439 metres. Godavari is a major river that flows through various villages of Partur. Near Dudhana river Upper Dudhana Dam. Bageshvari Sugar Factory, Warfal in Partur. The main source of income is agriculture. Most of the people in this area are farmers. Major crops are cotton, arhat, sorghum, wheat, sugar cane.

Demographics

Religion

India census, Partur Municipal Council has a population of 35,883 of which 18,401 are males while 17,482 are females.
The Literacy rate of Partur city is 79.52%, lower than Maharashtra state average of 82.34%. In Partur, male literacy is around 86.03% while female literacy rate is 72.72%.
In Partur, 14.13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Partur has Female Sex Ratio is of 950 higher than state average of 929.
Schedule Caste constitutes 10.57% while Schedule Tribe were 3.77% of total population in Partur.

Language

Marathi is the official language of the town. Marathi is also the most commonly spoken language in the town, Urdu is the second most spoken language followed by Hindi.

Transportation

Rail

Partur railway station is located on the Kacheguda-Manmad line under Nanded Division of South Central Railway jurisdiction. Partur is well connected through rail with Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Jalna, Hyderabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Manmad, Latur, Parbhani, Parli Vaijnath, Osmanabad, Mudkhed, Adilabad, Basar, Nizamabad, Daund etc. Ajanta Express between Secunderabad and Manmad is the most prestigious train passing through this station. The Nanded -Amritsar Sachkhand Express and Madurai-Manmad Express do not stop at Partur.
The revenue collection of the Partur railway station is highest among the taluka/tehsil level railway stations on the manmad secunderabad railway line.

Road

Partur is well connected to Pune, Aurangabad, Akola, Nanded, Latur, Hyderabad through state road transport. Partur depot of state transport corporation was the most profitable in the year 2010.
And also Partur is now connected to NH548C.

Air

The nearest airports are Chikalthana Airport located at Aurangabad Airport and Nanded Airport.

Education

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya known as JNVs are a system of alternate schools for gifted students in India is situated in Partur.
Several other schools are listed below:

Marathi & Semi English Medium School

  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri High School.
  2. Swami Vivekanand High School.
  3. Zila Parishad High School.
  4. Yoganand high School.
  5. Lalbahadur Shastri Kanya High School.
  6. Adarsh primary School

Urdu Medium School

  1. Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar Urdu Primary School.
  2. Abdul Wahed Bapu Deshmukh High School
  3. Al-Huda Urdu School.
  4. Dr. Zakir Hussain High School
  5. Dr. Zakir Hussain Primary School

English Medium School

  1. Vivekananda English School & Public School
  2. Swami Vivekanand Primary School
  3. Bright Star English Primary & High School
  4. Maharana Primary School
  5. Universal peace English school
  6. New Era international English School
  7. Dnyanlata Public School

Colleges

  1. Shivraj Arts, Commerce and Science College Partur
  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri Arts, Commerce and Science jr. College.
  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri Arts, Commerce and Science Sr. College.
  4. Bhanudasrao Chavan Arts, Commerce and Science College.
  5. Sharda Nursing College Partur
  6. Yoganand jr. college.
  7. Dr. Zakir Hussain Junior College
  8. Rajkunwar Jr College Partur

Banks

Partur is the important financial hub in Jalna district. State Bank of India is one of the oldest Nationalised bank in City. Many other Banks provides financial services to farmers, businessmen and the residents of the town.
List of the banks in Partur is as follows:
  1. State Bank of India
  2. Bank of Maharashtra
  3. Canara Bank
  4. Maharashtra Gramin Bank
  7. Axis Bank Limited
  8. ICICI Bank
  9. The Jalna District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. Piartur
There are 5-6 ATMs operating in the city.

Multistate

  1. Vijaya Urban Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd, Majalgoan
  3. Shubh Kalyan MultiState Co-Op Credit Society Ltd, Havargoan
  4. Shri Padmavati Mata Multistate Co-Op Credit Society Ltd, Rahuri
Icici bank, which is a leading private sector Bank, provides all types of loan to its customers