Murtajapur

Murtizapur is a municipal council and one of the taluka of district of Akola of Amravati division of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.GeographyMurtizapur is located at an average elevation of 308 metres . It is an important railway junction station in Akola district and is under Bhusawal-Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.Two out of three narrow gauge branch lines in Bhusawal railway division of central railway viz Murtizapur - Achalpur and Murtizapur - Yavatmal operate here.DemographicsIndia census, Murtijapur had a population of 38,551. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Murtijapur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 72%. In Murtijapur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.TransportationMurtajapur railway station is the junction station of the 762mm narrow gauge railway known locally as the Shakuntala Express. This line is composed of two legs intersecting with the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line at Murtajapur — the 76 km northern leg to Achalpur railway station and the 113 km southeastern leg to Yavatmal railway station. As of 2004 this line was still owned by a London-based company which had leased the line to India's Central Railway since 1903.