Country India District Dhule Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area 3.04 km² | State Maharashtra Talukas Sakri PIN 424305 | |
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Nijampur-Jaitane, about 16 km (9.9 mi) north-east of Pimpalner, is a small village in Sakri tehsil in Dhule district of Maharashtra state in India.
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Map of Nizampur, Maharashtra 424305
Location
Nijampur-Jaitane lies about 19 km north of Sakri. Maharashtra State Highway 17 (MSH 17) passes close to Nijampur. Nijampur is on Nandurbar-Sakri state highway. Nijampur-Jaitane is in sakri taluka.
History
It is said to have derived its present name from Nizam-ul-Mulk, who had halted there for some time. In the beginning of the 17th century (1610) it was described as the first great town between Surat and Agra and was inhabited by many wealthy money-lenders.
Fragments of hemadpanthi temples found scattered throughout the village indicate that the place was of some consequence before the advent of the Muslims.
Tourism
The village has a few temples dedicated to various deities but those dedicated to Vitthal Rakhumai, Lord Balaji, Parasnath,Peshve kalin Ganpati Mandir and Gupteshvar are the only ones of any note.
The idol in the Balaji temple has a richly ornamented brass Prabhaval of excellent design.The temple is to said to have been built in 1769. It is a two stored building. Looked after by the Buwa family for 8 generations.
Tire antique shrine of Parasnath, the 23rd Jain tirthankar, now devoid of idol, is a structure of stone and cement of 22.86 metres × 17.98 metres (75 feet × 59 feet) dimensions.
Gupteshvar shrine it is said that it was uncovered from the ground when a certain resident of Nijampur-Jaitane dreamt of its existence.
The village has also an old gadhi, now in utter ruins, and a spring called Sakharjira whose waters are palatable.The village of nizampur is near to the India biggest project "Suzloan prt limt" &"Solar city project". Outside 3 km on Nijampur-Jaitane has very popular "Masai mata temple". Some people originally belonging to this place have surnames such as Nijampure (Belonging to nijampur) There Is a temple of Shree Sant Savta Maharaj which is build in 2010.
Economy
Most of the economy is agriculture related. Vegetables grown in the village are sold in the markets of Surat, Nasik and Mumbai. Crops such as Millet, Chilli, onion, Groundnuts, sugarcane, Gram, cotton, wheat, jowar, etc. are also grown.
Administration
Nijampur has as Village Gram Panchayat for day-to-day administration. The District Zilla Panchayat headquarters is at Dhule and the Block Panchayat is also at Dhule.
Nijampur has no commercial banks, co-operative banks, agricultural credit societies, non-agricultural credit societies or other credit societies present within the village.