Kalamb
Town
Shree Chintamani of Kalamb
Kalamb Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Kalamb Kalamb (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 20°26′40″N 78°19′32″E / 20.44444°N 78.32556°E / 20.44444; 78.32556
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Founded by	Aurangzeb alamgir
Government
• Type	Nagar panchayat
• Body	Nagar panchayat kalamb
Area
• Total	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	25,000
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	445401
Telephone code	07201
Vehicle registration	MH-29
Lok Sabha constituency	Yavatmal-Washim
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ralegaon

Kalamb is a town in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra state in India. It is famous for its temple devoted to the Hindu god Ganesha, and Muslim scholar Baba Basuri Wale.

Landmarks

Kalamb's temple is known as Shree Chintamani Temple, based on another name for Ganesh that emphasizes the belief that praying to him can remove worries ('Chinta' means worry in Sanskrit and in local Marathi language). It belongs to Vidarbha Ashtavinayak, one of the eight Ganapati kshetras in Vidarbha. It is one of the 21 kshetras of Ganesh throughout India. An annual fair of Shree Chintamani is held here.

Geography

The Chakravati River flows through Kalamb city. It has an average elevation of 283 metres.

History

The village was an important revenue assessment center under the Mughal Empire in early seventeenth century as the capital of a Sarkar (sub-unit of a Mughal Subah) of the same name, earlier spelled as 'Kalam'.^[1]

Demographics

Kalamb is administrative center of a Taluka (sub-district) also called Kalamb. The Taluka had a population of about 103 thousand in 2011, and consisted of 143 villages.^[2] It is part of the Vidarbha region. As of 2011, 86.78% of the population was Hindu, 8.89% was Buddhist, and 3.69% was Muslim, with all other religious minorities making up less than 1% of the population.^[2]

Transportation

Kalamb is on the Yavatmal-Nagpur highway. The nearest railway station is Dhamangaon and Wardha which is on the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway.

A New Kalamb Railway Station is being under Constructed on New Braud Gauge Wardha Yavatmal Nanded line.The Station is 3 km Away from Kalamb near Kamathwada.