Barshi
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| ?Barshi Maharashtra • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Solapur |
| Population | 104,786 (2001) |
Coordinates: Barshi is a city and a municipal council in Solapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is famous for its toor dal (lentil) and other agriculture products. It is also known as Door to Marathwada. In Barshi is one of two temples dedicated to Lord Bhagvant; the other is at Kashi. Barshi has considerable number of shiv temples. Some of them are Uttareshwar temple, Bhogeshwari temple,Baleshwar temple
Barshi also had three cotton textile mills, although only one is surviving. The three were Rajan Mill, Lokmanya Mill, and Barshi Textile Mill (called BTM), which is under the management of NTC GoI's Ministry of Textiles. Barshi is also known for its wholesale trading market, called " Krishi Utapanna Bazar Samiti (adat bazzar)". Farmer and cattle owners come to Barshi from all over to sell raw commodities, crops, vegetables, fruits, animals, and animal products to wholesale buyers, who then sell to big city traders. It is emerging as a regional education centre with reputed educational institutes.
On the lighter side, "Barshi Light" (Built by British raj in 1897) Narrow Gauge Railway that used to operate through Barshi. Known for its extremely slow speed, it is referred to by many Marathi writers in their humor. Of the Barshi Railway it is said that you can get off and make a cup of tea and drink it and hop back on. Now this "Barshi Light" train is no more because it is converted to broad gauge.
Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital, initiated by Indian film actor Sunil Dutt, is situated in Barshi. It has state-of-the-art facilities and is funded privately(for instance Bill And Milinda Gates Foundation) as well as by the government.
The great spirtual guru of Kundalini Shakti, the late Vamanrao Gulawani Maharaj, lived in Barsi for almost 12 years while he worked as a young school teacher in a local high school.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[1], Barshi had a population of 104,786. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Barshi has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
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STD CODE OF BARSHI IS 02184
