Niphad

Niphad is the name both of the town and the Taluka headquartered there. It is within the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. The Marathi name signifies "a place without mountains", and indeed the taluka's topography is fairly level, with hardly any hills. It is served by Niphad railway station.Niphad's latitude and longitude coordinates are 20°5′0″N 74°7′0″E / 20.08333°N 74.11667°E / 20.08333; 74.11667. Located northeast of Nashik city, the Taluka borders Sinnar, Nashik, Dindori, Chandwad, and Yeola Talukas and Ahmednagar District, and has no direct access to the sea. The Niphad Sub-Division is composed of Niphad, Sinnar and Yeola Talukas.

Niphad Town

About 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Nashik, the town lies on the Nashik–Aurangabad Highway and has a station on the Mumbai–Nagpur section of the Central Railway. Although facilities in the surrounding villages are improving, the town remains the local transportation and communication hub as well as the seat of government and law enforcement, with additional district courts serving the Niphad, Yeola and Pimpalgaon Baswant courts. Niphad is also the center for medical and veterinary care, trade, banking (with State Bank of India, Bank Of Maharashtra, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Corporation Bank, State Bank of Hyderabad, HDFC Bank, Land Development Bank branches and many Co-operative Banks. It is also a center for education, with high schools, junior colleges, senior colleges, government ITI and other technical Institutes.

Niphad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Niphad Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: निफाड विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

It is a part of the Dindori (Lok Sabha constituency)(ST) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Kalvan (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Chandvad (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Yevla (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Nandgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency), and Dindori (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2004

Assembly Elections 2009

Assembly Elections 2014

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