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Gurholi (गुरोळी) is a village in Purandar Taluka, India, with an economy based mainly on agriculture where fruits such as figs, custard apples, and pomegranates are produced. The village is surrounded by three mountains, and has a number of temples among the mountains.
Contents
- Map of Guroli Maharashtra 412303
- History
- Geography
- Transport
- Educational facility
- Administration
- Religion
- Climate
- Demography
- Agriculture
- Work Profile
- References
Map of Guroli, Maharashtra 412303
Gurholi is 21 kilometers from Jejuri, 18 kilometers from Saswad, and 16 kilometers from Uruli Kanchan.
Gurholi has a large population of Khedekar (Konde Deshmukh) family, who originate from Khed Shivapur, Haveli taluka, and are also present in Khamgaon, Daund takula.
History
According to sources of our old generation, Gurholi village name is derived from the then native gurav people. Gurav is one community in Hindu religion. About 200 year ago near 1800 A.D. Konde people came to this place from Khed Shivapur area. Native Gurav people allowed them to live here. Honour of this permission konde people kept Gurholi name of this place and the konde people who came from Khed shivapur changed their surname to Khedekar. Many of people here had joined with Narvir UmaJi Naik and his movement of Independence from The then British Raj.
Geography
Gurholi is located at 18°24′19″N 74°5′39″E. It has an average elevation of 700 metres (2303 feet). It is bordered by Walti and Alandi mhatobachi town on the North, Sonawari town on the West Vanpuri and Pargaon town on the South, Waghapur and Singapur town on the West. It is situated at a distance of 160 km from the Maharashtra State Capital of Mumbai by road. Gurholi is at a distance of 30 km from District main City Pune and 70 km from Baramati. Gurholi is at a distance of 18 km from Taluka main city Saswad and 21 km from Jejuri and 16 from Uruli Kanchan. Gurholi is situated on Deccan plateau.
It has good connectivity with nearby cities like Saswad, Uruli and jejuri. It is the village which lies in the MIddle region of the Pune district of Maharashtra state. It is 3 km far away from State highway no SH-61.The local language spoken in Guroli is Marathi.
Guroli has divided into below residential area i.e.
Transport
There is bus available from Saswad S.T. stand to Gurholi which departs in the noon at 11.30 And 8.00 pm daily, apart from this buses you have to come to Waghapur chaufula by any mean such as public & Private transport and turn to Gurholi where u could get auto rikshwa & private vehicles also. (Buses running on routes from Saswad are Yawat, Uruli Kanchan, Darekar (Tamhanwadi)wadi & from Uruli to Saswad)
Educational facility
Both school are under in Pune university and Maharashtra Board.
About New English School Guroli.
The school NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is located in the area GUROLI of PURANDAR. NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is in the PUNE district of MAHARASHTRA state. NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI PURANDAR was established in the year 1995. The management of NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is Pvt. Aided.
NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is a U. Prim. + Sec/H.Sec school. The coeducation status of NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is Co-Educational. The residential status of NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is No. and the residential type of NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is Not Applicable. The total number of students in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI PURANDAR is 0. The total number of teachers in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI PURANDAR is 9. The total number of non teaching staff in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is 5. The medium of instruction in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is Marathi.
The total number of class rooms in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is 6. The total number of other rooms in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is 4. The total number of black boards in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is 12. The total number of books in the library of NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI is 347. The total number of computers in NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL GUROLI PURANDAR is 3.
Administration
Gurholi is a GramPanchayat with 9 candidates body. Total 3 wards in gurholi and each ward there are 3 candidate.
Wards are,
1.Waghderwadi, Panhalwadi, Patil Wasti, Maske Wasti, Indiranagar and Priyadarshani chowk.
2.Gurholi gaon, vikaswadi and Kharade Wasti.
3.Lalwadi, JadhavWadi and Rajebacha Mala.
Currently Urmila Tukaram Band is a 'SARPANCH' and Sanjay Jadhav is a 'UPSARPANCH' of Gurholi Grampanchayat.
Gurholi falls under,
1. Dive Gan of Panchayat Samiti Purandhar.
2. Dive-Garade Gan of Zilla Parishad Pune.
3. Purandhar-Haveli Vidhansabha matadarsangh of Maharashtra Assembly.
4. Baramati Loksabha Matadarsangh of Indian Parliament.
Religion
95% of the population of Gurholi are Hindu.
Climate
Gurholi falls under the category of dry climate according to the. The city experiences three distinct seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. Typical summer months are from February to May, with maximum temperatures ranging from 30 to 40 °C (86 to 104 °F). The warmest months in Gurholi are May. The monsoon lasts from June to end of September, with moderate rainfall. Winter months are October to January.
Demography
Gurholi is a medium size village located in Purandhar of Pune district, Maharashtra with total 426 families residing. The Gurholi village has population of 1941 of which 968 are males while 973 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Gurholi village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 9.74% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurholi village is 1005 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurholi as per census is 817, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.
Gurholi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurholi village was 79.28% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Gurholi Male literacy stands at 87.96% while female literacy rate was 70.83%.
Agriculture
Gurholi is famous for Fig, Custard Apples, and Pomegranates. Gurholi was famous for its Figs production for a very long time.
Wheat is important crop of the Village. However other crops like bajra, jawar other cereals are also grown in various parts of the village.
Since last 15 years Custard Apple have acquired dominance on the agricultural economy of Village. Due to water shortage in Gurholi the farmers have shifted to pomegranate from Fig and Paddy. Some progressive farmers are cultivating flowers in greenhouses and farms.
Work Profile
In Gurholi village out of total population, 1239 were engaged in work activities. 98.22% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.78% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1239 workers engaged in Main Work, 982 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.