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Country
  
India

District
  
Ahmadnagar

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Elevation
  
561 m

State
  
Maharashtra

Founded by
  
Unknown

PIN
  
413728

Area code
  
912487

Ghargaon

Ghargaon is an old village in a Tehsil Shrigonda in Ahmednagar District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located 240 km distance from its State Capital Mumbai and 120 km from Pune.

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Map of Ghargaon, Maharashtra 413728

Geography

located at 18.616°N 74.698°E / 18.616; 74.698. It has an average elevation of 561 metres (1840 feet).

Nearby towns are Ahmednagar (41 km), Rahuri (71.5 km), Pathardi (73.9 km), Nevasa (93.8 km), Pune (110 km).

Economy

Almost all people of this village are dependent on farming. Below mentioned crops are major crops:

  1. Sugarcane
  2. Lemon trees
  3. Groundnuts
  4. Sunflower
  5. Onion
  6. Corn

Every Sunday, there is a weekly bazaar day where people gather here to sell whatever they have ripened at their farm.

Transport

The village is on State Highway 10 and can be reachable by the following means of transportation:

  • from Ahmednager- Ghargaon (State Transport Bus)
  • From Shirur, Pune - Belwandi (State Transport Bus)- Belwandi Phata - Ghargaon.
  • From Daund - Belwandi bk (railway station) by any passenger rail.

    • Historical monuments

    The place consists of:

  • Shivlinga, i.e. Temple of Lord Shiva- also called as Naganath Maharaj in local native language i.e. Marathi.
  • Goddess Firangaimata Temple at Firangai mala and Goddess Tukaimata temple at Nimoni mala.
  • In Gaothan, there are various temples like Sant Sawata Mali temple, Maruti Temple, Ganesha Temple etc.

    • Rituals

    Ghargaon is a very peaceful village. People in here follow all the traditional Hindu rituals.

    1. Vijayadashami Dasara

    On the occasion of 'Dasara' i.e. Vijayadashami people gather in village. Some people take part in Firangai mata palakhi which starts from Firangai mata temple which is 2 km towards the west and continue towards the main village. While other people joins them in village. After all this occasion to be celebrated so everyone gets there in the evening around 5 PM with vehicle washed and cleaned, so as to take part in racing. Race may be between farm tractors or horses.

    1. Akhand Harinam Saptah

    The village have great history of varkari sampraday. Ghargaon arranging the saptah program near about 15 to 20 times in every year. It is one of the best cultural villages in Shrigonda.

    Education

    This village has a lot of education options from childhood education to professional courses

  • From 1st Standard to 4th, we have Marathi Medium Government Schools at each Vadi (group of people)
  • We have Yashvantrao Chavhan Madhyamic vidyalaya for students from 5th Standard to 10th Marathi Medium schooling.
  • Shri Dattakrupa Shaikshanik & Krushi Gramvikas Pratisthn's various colleges
  • Polytechnic college
  • Sai Krupa Institute of Management Science

    • References

    Ghargaon Wikipedia
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