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Tumsar is a city and Municipal Council in the Bhandara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city's name comes from a fish, "tum", that was discovered in the area. ==About Tumsar== Tumsar, is a rapidly developing municipal town in Bhandara tahsil situated in 21� 23' N. and 79� 46' E. on the Nagpur-Howrah railway line, 27 miles from Bhandara and 570 miles from Bombay. A branch line takes off from Tumsar to Katangi and Tirodi. About three miles distant from the station, the town is well laid out with broad streets. In 1971 there were 29721 inhabitants. It is surrounded by numerous mango groves and other fruit gardens chiefly producing guaves, oranges and mosambi of the gardens within the town. Tumsar is a centre of grain trade and there is a municipal ganj or covered market. The staple produce is rice, the crop grown in the neighbouring tract having a high reputation. A regulated market provided with basic amenities serves as a centre for the collection and export of agricultural produce. There are a few rice and flour mills. There is a considerable output of manganese from the mines in the vicinity, and the Central India Mining Company has constructed a tramway from Tumsar Road through Tumsar to Bondkota on the Bavanthadi, a distance of 23 miles. Imparting instruction in mining and mine surveying is a polytechnic maintained by the Government. The Maharashtra State Electricity Board has a sub-power station here which is fed through the Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station and which supplies electricity to the entire district. A ferro-manganese plant having 20,000 tons installed capacity per annum and employing 500 workers is set up here. As the plant requires a large quantity of power to process manganese and other minerals, a 66 K.W. double circuit line has been brought from Kharparkheda to the plant area. Tumsar has a paper mill, a carbon electron producing centre, a few saw mills and numerous other small industrial units. Abundant tendu leaves available in the nearby forests have given rise to a flourishing bidi-rolling industry. Cart-wheels are largely made in Tumsar and supplied to most of the neighbouring districts. The hubs are usually made of babul wood and the rest of the wheel, of teak. At the weekly market held on Tuesdays, cart wheels are sold. Cloth is also woven in large quantities in the surrounding villages. White loin-cloths with red borders are chiefly produced. Silk-bordered cloths with silver gilt thread are also woven. Municipality.—Tumsar was created a municipality in 1867. Its jurisdiction extends over an area of 6�3 square miles. A total of 23 councillors, 21 elected and two co-opted constitute the municipal council. The meetings of the council are presided over by the president elected by the councillors from among themselves. The old Gazetteer had the following to say about the income and expenditure of the municipality: — Income and Expenditure : " . . . . the average receipt's for the decade ending 1901 were Rs. 5,000. In 1904-05 the income had fallen to Rs. 4,600, being principally derived from a property tax and market dues (Provinces District Gazetteers, Bhandara District, 1908 ed., pp. 238 )". The municipal income has considerably risen since then and in 1968-69 touched Rs. 13,80,656. Sources which made up this income were municipal rates and taxes, Rs. 9,98,036; realisation under special Acts, Rs. 4,775; revenue derived from municipal property and powers apart from taxation Rs. 95,906; grants and contributions for special and general purposes, Rs. 7,69,191 and miscellaneous, Rs. 12,748. Expenditure during the same year stood at Rs. 13,99,082 and comprised general administration and collection charges, Rs. 2,36,213; public safety, Rs. 59,376; public health and convenience, Rs. 3,61,806; public instruction, Rs. 6,88,343; contribution's, Rs. 200 and miscellaneous, Rs. 53,144. Medical Aid, Drainage and Water-Supply : Tumsar has two hospitals out of which one is maintained by the municipality while the other receives an annual grant from it which in 1963-64 amounted to Rs. 5,000. The town has also a primary health centre, a T.B. survey, education and treatment unit and a family planning centre. There is a veterinary dispensary in Gautam Nagar along Tumsar-Katangi road. Measures to eradicate malaria and filaria are taken from time to time in concert with the Government. The town has no regular drainage system, the drains being pucca stone-lined surface gutters. An underground drainage scheme estimated to cost Rs. 14,91,550 would soon replace the existing system considerably improving the sanitation of the town. Hitherto the town depended principally upon wells and the Wainganga for its water-supply. Now the town gets tap water from the water-works installed on the Wainganga at a cost of over Rs. 21,33,000. Education: Primary education is conducted by the municipality for which it maintains ten primary schools, nine Marathi and one Hindi, and two balaka mandirs. The New English Primary School, the Sindhi Primary School and the Shreeram Balaka Mandir are privately conducted. A middle school for girls is managed by the Zilla Parishad. Tumsar has five higher secondary schools, of which three are managed by the municipality. There is a college named Seth Narsingdas Mor Arts and Commerce College. Of the three public libraries in the town, one is maintained by the municipality. The municipal council has no fire fighting equipment. Services of the fire-brigade maintained by Shri R. B. Seth Shreeram Durgaprasadji are utilised in times of need. Cremation and burial places are also maintained and used by the communities concerned. Tumsar has three cinema theatres. The places of worship include a fine mosque, two Hindu temples and a large Jain temple. Recently a Shivamandir has been added. Tumsar has post, telegraph and telephone facilities, a rest house, a police station and a panchayat samiti. Besides the weekly market and the grain market, the town has a covered market place known as baradvari so called because it has 12 openings. The daliy vegetable market has been provided with platforms. A combined fish and meat market and a slaughter house have also been established. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tumsar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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