Anjangaon

Anjangaon is a city and municipal council in Amravati district of the state of Maharashtra, India. It is technically made up of two main zones, Anjangaon and Surji, on either side of the Shahanur River, and the pair is often called Anjangaon-Surji. Its municipal council status dates from 1930, the first in Amravati district, and Anjangaon Surji Tehsil was established in 1981. The area is known as a banana hub of Vidarbha and as a centre for medicinal plants such as Piper longum and Safed musali. It sits at about 21.16 degrees north and 77.32 degrees east at an average elevation of 374 metres, and in the atlas it is held for that geographic frame.