The name Jalgaon is a combination of two Marathi words, Jal and Gaon, that mean village of water. This name came because of heavy water resources around the town. The name 'Jalgaon Jamod' developed because of a small village called 'Jamod' near to Jalgaon. The name 'Jamod' was given by Mughal emperors after 1630 AD, when Mughal emperor Shahjahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal was traveling with Shah Jahan's earlier military campaigns. She started facing pregnancy complications in Jamod which led to death in the city of Burhanpur near Jalgaon Jamod. After this incident Mughals started calling the village Ja-e-Maut. Ja-e-Maut was a Persian word later called Ja-maut, Ja-mod or Jamod by locals. As per Ain-e-Akbari, it was a Pargana town in the Sarkar of Narnala of Berar Subah. In August 1905 it was part of what was then Akola District and was transferred to Buldhana district along with Khamgaon tehsil. The municipality of Jalgaon was established in 1931.
Geography
The town is situated at the base of the Satpura Range, about 10 km from Satpuda. Purna is the largest river in the tehsil which is also largest in the district. Rajura and Gorada are famous natural dams in the Satpuda Ranges. They are enriched with the green beauty of Satpuda rows. Borders:
In Satpuda Range, the way consists of 3 famous points called 1st mori, 2nd mori, and the last one 3rd mori. The third mori is Aam-Paanee, where there are two beautiful falls and one wall we called "Satpudaa wall". This town has a dam called Godada Dam, having a beautiful overflow called Dudh ganga. In the Satpuda Range you can see beautiful places with falls, scenes and nature: Amba barwa, Mageri Mahadeo, Jatashankar, Umbardev, Jamupaanee, Badalkhora, Devdhree, Wari Hanumaan, Kakanwada, Treeveni, and Mahilgad. These are the places having their own identity, and all come within a range of 40 km from "Satpudaa Nagree Jalgaon Jamod". Nature helping in growing the beauty of the town. One of the best nature sites for photos. Seeing the complete site should take almost 4–5 days.
Religion
Transport
The main means of travel are the roadways. State Highway no. 194 connecting to Nandura and Jalgaon Jamod is the main road. Others are the road going to Burhanpur from Jalgaon Jamod and another is the Khandvi - Muktainagar road going via Kurha. State Highway 195 connects Jalgaon Jamod to MH SH 24 via Sangrampur - Telhara. Nandura on Bhusawal - Badnera section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway is a nearby railway station.
Education
There are following schools and colleges in Jalgaon :
Satpuda Shikshan Sanstha is the leading education society in Buldhana District. It includes many divisions like B.Sc Agri, Agricultural Polytech., Satpuda Convent of scholars, B.Tech, and KVK.
The New Era High School: Divisions up to Std XII Arts and Science. The New Era High School has developed its own website: www.newerajalgaon.org
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vidyalaya: Divisions up to Std XII.
Shripad Krina Kolhatkar Mahavidyalaya: Divisions for BA and BCom
Krishi Vigyan Kendra: Divisions for B.sc Agriculture.
Adivasi Ashram Shala: for adivasi students, accommodation is provided there.
Al-Faran Urdu High School, Jalgaon Jamod. which has 1st to 12th standards. 11th and 12 available with both arts and science faculty.
Swami Vivekanand Rashtriya Dnyanpeeth is an English medium school up to 10th standard and for 11th and 12th std English medium commerce is also available.
Sanjay Shriram Kute of BJP is the Member of Vidhan Sabha. He is also district president for BJP.
Places of interest
Dhanora :
There is an ancient temple and Samadhi of Shri Mahasidham Maharaj in one of the 84 SIDDHA in Dhanora Nagari, which is situated in the holy city of Satpura, situated about 06 km away from Jalgaon Jamod.It is the second largest and eight-day fair from Buldhana district.
Asalgaon is the main market place in the tehsil, open every Tuesday.
Pimpalgaon Kale is another market place situated on Khandvi-Kurha road.
Khandvi is a main junction from where one can go west to Jalgaon and to Burhanpur.
Kherda – The Temple of Kapil muni Maharaj located 6 km away from Jalgaon.
Sungaon – 7 km from Jalgaon Jamod. A beautiful place at the Satpuda Ranges. Famous for Avajisidha Maharaj Yatra, which is organized on the 3rd week of February. This is one of the oldest temples in Maharashtra. From Jalgaon Jamod Depot, 7km distance buses are available.
