Madhavnagar is a small city in sangli and now Suburb of Sangli Urban;

Sangli district Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: aːŋɡli is a district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the North, Karnataka state to South-East, by Kolh ...

in the

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of Maharashtra.

Demographics

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, Madhavnagar had a population of 10,993. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Madhavnagar has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Madhavnagar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is now the industrial zone in Sangli district. Madhavnagar is one of biggest villages in Miraj

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.Many of textile mills are situated in Madhavnagar. It is historical village in Sangli District. Mr. Madhavrao Patvardhan give his name to this village. This is birthplace of Mr. Madan Patil, Ex Minister Govt. of Maharashtra. Shree Devkaran Surajkaran Malu was the first Sarpanch of the

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Madhavnagar. Ranapratap vyayam mandal, Madhavnaagr is popular for sport "kabaddi".

History of madhavnagar

It is just 4 km from

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...

and 12 km from

Miraj Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city in Sangli District and also in Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century. It was an important jagir of the Adil Shahi court of Bijapur. Shivaji Maharaj stayed in Miraj for ...

. Its situated on Sangli - Tasgaon Road. Is this station is outside of village of madhavnagar. Once upon time it was called them 'Maharashtra's Manchester' as same Ichalkaranji, Malegaon.The village have seven prominent colonies on both sides of main road namely Ravivar peth, Somvar peth.... till Shaniwar peth. The village is also hometown for many businessmens' who have cottons and ginning mills and other businesses over the districts.

Rail

Madhavnagar has a

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. Only passengers are stop at station. It is situated on one of the main rail routes in

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Notable people

Madhavnagar is the hometown of Indian Women Cricketer Smriti Mandhana.

References

Cities and towns in Sangli district {{Sangli-geo-stub