Nampur

Nampur is a village in Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. As per cenus of 2011 by Govt of India It is situated near Satana also called as Baglan Taluka, the headquarters for Baglan Taluka, at the distance of 21 km. It is known in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat for its cattle market. It is near to Gujarat and is a major transportation hub. It is 35 kilometers from the city of Malegaon and 25 from Taharabad on the road (SH-14) to Gujarat. The first MLA elected from Baglan Taluka was from Tembhe which is just 7 km from Nampur.

Being near to Gujarat, Nampur experiences Marathi and Ahirani languages to large extent. The major business of the city is agriculture. Major crops are seasonal onions, grapes, pomegranates (Anar), wheat, bajra, jowar, sugar cane. The village is at a distance of approx 15 km. from the Ravalgaon Sugar Factory and 30 kilometers from GISAKA (girana sakar karkhana).

It comes under the Baglan Legislative Constituency and for Lok Sabha it comes under the Dhule Constituency.

The city is also famous for its "Yatra" (religious fair) held in Feb every year in honor of Mata Bhavani. It has a Vitthal Mandir, Ram Mandir and ancient Vyaghreshwar (Self oriented Shree Mahadev)located on the bank of river mosam. Vyghreshwar is also popularly called as 'Motha Mahadev'. Rinmukteshwar (a god who saves us from all debts), Durgamata Mandir.

The city is located on the right (southwest) bank of the Mokshaganga River (Mausam River).

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