Dhule district in general and the town in particular had
been famous for its pure milk. Milch cattle used to be fed with cotton pend
(cattlefeed made by using cotton extract), which would produce rich quality
milk. Customers in Delhi once upon a time used to wait for the delivery
of milk from Dhule. Dondaicha in this district is the only town in the State
to produce glucose sugar and other products from maize. Laling fort, Tirupati
Balaji temple of Shirpur, Nakane Pond, Rajwade Sanshodhan Mandir are places
of tourists interest. Dhule district has been known for cash crops like,
cotton and chillies.
1.
District
Dhule
2.
Area
8061 sq. kms.
3.
Sub-divisions
2 (Dhule, Shirpur)
4.
Talukas
4 (Dhule, Shirpur, Sakri, Sindkheda)
5.
Distance from Mumbai
360 kms.
6.
Means of Transport
Railway Stations -12 (CR-5 and WR-7)
Road Transport
Bus routes-1024
No. of buses-681
7.
Population
Total-17,08,993
Male-8,78,538
Female-8,30,455
8.
Literacy
Per
cent-72.08
Total-10,54,979
Male-6,14,159
Female-4,40,820
Laling
fort, Laling Kuran, replica of Tirupati Balaji Templeat Shirpur, several
dams and Bijasan Devi temple in Shirpurtaluka, Nakane tank at Dhule,
Ekveera Devi temple at DhuleKanhaiyalal Maharaj tample at Amali (taluka-Sakri),
RajwadeSanshodhan Mandir, Samarth Vagdevta mandir at Dhule
19.
Educational Institutions
Colleges-19
Prim. Schools - 1184
Sec. Schools – 324
