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Abstract Towns are the places of manifold functions and these functions are mostly related to the economic and social development of urban areas. Towns in Jalgaon district are prominent historic-religious place of Central India which is located on lush green covered Plateau, Ajanta ranges, and Hatti hill ranges. The topographical configuration of tahsils towns in Jalgaon district is uneven and the towns are situated around the origin point of the sacred river Girna. The temples, ponds, ashrams, and commercial shops are the foremost features of tahsil towns. The functions of town in tahsils are widely influenced by the rain fed agriculture. The town has its importance as service centre in the peripheral villages and is connected with other, various important places. The process of urbanization and urban sprawl of the region is largely controlled by the religion-political factors. The segregated occupancy pattern of different ethnic groups in the town clearly shows the rural attribute of the town and its inclination towards the hierarchy based community system and religious aspect. The present study is an attempt to analyse and describe the urban functions, processes and social morphology of the settlement in spatio-cultural context.

Keywords: Urban functions, processes and social morphology.

"Urban Functions, Processes and Social Morphology of Drought – Prone Tahsils of Jalgaon District Maharashtra State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.61-67, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W07.pdf

"Urban Functions, Processes and Social Morphology of Drought – Prone Tahsils of Jalgaon District Maharashtra State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp61-67, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906W07.pdf