Hingoli

Hingoli is a small town and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

This article is about the municipality in Maharashtra, India. For its namesake district, see Hingoli district.

Hingoli
City
Hingoli Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19.72°N 77.15°E / 19.72; 77.15
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Hingoli
Area
• Total	22.5 km^2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation	457 m (1,499 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	85,102
• Density	3,800/km^2 (9,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	431513
Telephone code	02456
Vehicle registration	MH-38
Website	www.hingoli.nic.in

History

Marathwada along with today's Hingoli District was initially under Bahmani Sultanate in medieval period & later under Nizam's regime. Hingoli was the taluka of Parbhani district and part of Nizam's regime. It was Nizam's military base as it was border place with Vidarbha. In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli.

Busy market in Hingoli during Diwali 2019

Residents of Hingoli had experienced two big wars between Tipu Sultan and Maratha in 1803 and in 1857 between Nagpurkar and Bhosale. Being a military base, the city was one of the important and famous place of the Hyderabad State.

Some of the names like Paltan, Risala, Tophkhana, Pensionpura, Sadar Bazaar are famous today. In the 1956, post independence when the states were reconstructed on linguistic lines Marathwada was attached to Bombay State and in 1960 Hingoli became part of the Maharashtra State as part of Parbhani district. Later on 1 May 1999 Hingoli district came into existence by division of Parbhani.

Places of interest

Main article: Tourism in Marathwada

The following temples are of tourist interest for their architecture:[1][2]

• Pola Maruti Temple,Mangalwara.
• Jaleshwar Mahadev Temple (present in the lake).
• Shri Datta Mandir, Mangalwara.
• Dakshinmukhi Hanuman Temple, Khatkali.

Geography

Hingoli is located at 19.72°N 77.15°E / 19.72; 77.15.[3] It has an average elevation of 457 metres (1,499 ft). There are two big lakes and one river in city.

Transport

Hingoli is well connected by road and rail. The nearest domestic airport is in Nanded (80 km) which serves as a common airport for Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli districts. Presently there are no commercial flights to and from Nanded. There is a National Highway connecting Akola-Malegaon Jahangir-Washim-Kanhergaon Naka-Hingoli-Kalamnuri-Nanded-Deglur-Sangareddy-Hyderabad named National Highway-161. Chikalthana Airport, Aurangabad(232 km)operates regular flights to Mumbai & Delhi.

Rail transport

Hingoli Railway Station (Station Code HNL) is a railway station on Purna-Akola section of Hyderabad(HYB) Division of South Central Railway(SCR). After Divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw the bifurcation of Hyderabad Division, Hingoli now comes under Nanded(NED) Division of SCR. Hingoli is well connected to cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Indore, New Delhi, Bhopal. Agra, Tirupati, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Sri Ganganagar.

The major railway stations near to Hingoli are Nanded railway station(84 km), Parbhani railway station(75 km) & Akola railway station (135 km) which are connected to all major cities.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[4] Hingoli district had a population of 1,178,973. As per 2001 census Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Hingoli has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 60%. In Hingoli, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The Hingoli town has total Population 85,103, out of which Hindu 53.41%, Muslim 33.47%, Christian 0.24%, Sikh 0.13%, Buddhist 10.63%, Jain 2.03%, Others 0.02%, Not Stated 0.07%.[5]

Culture

The town, being close to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, was of crucial strategic importance during British Raj. In the town can still be found the state farm building which was the base for British Army. As a result of military settlement, a large number of people from all over India made the town their home, which include the people from UP, MP, Rajasthan, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh. The main language spoken in the city is Marathi with a typical Hingoli flavour. Other languages spoken are Marwari, Hindi, Dakkhani Urdu.

The town is famous for its annual fair festival of 'Dasara'(दसरा महोत्सव), was started in September 1853 which is a very old festival of the town, and has been celebrated for more than 155 years now.. It is second largest Dasara Mahotsav in India after the festival in the city of Mysore, Karnataka which probably started in 17th century.

Science in Hingoli

Hingoli will make its presence felt in the cutting edge of experimental Physics. It has been selected for the LIGO-India. LIGO-India is a planned advanced gravitational-wave observatory to be located in India as part of the worldwide network. The project recently received the in-principle approval from the Indian government. LIGO-India is planned as a collaborative project between a consortium of Indian research institutions and the LIGO Laboratory in the United States, along with its international partners Australia, Germany and the UK.[6] It is also named as IndIGO.

See also

• Deccan
• Make in Maharashtra
• Marathwada
• Hingoli District
• Nanded District
• Hyderabad
• Hyderabad State

References

1. http://hingoli.nic.in/Ntouristplace.html
2. https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/docs/default-source/district-draft-toursim-plans/hingoli-district.pdf?sfvrsn=2
3. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hingoli
4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.