Yeola

Yeola येवला
town
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nashik
Population  (2001)
• Total	43,205
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Yeola () is a town and a municipal council and a taluka headquarters in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

History

Yeola is known for work of an holy Sant Raghuji Baba, who was Main reformer of Yeola City. He built the 1st Mosque in Yeola. People say that when Mughal King Aurangzeb would pass through any city with his army to capture India and if he would not find any Mosque Masjid (Place of Prayers for Muslim), he would destroy the whole city or village. When he was passing through deccan south part of India or Aurangabad,he also passed Yeola City. A fear erupted in small Yeola City. People of Yeola City were worried about this fact since no single Muslim live in Yeola City & so there was no Mosque or masjid. Raghuji Baba gathered some people and they built a Mosque. But after building the Mosque fear was not gone. Because there were no Muslims in city. He gathered some Muslim from surrounding area, And brought them to Yeola City.First Mosque of yeola city which called Patel ki Masjid and which is located in Bhaldar Galli near Samadhi of Raghuji Baba. This Mosque was built by Hindu.

Location

Yeola is 83 kilometres from Nasik on Nasik-Aurangabad Highway and 28 kilometres south of Manmad on the Manmad–Ahmednagar road. Yeola is 35 kilometres from Shirdi and is 260 kilometres northeast of Mumbai. It has a station on the Ahmednagar–Manmad rail route. Aurangabad Airport, Nasik/Ozar Airport, Shirdi Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport are the nearest airports.

Industries

Yeola is a major handloom weaving center of the Shalu and Paithani silk saris and pitambers woven here. There are more than thousands of handlooms on which these saris are woven. The prominent markets of this material is Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh as well as internationally. It is also famous for gold and silver wire.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Yeola had a population of 43,205. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yeola has an average literacy rate of 99%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 99%, and female literacy is 99%. In Yeola, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religions in Yeola
Religion			Percent
Hindus			62%
Muslims			25%
Buddhists			10%
Jains			1.7%
Others†			1.3%
Distribution of religions †Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Notable residents

• Tantya Tope
• Yadunath Thatte
• Swami Muktananda

Ambedkar's speech at Yeola

History

B.R. Ambedkar urged dalits, at a conference in Yeola on 13 October 1935, to convert out of Hinduism due to that religion's classification of them as outcast.

Schools and Colleges

1. Swami Muktanand Vidyalaya, Yeola, Station Road.
2. Swami Muktanand College, Yeola, Station Road.
3. De Paul English Medium School, Yeola, Near Railway Station was established in 2003 by Vincentian Mission Service Society.For details.visit www.depaulyeola.com
4. Vidya Institute of Technology,Gat no.74,Dhanore,Yeola.
5. Vidya International School,Gat No.74,Dhanore,Yeola.
6. New English School, Nagarsol, Yeola, Station Road.
7. Matoshri institute of technology yeola
8. Shriman Sheth Gangaram Chhabildas Jr.College & Enzo-chem High School, Yeola, Nagar-Manmad Road.
9. Janata Vidyalaya, Yeola, Marathi medium school up to 10th Class, Junior college for Science, Commerce and Arts, Bachelor of Commerce and Arts
10. S. N. D. College of POLY.YEOLA
11. S. N. D. College of Engineering and Research Centre, located at Babulgaon in Yeola was established in 2006. It is affiliated to Pune University. www.sndcoe.ac.in
12. Anglo Urdu High School and Junior College, Multanpura, Yeola Established in 1967 by Anjuman Farogh e Taleem Yeola.
13. Yeola Urdu Girls High School, Yeola

11 MAULANA AZAD URDU PRIMARY SCHOOL 31,MILLAT NAGAR YEOLA founder HAJI MOHD.SALIM ANSARI

See also

• Yeola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)