Shahuwadi is a

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in the Karvir subdivision of the

Kolhapur district Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: olʱaːpuɾ is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river. It is bordered by the Sangli district to the Nor ...

in the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. As India expanded in 1949, Kolhapur was redistricted and expanded to include Shahuwadi. The

Amba Ghat Amba Ghat is a mountain pass on Ratnagiri-Kolhapur road ( NH 204) in Maharashtra, India, at a height of 2000 ft above sea-level, This ghat lies in the Sahyadri mountain ranges (Western Ghats) and has picturesque mountain-scapes and a pl ...

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Ratnagiri Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for ...

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

road (

NH 204 National Highway 166 (NH 166) is a National Highway in India. It runs from Ratnagiri to Solapur via Kolhapur,sangli,miraj, Solapur in Maharashtra. This is a main link connecting Konkan region to South-Western region in Maharashtra. The complete ...

) is nearby. Shahuwadi has 145 villages. The distance between Kohalpur and Shahuwadi is 46.5km.

Historical places

* Ganpati Mandhir * Pawankhind * Old Palace * Laxmi Vilas Palace * Shalini Palace * Dongrai Buddhist Caves * Teen Darwaja * Sandhya Math * Dutondi Buruj * Panhala Fort * Naykinicha Sajja * Ambarkhana

Language

The official languages are

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and

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

References

Cities and towns in Kolhapur district Talukas in Maharashtra Kolhapur district {{Kolhapur-geo-stub