Wardha District is situated in the north eastern part of the state. The district is bordered to the north and west by the Amravati district and by the Yavatmal district to the south. In the east it is bordered by Nagpur district and by Chandrapur district in the south east.
Along with the districts of Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Bhandara and Chandrapur, the district is also part of the Nagpur Revenue division. Wardha District is subdivided into three subdivisions namely Wardha, Hinganghat and Arvi. The district has 507 Gram Panchayats, 1387 villages and 6 Municipal towns.
The district has a population of about 12, 30,640 according to the census of 2001 . The population of males is around 6,35,751 while that of females is 5, 94,889. There are four legislative assembly constituencies namely Pulgaon, Wardha, Arvi and Hinganghat in the district.
There are a number of tourist destinations in the district like Kelzer, Vishwa Shanti Stup, Gitai Mandir, Gandhi Gyan Mandir, Sewagram- Bapu Kuti, Paunar - Paramdham Ashram, Bor Dam, Garpit, Magan Sangrahalaya, Laxmi Narayana Temple, Bajajwadi, Bor Reserved Forest, Mahakali and Pohana. Sewagram- Bapu Kuti is where Mahatma Gandhi stayed and continued his freedom struggle.
The original name of the river was Varada i.e. Varadayini - the giver of boons. Wardha hosts one University, 103 Colleges, 1053 Primary Schools and 231 Secondary Schools besides institutions of varied disciplines. Read more about the history of Wardha and how a small township, engaged in the business of cotton ginning and pressing, became the epicenter of eventful movements of national independence, a story as fascinating, as it is inspiring.
ReplyDeleteGitai is The Bhagavad Gita translated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in Marathi for his aai (mother). Kamalnayan Bajaj commemorated Vinobaji's eternal work by building a Gitai Mandir at Wardha. The Mandir stands unique as it has no walls, no idol and not even a roof. Enlclosed by granite slabs, each slab has a shloka inscribed on it, covering all the 18 chapters of the Gitai. 2014-04-01
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