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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nighoj
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18|57|35|N|074|16|37|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ahmadnagar district|Ahmadnagar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Parner taluka|Parner]]
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| governing_body = Village panchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 13600
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Ahmednagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ahmednagar]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Parner (Maharashtra Assembly constituency)|Parner]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 414 306
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 02488
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MH]]-16, [[Vehicle registration plates of India|MH]]-17
| blank_name_sec2 = Nearest towns
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Parner]], [[Shirur, Maharashtra|Shirur]], [[Alkuti]]
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[[File:Nighoj potoles river.jpg|thumb|Potholes in Nighoj river]]
'''Nighoj''' is a village in [[Ahmednagar District]], [[Maharashtra]], India. It is about 90 km away from [[Pune]] and had naturally created potholes ([[tinaja]]s) on the riverbed of the [[Kukadi River]].<ref name="Gunaji">{{Cite book|author=Gunaji, Milind|year=2010|title=Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra|edition=second|location=Mumbai, India|publisher=Popular Prakashan|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KHA9SzLMj3EC&pg=PA231 231]|isbn=978-81-7991-578-3}}</ref>

Geologists indicate that formerly there was greater rainfall in the area and that the Kukadi River flowed out from the highlands, scouring the [[bedrock]] and forming the potholes and the gorge.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Babar, Md.|year=2005|chapter=8. Hydrogeomorphology of Landforms|title=Hydrogeomorphology: Fundamentals, Applications and Techniques|location=New Delhi|publisher=New India Publishing Agency|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=HetiC6uWB2kC&pg=PA149 149–150]|isbn=978-81-89422-01-1}}</ref>

==Religion==
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The majority of the population in Nighoj is [[Hindu]], but there are also [[Muslims]]. There are several [[temples]] in the village, one of which, the Malaganga temple, is located on the bank of the gorge on the old river-bed itself.<ref name="Gunaji" />

==See also==
* [[Parner tehsil]]
* [[List of Villages in Parner Tehsil]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nighoj}}
* {{Cite web|title=Amazing Maharashtra: Nighoj Moon Land|url=http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2013/01/nighoj-moon-land.html}}
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{{Parner taluka topics}}

[[Category:Villages in Ahmednagar district]]
[[Category:Villages in Parner taluka]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Ahmednagar district]]

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