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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Manmad
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| native_name_lang = Marathi
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nashik district|Nashik]]
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| elevation_m = 580
| population_total = 80,058 (Census 2011)
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=14 April 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 423104
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| area_code = 02591
| registration_plate = MH 15, MH 41
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Manmad {{audio|Manmad.ogg|pronunciation}} is one of the towns in [[Nasik district|Nashik district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in India. It is the third largest city in Nashik district, with a population of approximately 80,000. Geographically it lies within Nandgaon Tehsil in Nashik District. Though it has a larger area and population than most Tehsils in the district, it does not have a Tehsil office.

Manmad houses the largest grain storage warehouses of [[Asia]] which are administered by [[Food Corporation of India]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=FSI storage|url=https://fci.gov.in/storages.php?view=307|url-status=live}}</ref> and also the offices of petroleum companies like [[Bharat Petroleum]], [[Hindustan Petroleum]] and [[Indian Oil Corporation|Indian Oil]]. This is predominantly Railway town. All development in the city took place around railway activity. The city also has a popular [[Sikh]] [[Gurudwara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.langarsahib.org/OtherDera/GurudwaraManmad.asp|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.langarsahib.org}}</ref> Manmad is one of the largest markets for onion producing farmers after [[Lasalgaon]]; many farmers from nearby villages sell their farm produce in Manmad to wholesale traders, who in turn sell it in [[Mumbai]]. The Central Railway Engineering workshop at Manmad,<ref>[http://www.ssplprints.com/picdetails_search.php?typecoll=2&imgnum=119013&page=1&imgcoo=1om1 Inside the machine shop at Manmad Works, India, 1927] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130203051333/http://www.ssplprints.com/picdetails_search.php?typecoll=2&imgnum=119013&page=1&imgcoo=1om1 |date=2013-02-03 }}</ref> which constructs and maintains railway bridges for central railways, marked 100 years of operation in December 2005. The Centralized Engineering Workshop is under the direct control of Chief Engineer, Central Railway, Mumbai. This workshop undertakes fabrication of steel structural items, including bridge girders (the longest span built so far is 400 ft or 122m – KRCL); approximately 1160 employees work in the Engineering Workshop.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512075514/http://www.centralrailwayonline.com/newcr/cr/bhusawal/administration/Over-view.doc Central Railway Bhusawal Administration]</ref>

Bharat Petroleum has installed a station near Manmad which collects the petroleum products from BPCL & HPCL refineries and carries to interior part of Maharashtra. The petroleum products are loaded in rail wagons and transported to other places.

== Manmad railway station ==
[[Manmad railway station]] is a major railway junction on the [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway line]]. There are four railway lines converging at Manmad, one each from [[Bhusawal]], [[Daund]]–[[Pune]], [[Secunderabad–Manmad section|Secunderabad–Manmad]] and the most important one from [[Mumbai]]. Manmad is a very crucial junction for all those who want to travel to [[Shirdi]], Pune, Mumbai, [[Hyderabad]], [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]], [[Konkan]], [[Marathwada]] and [[Bangalore]]. It is a city with a majority of its population employed by Central Railway and Food Corporation of India. This station served as important inter-connection between Nizam State Railway (then [[metre-gauge railway]]) and GIP Railway till 1948.

== Transport ==
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Originally the [[Manmad]] town lies on Malegaon–Manmad–Ahmadnagar–Pune Road. It was important link for Holkars to deal with Peshwas at Pune. It was important link for Peshwas for entering Northern India and especially Delhi. Other roads link with [[Chandwad]] and [[Nandgaon, Maharashtra|Nandgaon]]. The city has huge traffic of agricultural produce, transport of petroleum, food grain & cement from Manmad Station. Traditionally (before the 1960s), Nashik district faced acute shortage of food grains. Food grains from Marathwada region were transported through this town, destined to Nashik district.

==Geography==
Manmad is located at {{Coord|20.25|N|74.45|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Manmad.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Manmad]</ref> It has an average elevation of 580 metres (1902 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Manmad has a population of 80,058. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Manmad has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Manmad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Nashik district topics}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Nashik district]]

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