About Yeotmal Geography
The Yeotmal District is located in the Vidarbha
of
Maharashtra
State.The area
of
the District is 13584 Sq.Km.The District is
Surrounded by total 16 Sub-District.
The
Demography of the District are as follows.
Population
(Census 2001) - 2,46,482
Total Rural Population
- 2,001,034
Total
Urban Population -
4,59,448
Literacy
Rate (Census 2001) - 74.06%
Men
- 1,267,117
Women
- 1,193,365
%
of Scheduled Caste
- 10.92%
%
of Scheduled Tribes
- 21.46%
*
Sex Ratio ( Females/1000 Males) - 942 *
Getting
there-
Air-
Nagpur
is the nearest Airport (139 kms ), linked to
Mumbai ( 776 kms )
Train-
Dhamangaon is nearest railway Station (
45 kms ) & Wardha is about
60 kms. The narrow
gauge railway line is also connected to Murtizapur via
Karanja
(lad). where Guru Mandir
is famous in
India
.
Road
-
National Highway No.
7 passes through the District.
Nagpur
is about
155 kms
,via Wardha. Amravati
is about 92 kms via Ner
Parsopant and Akola
is
about 155 kms via Karanja
( lad ) .
The Yeotmal District is surrounded by Amravati
& Wardha to the North,
Chandrapur
district to the East, A.P.State & Nanded
district to the South,
Washim
& Akola district to the West. The District
consists of masses of hilly
country broken by broad valleys and partially surrounded by plain.
The Climate
of the district is in general hot and dry with moderately cold winters.
Their
are
many Religious places are situated in Yeotmal
District such as-
Shri
Chintamani Mandir
at Kalamb
- 22 kms
from Yeotmal
Shri Mahadeo Mandir
at Yeotmal city
- 1 km from Bus stand
Shri Mahadeo Mandir
at Mandeo, Arni Road
- 10 kms from Yeotmal
Shri Bajrangbali Mandir
at Dhumanapur, Amravati
road - 7 kms from Yeotmal
Sheikh Fareed Baba Dargah ,
Kalamb Road
- 5 kms from Yeotmal
