NEW HOPES, NEW ENERGIES.....

JAWHAR

The day started with a new hope, new energies and enthusiasm to do something great and 
learn a lot..

We stared off our journey from Virar to Boisar by train
and got down at Boisar station by 1 hour.

And  within 1 hour we again continued our journey for Jawhar it took us around 1 hour 45 min. to reach Jawhar.

Jawhar is a city and a municipal council in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

 It is about 166 km from Mumbai and 80 km from the city of Nasik.

Jawhar is located at 19.92°N 73.23°E.

 It has an average elevation of 447 meters (1466 feet).

This time we first went to the municipal commissioner's office.

We came across many facts that, Jawhar is a main city with many small hamlets around.

Jawhar lies 479 m above MSL in Sahyadri ranges in 10 43’ to 20 North latitude and East   72 55’ to 73 20’ in Thane district.

  

Traditionally ruled by tribal dynasty history of this place has been documented since 14th century.  However, the place was deemed status of upper district comprising six talukas as late as in 1993.  This comprises 185 villages with 103175 hectare geographic area mostly covered by undulating terrains.  The area has four significant rivers viz. Surya, Pinjali, Wagh and Deharji. 

•    State : Maharashtra

•    District : Thane

•    Elevation : 447m (1,467ft)

•    Population : 11,296 (as per 2001 census)

•    Language : Marathi

•    Literacy rate : 72%

•    Community : Warli community

•    Main Occupation : farming for 4 months

other occupation : labor work for other 8 months

•    Main crop : rice, cashew nut, mango

•    Specialty : tourism , hill station ( mini Mahabaleshwar of thane district)

                    WARLI PAINTING

      •    Other than this Dashera is the festival worth attending, as it is celebrated with great 
            enthusiasm..