Hinganghat is a town and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Wardha district

Wardha District

Wardha district is one of the 35 districts in Maharashtra state in western India. This district is a part of Nagpur Division. The city of Wardha is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district had a population of 1,236,736 of which 26.28% were urban as of 2001.-History:The History...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. Located about twenty-one miles southeast of the city of Wardha

Wardha

Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the North, West and South boundaries of district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an...

, the town is located on the banks of Vena River, a tributary of the Wardha River

Wardha River

- Origin :Wardha originates at an altitude of 777 meters Satpura Range near Multai in Betul District of Madhya Pradesh.- Course :From the origin it flows 32 km in Madhya pradesh and then enters into Maharastra. After traversing 528 km, it joins Wainganga together called Pranhita, which ultimately...

 which joins to the Pranhita River, which ultimately flows into the Godavari River

Godavari River

The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India , that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India...

 and on NH 7 which starts from Varanasi

Varanasi

-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...

 to Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari

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 70 km south of Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

Hinganghat has been, in the past, a center of the Indian cotton

Cotton

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 trade, as it is located in the fertile Wardha Valley.

Baba Amte

Baba Amte

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 India's Social and moral leader, was born 24 December 1914) at Hinganghat. William Lambton

William Lambton

Lieutenant-Colonel William Lambton, FRS was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer.Lambton was the Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India, which he began in 1802. He died and is buried at Hinganghat in Wardha district of Maharashtra...

 a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer died at Hinganghat on 19 January 1823 when he was working on the Great Trigonometric Survey

Great Trigonometric Survey

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Geography

Hinganghat is located at 20.57°N 78.83°E. It has an average elevation of 215 meters (705 feet). The national highway 7 passes through this town.

In British India, Hinganghat was the center of India, but after the partition of India and Pakistan, Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

 is considered as the center of India.
At Vana River pump house there is an old stone, on that there is written this is the center of India. The stone piller is still there but the engraving is missing.
The center point is some were alont the new Nagpur hyd highway but the stone pillar is not there now.
The town has FOUR textiles mills i.e. R.S.R MOHOTA MILLS, PEE VEE TEXTILES & GIMATEX INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. on which the bread & butter of the population is largely dependent .The town is a hub of cotton trading, Spinning, weaving & finished fabric. It also has sugar mills, Dal Mills & Oil Mills.
Temple : jain mandir, ram mandir,Shahalangdi devasthan, mata mandir,ramdevbaba mandir, prabuddha budhha vihar, nagaji maharaj mandir pardi, Bhojaji maharaj mandir aajansara,

Demographics

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, Hinganghat had a population of 92,325. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hinganghat has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Hinganghat, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Pin code of town is 442301 and STD code is 07153.

Educational Institutes

• St. Johns High School and Junior College of Science
• Mahesh GyanPeeth
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar junior college of Science
• Dnyan Savrdhan D.Ed college Kadajana
• Bodhi Shikshan Sanstha, Hinganghat {president: Dewanand S. Bhagat}