Jalgaon (About this sound pronunciation (helpinfo)) is a city in western India, north of Maharashtra in Jalgaon district and in the agricultural region of Khandesh. Jalgaon has a municipal corporation, and had 460,468 residents at the 2011 census. It is 59 km (37 mi) from the Ajanta Caves. Jalgaon, in a Central Railway zone, can be reached by National Highway 6 and has an airport. The city, with industrial areas, schools, hospitals, shopping malls and residential areas, has communications and transport infrastructures. Known as Banana City, it contributes about half of Maharashtra's banana production.[1] The Gandhi Museum, with a large library and other Gandhi-related material, is at Gandhi Teerth in the Jain Hills. Jalgaon has a varied climate. It is hot and dry in summer, with temperatures reaching 47 C (117 F) from late May to mid-June; the record high, in May 2010, was 49.2 C (120.6 F). Jalgaon receives about 700 millimetres (28 in) of rainfall during the monsoon. Pratibha Patil, the 12th president of India, Ujwal Nikam and Shashank Shankhapal Muktadir Deshmukh are from Jalgaon.
