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| leader_title = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] | | leader_title = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] | ||
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'''Niphad''' is the name both of the [[town]] and the [[Tehsil|Taluka]] headquartered there. It is within the Nashik District of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The [[Marathi language|Marathi]] name signifies "a place without mountains", and indeed the taluka's topography is fairly level, with hardly any hills. It is served by [[Niphad railway station]]. Niphad's latitude and longitude coordinates are {{coord|20|5|0|N|74|7|0|E}}. Located northeast of [[Nashik]] city, the Taluka borders [[Sinnar]], [[Nashik]], [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori]], [[Chandwad]], and [[Yeola]] Talukas and [[Ahmednagar District]], and has no direct access to the sea. The Niphad Sub-Division is composed of Niphad, Sinnar and Yeola Talukas. | '''Niphad''' is the name both of the [[town]] and the [[Tehsil|Taluka]] headquartered there. It is within the Nashik District of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The [[Marathi language|Marathi]] name signifies "a place without mountains", and indeed the taluka's topography is fairly level, with hardly any hills. It is served by [[Niphad railway station]]. Niphad's latitude and longitude coordinates are {{coord|20|5|0|N|74|7|0|E}}. Located northeast of [[Nashik]] city, the Taluka borders [[Sinnar]], [[Nashik]], [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori]], [[Chandwad]], and [[Yeola]] Talukas and [[Ahmednagar District]], and has no direct access to the sea. The Niphad Sub-Division is composed of Niphad, Sinnar and Yeola Talukas. | ||
[[File:Niphad stationboard.JPG|thumb|Niphad stationboard]] | [[File:Niphad stationboard.JPG|thumb|Niphad stationboard]] | ||
[[File:Niphad platformboard.JPG|thumb|Niphad platformboard] | [[File:Niphad platformboard.JPG|thumb|Niphad platformboard]] | ||
==Niphad Town== | ==Niphad Town== | ||
About {{Convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Nasik|Nashik]], the town lies on the Nashik–[[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] Highway and has a station on the [[Mumbai]]–[[Nagpur]] section of the [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]]. Although facilities in the surrounding villages are improving, the town remains the local transportation and communication hub as well as the seat of government and law enforcement, with additional district courts serving the Niphad, Yeola and Pimpalgaon Baswant courts. Niphad is also the center for medical and veterinary care, trade, banking (with [Canara Bank,[State Bank of India]], [[Bank Of Maharashtra]], [[Oriental Bank of Commerce]], [[Corporation Bank]], [[State Bank of Hyderabad]], [[HDFC Bank]], Land Development Bank branches and many Co-operative Banks. It is also a center for education, with high schools, junior colleges, senior colleges, government ITI and other technical Institutes. | About {{Convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Nasik|Nashik]], the town lies on the Nashik–[[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] Highway and has a station on the [[Mumbai]]–[[Nagpur]] section of the [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]]. Although facilities in the surrounding villages are improving, the town remains the local transportation and communication hub as well as the seat of government and law enforcement, with additional district courts serving the Niphad, Yeola and Pimpalgaon Baswant courts. Niphad is also the center for medical and veterinary care, trade, banking (with [[Canara Bank]],[[State Bank of India]], [[Bank Of Maharashtra]], [[Oriental Bank of Commerce]], [[Corporation Bank]], [[State Bank of Hyderabad]], [[HDFC Bank]], Land Development Bank branches and many Co-operative Banks. It is also a center for education, with high schools, junior colleges, senior colleges, government ITI and other technical Institutes. | ||
==Religious sites== | ==Religious sites== | ||