Jafrabad, Jalna

jafrabad
town
jafrabad Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20.19°N 76.01°E / 20.19; 76.01
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Founded by	Jahangir shah mughal
Named for	Jafar Badshah
Languages
• Official	Marathi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	431206
Telephone code	02485
Vehicle registration	MH-21
Nearest city	Deulgaon Raja, Bhokardan,Chikhali
Lok Sabha constituency	Raosaheb Danve (2019)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Santosh Danve (2019)

Jafrabad is a town and a tehsil in Jalna subdivision of Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Jafrabad resides over the bank of Purna River. Jafrabad is well known for the fight between Marathas and British at Asai in 1803, where a small monument carving the name of British Officer Colonel Stevenson, who died during the war, was erected.

Governance

Jafrabad is a nagar panchayat in the Panchayat Raj system of governance. It possesses government offices as Panchayat Samiti, Tehsil, Krishi Department, Block Education Office (BEO), Integrated Child Development Service Scheme (ICDS) office, Live-Stock Development (LDO) Extension Office, MSEB Department, PWD Department, Taluka Health Office, Bhoomi Abhilekh Department for better governance.

It has two rural hospitals, four primary health centres, and related sub-centres.

Jafrabad has a Weather Reporting Office.

Educations

Siddharth College, Jafrabad

There are many schools and colleges in Jafrabad. Siddharth junior and senior college are main among them. Apart from this, there are Samarth College, Dnyansagar College, New High School, Z.P High School are the schools around. 'Gyanjyoti Savitribai Phule Sarvajanik Wachanalaya and Abhyasika' is a public library and study room.