Katgun is a village in the

Khatav Khatav is a town and taluka (administrative division) located in the Phaltan subdivision of the Satara district, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by ar ...

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Satara district Satara district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːt̪aɾaː is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban (). Satara (city), ...

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Notable personalities

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including erad ...

, the Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist was belongs to Katgun. Jyothirao Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 into a family that belonged to the agricultural (Mali) caste, traditionally occupied as gardeners and considered to be one of the Shudhra varna in the ritual ranking system of Hinduism. The original surname of the family had been Gorhe and had its origins in the village of Katgun, in present day Satara District, Maharashtra.

Connectivity

Katgun is close to many larger towns including Vaduj, Satara.

References

Villages in Satara district {{Satara-geo-stub