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GEOGRAPHY OF BULDANA
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you will find all the Geographical information, Situation, Boundries,
Physical Features , Hills , Plateaus, Regions of District, Climate, Brief History of Buldana District.
SITUATION
Buldana. The westernmost district of the Vidarbha or the Nagpur Division of the State of
Maharashatra, lies between 19'51' and 21'17' N. latitude and 75'57' and 76'59' E. Longitude. It is bounded on the north by the East Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh, on the East by the Akola and Amravati district, on the south by the Parbhani district and on the west by the Jalgaon and Aurangabad district. The
district has total area of 9745 square kilometers and a population of 18,86,299, distributed among 9 towns and 1,232 inhabited villages. The district area forms 3.17 % of the total area of the State but has proportionally a lesser share of the population, only 2.51%.
How
the name is changed BULDANA ?
The name of the district is derived from the district head quarters.
In the beginning the Bhill people were lived here. So the name Bhill
Thana or Bhilla Thana ( The Place of Bhills). After few years it
changed to Buldana. BULDANA is probably a corrupt from of Bhill
Thana the place of Bhills.
ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGES
Grouping together parts of West Berar, East Berar and Basim district has evolved the district of Buldana. The Tahsils of Malkapur,
Chikhali and Mehakar were separated from the West Berar district in 1864 and were grouped to constitute a district, clumsily named as the South-West Berar District but later renamed as the
Mehakar district with its head quarters at Mehakar. Three years later, in 1867, the administrative headquarters was shifted to Buldana and the district was once again renamed as the Buldana district. In august 1905, subsequent to the amalgamation of Berar with Central Provinces and reconstitution of the district boundaries, the Tahsils of Khamgaon and Jalgaon from the Akola district were added to the Buldana district and since then the boundaries of the district have remained more or less stable.
In 1956, the district was transferred from Madhya Pradesh to the erstwhile Bombay State as a result of re organization of State and since May 1960 the district forms part of the State of
Maharashatra.
BOUNDARIES
The northern boundary of the district, that separates it from the district of Nimar in Madhyapradesh,
lies mainly along the crest and scarp edge of the Satpudas. It most lies at a height of about 600 Mts. The tri-junction between Jalgaon, Nimar (M.P.) and Buldana districts lies to the north west of the forest village of Wadhwanol in the Raipur reserved forest at the Chandgarh peak, 557 m is reached, and then turns north to run across A valley to once again follows another watershed eastwards. The entire northern boundary, in this fashion, runs
along watershed and crest lines leaping across valleys to reach peaks on the apposite side of the valley.
In general the boundary fairly closely follows the watershed between the Purna tributaries draining south and the Tapi tributaries draining north, turning alternatively northwards and eastwards and running straight, as the crow flies, between high peaks till the deserted forest village of Kille Pimpaldol is reached there after, the boundary runs northwards for about 25 km keeping the Ambabarwa reserved forest to its east.Then the boundary turns east and runs for about 8 km before turning south and south-east, thereby on descending down the scrap, joins the Banganga River, and follows it, separating the district from
Amaravati.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
Topographically, the district falls under three structural-cum-physical units: a narrow, northern strip in the Jalgaon Tahsil in the Satpuda hills, the Payanghat or the Purna plains in the middle comprising the Tahsils of Malkapur, Khamgaon and Jalgaon and Buldana plateau compressing the Chikhli and Mehkar Tahsils to the south. The landscape in the district is rich and varied, with gently sloping fertile riverine plains studded with agriculturally prosperous villages standing in sharp contrast to the flat modulating plateau country with patches of cultivation, broad open river valleys and a monotonous scrub cover. The ghat country, deeply scoured by gullies and ravines on the edge of the plateau and the sheer black walls of the Satpuda Scraps to the north add color to the variety of landforms.
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