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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jalalkheda
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.43924|N|78.7719|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nagpur district|Nagpur]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = [[Narkhed taluka|Narkhed]]

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| government_type = [[Grampanchayat]]
| governing_body = Jalalkheda Grampanchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 378.3
| population_total = 8732
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 441301
| area_code = 07105
| area_code_type = Telephone code

| registration_plate = MH40
| leader_title4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
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'''Jalalkhera''' is a [[village]] in [[Nagpur district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. It connected with [[National Highway (India)|National Highway NH-353J]]. Also it is on the confluence of the Wardha and Jam rivers. It is situated 78 km from [[Nagpur]], and the nearest railway stations are [[Mowad]], [[Warud]], [[Katol]], [[Narkhed]]. The town is a tourist attraction as it has the Someshwar Fort Temple as well as the confluence of the two rivers. It is under [[Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency|Ramtek Loksabha Constituency]] and [[Katol (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katol Vidhan Sabha Constituency]].

==Demographics==
Jalalkheda<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/4023-narkhed-nagpur-maharashtra.html|title=Villages & Towns in Narkhed Taluka of Nagpur, Maharashtra|website=Census2011.co.in|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> had a population of 8732. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jalalkheda has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 68%. In Jalalkheda, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

This city is also famous because of a natural calamity on 30 July 1991, the flood of Wardha River.

In Wardha River, flash and big floods had occurred in 1959, 1962, 1979 and 1991. The Wardha River floods<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19910831-post-collapse-of-wardha-river-embankment-slow-relief-work-compounds-misery-of-survivors-814727-1991-08-31|title=Post collapse of Wardha river embankment, slow relief work compounds misery of survivors|author=Godfrey Pereira|newspaper=[[India Today]]|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> of 1962 and 1991 were very severe, causing heavy loss of life, property, crops and infrastructure. After the devastating flood of July 1991, all the houses in Jalalkheda were shifted to safer sites. In terms of damages, Wardha River caused the most severe damage to houses, land and infrastructure. However, low-lying agricultural lands, crops and infrastructure like roads, electric poles, culverts, farm cattle and crops or plantations on the Jalalkheda side of the river received less damages.

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Nagpur district]]

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