Navapur Taluka

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{{More citations needed|date=May 2013}}'''Vadade Navapur Taluka''' is a [[taluka]] in [[Nandurbar District]] of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="NT">{{Cite web|title=Navapur Taluka|publisher=Nandurbar District|url=http://nandurbar.nic.in/html_docs/tahsil/navapur.htm}}</ref> Its headquarters is in the [[municipality]] of [[Navapur]].

== Geography ==
[[Navapur]] spreads across two states, [[Maharashtra]] to the east and [[Gujarat]] to the west. Ninety-four [[panchayat village]]s are present in Navapur Taluka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Navapur, Nandurbar, Maharashtra|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4476&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B|url-status=dead|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515191151/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=4476&pno=1&ptype=V&parenttype=B|archivedate=2013-05-15}}</ref> [[Ukai Dam]] is nearby.

Some of the area is hilly and the inhabited by [[scheduled tribes]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tribal Culture|publisher=Nandurbar District|url=http://nandurbar.nic.in/html_docs/triable/triable_view.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062732/http://nandurbar.nic.in/html_docs/triable/triable_view.html|archivedate=26 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[taluka]] covers an area of {{Convert|976.68|sqkm|sqmi|2}}.

==Economy==

Navapur Taluka is an agricultural and sand area, known for its pulses and a variety of red chili. It is hosts many poultry farms. The first was started by Shri Hasubhai Desai as Desai Poultry Farm at [[Uchchhal]]. The first case of [[avian flu]] in India was detected in Navapur in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 February 2006|title=All 17 poultry farms in Navapur sealed: Ahmed|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-02-19/india/27786818_1_navapur-poultry-farms-birds|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515193800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-02-19/india/27786818_1_navapur-poultry-farms-birds|archive-date=15 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Sharma, Sanchita|date=18 February 2006|title=Bird flu hits India|newspaper=The Hindustan Times|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM7/Bird-flu-hits-India/Article1-67835.aspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515195050/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM7/Bird-flu-hits-India/Article1-67835.aspx|archivedate=15 May 2013}}</ref> Vegetable and fruit products are supplied to many states.

[[Navapur]] hosts two industrial areas. One is Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation and the other is Chokhawala industrial area. MIDC is 5 kilometers from Navapur on the east side of Navapur city. Chokhawala industrial area is 5-6 kilometers west of Navapur, 1 kilometer from Gujarat state at Navapur RTO checkpost. Navapur industrial areas include [[textile mill]]s, oil mills, drainage pipe factory and a rice mill.

Other industries in the Taluka, notably include agro-based industries such as a sugar factory and a tuvar daal mill, as well as other food processing plants. The Golden fruit and vegetable company (G.F.C) was started by Abdul Jalil Abdul Gafur Shaikh, in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Golden fruit Company|url=http://wikimapia.org/21955553/Golden-fruit-Company|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>

Many tribal members go to Gujarat during the off season to work as labourers in its textile industries.

== History ==
It was on the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] trade route going to [[Agra]]. Ruins of the [[Mughal Serai|Serai]] and Caravan sentry forts survive.

== Transport ==
Navapur city has two railway stations Navapur Railway Station (west side) and Kolde Railway Station (east side) Both stations connect with National Highway 6 and Asian Highway 46. MIDC is closest to Kolde station. Kolde station includes 2 platforms and a double line. National Highway 6 is expanding from four to six lanes.

The large lake/reservoir impounded by the dam nearby provides some fishing.

== Religion ==
Area temples include the Rokadia Hanumaan, Dutt mandir and Rang Avdhoot Paduka Mandir, Ramji Mandir, Aashapuri Mandir, Sai Baba temple in the Prabhakar colony, and Shabri Mata Mandir.

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web|title=नंदुरबार जिल्हा आपले करतो (Information for Nandurbar District)|publisher=Nandurbar District|url= http://nandurbar.nic.in/}}
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