Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: aːŋɡli is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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state in India.

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 o ...

city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by

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), ...

Solapur district Solapur District (Marathi pronunciation: olaːpuːɾ is a district in Maharashtra state of India. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basi ...

to the North,

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

state to South-East, by

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 ...

to South-West and by narrow portion in East side to

Ratnagiri district Ratnagiri District (Marathi pronunciation: �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The administrative headquarter of the district is located in the town of Ratnagiri. The district is 11.33% urban. The district ...

. It is present on the southern tip of Maharashtra. The district is 25.11% urban. Sangli and

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 ...

are the largest cities. The industrial cities like Kirloskarwadi and

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is also located in the Sangli District. Industrialist

Laxmanrao Kirloskar Laxmanrao Kashinath Kirloskar (20 June 1869 – 26 September 1956) was an Indian businessman. He was the founder of the Kirloskar Group. Biography Laxmanrao was born on 20 June 1869, in a Maharashtrian family in Gurlahosur, a village in Belga ...

started his first factory here. It is known as the sugar bowl of India due to its high sugarcane productivity. Sangli District is one of the most fertile and highly developed districts in Maharashtra. The District is very popular as a political power house in the state. It has provided many politicians and bureaucrats and is often referred to as the ''Heaven of Farmers''.

Officer

Members of Parliament

Sanjaykaka Patil Sanjaykaka Ramchandra Patil is a politician from Tasgaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra state in India. He was Vice President of Sangli Municipal Corporation and President of Indian Youth Congress in Sangli district. In 1996, he was the memb ...

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Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane (b 1981) is an Indian politician. He is elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Hatkanangale, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Shiv Sena. He received ...

( BSS)

Guardian Minister

list of Guardian Minister

District Magistrate/Collector

list of District Magistrate / Collector

History

The district of Sangli is a recent creation, being made as late as in 1949. It was then known as South Satara and it has been renamed as Sangli since 1961. It is partly made up of a few talukas which once formed part of the old Satara District and partly of the States and jahagirs belonging to Patvardhans, and Dafles which came to be merged during the post-independence period.

Kundal Kundal is a town in Palus Taluka within the Sangli District of southwestern Maharashtra, It has a population of 18,287 people - 9,432 males and 8,855 females according to the 2011 census. Kundal is located north of the district capital, Sangl ...

, the region around Sangli, was the capital of the

Chalukyas The Chalukya dynasty () was a Classical Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties. The earliest dynas ...

was an ancient village, around 1,600 years old. Kaundanyapur (its old name) was a part of

. Kundal was the home of freedom fighters like Krantisigha Nana Patil, Krantiveer Captain Akaram (dada) Pawar, Shyamrao Lad, Captain Ramchandra Lad, G.D. Lad, Shankar Jangam and Husabai Jangam.

Geography

Sangli District is located in the western part of Maharashtra. It is bounded by Satara and

Solapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a branch line ...

districts to the north, Bijapur District (Karnataka) to the east,

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 ...

and

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

(Karnataka) districts to the south, and

Ratnagiri District Ratnagiri District (Marathi pronunciation: �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The administrative headquarter of the district is located in the town of Ratnagiri. The district is 11.33% urban. The district ...

to the west. Sangli District is situated in the river basins of the Warna and

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

rivers. Other small rivers, such as the

Warana River Warana River is a river that flows through the Warana river valley of Sangli and Kolhapur districts in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important tributary of the Krishna river. Geography and course The river originates at a h ...

and the Panchganga, flow into the River Krishna. Land in the region is suitable for agriculture. Sangli district has distinct kind of environment. Eastern talukas of Shirala, Walwa, Palus are famous for high rainfall and floods. 2005 floods submerged many villages like Dudhondi, Punadi, Khed, walwa etc. Western talukas are famous for drought and tanker driven drinking water supply systems. But recent projects like Tembhu-Mhaisal yojana, Takari prakalp ( located in takari town & water lifted & stored in Sagareshwar wildlife sanctuary area), Vita water scheme (located in Dudhondi and Ghogoan village) are changing the water landscape of these talukas. These water projects are located on river Krishna. Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located at the meeting of three Tehsils of Sangli district: Kadegaon, Walva and Palus. The wildlife sanctuary is man-made; it is an artificially cultivated forest without a perennial supply of water, and most of the wildlife species were artificially introduced. It has an area of 10.87 km².

Tourism

The sanctuary is a popular tourist destination, with the peak tourism season being from August to February. The most popular tourist activity is hiking to the top of a hill in the sanctuary, from which one can see the Krishna River flowing through fields of sugarcane and grapevines. Also in the area are numerous shrines to Shiva which were built during the Chalukya dynasty, and the Krishna Valley Wine Park in Palus. and Kundal is the region around Sangli, was the capital of the Chalukyas. Kundal is a historical place.

About Sagareshwar

The Sagareshwar sanctuary has much religious, cultural and archaeological significance. The sanctuary derives its name from an ancient famous Shiva temple that attracts many devotees. It actually consists of one large temple and a complex of 51 small temples, all from the Satvahana period. You will find the Kamal Bhairao temple, partially hewn from hard Basalt rock perched on the edge of a steep cliff. The entrance to the temple is through a narrow trench. File:Mirajmarketnorth.jpg, Laxmi Market,

File:bharatiyavillage.jpg, A village in Sangli district File:Shreekshetra Audumbar river bank.jpg, Bhubaneshwari Devi at river bank File:Shreekshetra Audumbar River Bank.jpg, Shreekshetra Audumbar River Bank

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sangli District has a

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of 2,822,143, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 137th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...

over the decade 2001–2011 was 9.18%. Sangli has a

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of 964

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 82.62%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.51% and 0.65% of the population respectively. Hinduism is followed by 86.47% of district population. Islam is second largest religion in Sangli district followed by 8.49% of district population. There are significant Jain minorities of 3.1% in Sangli city. At the time of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 85.97% of the population in the district spoke

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, 5.09%

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

, 4.73%

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and 2.38%

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Administration

Sangli District is composed of 10 talukas, listed below with their populations at the 2011 Census: *

Shirala Shirala also called Battis 2Shirala is a town and tehsil in Sangli District, India, away 60 kilometres west of the district headquarters, Sangli and about 350 kilometres from Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state. It is particularly known ...

(162,911) * Walwa (456,002) * Palus, Maharashtra (164,909) *

Kadegaon Kadegaon is a village and taluka of Sangli district of Maharashtra in India. Kadegaon is a Taluka in Sangli District of Maharashtra, India. Kadegaon Taluka's Headquarters is Kadegaon village. It is in the Paschim Maharashtra region, Pune Divis ...

(143,019) *

Khanapur Khanapur officially known as Khanapura is a panchayat town in Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belagavi. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. ...

(Vita) (170,214) *

Atpadi Atpadi is an administrative town of the Atpadi Taluka of Sangli District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Atpadi is located north-east of Sangli District and shares borders with the adjacent Solapur and Satara Districts. The town has a talu ...

(138,455) *

Tasgaon Tasgaon Tasgaon is a city in Maharashtra and a municipal council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Tasgaon city is developing city in Maharashtra. Tasgaon was given as Jahagir to Parshuram Bhau Tasgaonkar by Narayanrao Ba ...

(251,401) *

(854,581) * Kavathe Mahankal (152,327) *

Jat, Sangli Jat is a town and taluka headquarters in Miraj subdivision of Sangli district in southern Maharashtra. History Jat was the capital of a former Maratha jagir ruled by Dafales. Most of the dynasty period it was affiliated with Bijapur. For ...

(328,324)

Culture

is near Veerbhadra Temple Hill. This temple has 300 years of history. Kundal is a pilgrimage centre for the

Digambar ''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being ''Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing n ...

Jains Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

, with thousands of Jains visiting each year. There is a temple built in the memory of Maharaja Jaising.

is surrounded by hills, including ''Zari Parshwanath''. Water from the trough cascades near the idol of

Mahaveer Mahavira (Sanskrit: महावीर) also known as Vardhaman, was the 24th ''tirthankara'' (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd ''tirthankara'' Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6 ...

. Two caves house the idol of Mahaveer and the images of

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

Sita Sita (; ) also called as Janaki and Vaidehi is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic, ''Ramayana''. She is the consort of Rama, the avatar of the god Vishnu, and is regarded as a form of Vishnu's consort, Lakshmi. She ...

, and

Lakshman Lakshmana ( sa, लक्ष्मण, lit=the fortunate one, translit=Lakṣmaṇa), also spelled as Laxmana, is the younger brother of Rama and his loyalist in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He bears the epithets of Saumitra () and Ramanuja (). ...

. ''Samav Sharan'', a large open space on top of another hill, is considered holy by the Jains. They believe that Mahaveer gave sermons to his followers here. Another village,Dudhondi (sharing boundary with kundal), is famous for Shiv-Bhavani temple. This is only second temple with idols of maratha king Shivaji & goddess Bhavani in Maharashtra. First one is at Tuljapur, Usmanabad. Shri-kshetra (religious place) Audumbur has a temple dedicated to Shri-guru-Datta.

Notable people

Social Reformers/ Freedom fighters

Vasantdada Patil Vasantrao Banduji "Vasantdada" Patil (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics. Patil served as C ...

Nagnath Naikwadi Nagnath Naikwadi (1922–2012), popularly known as Krantiveer Nagnath anna, was an Indian independence activist, social worker, politician and educationist, known for his revolutionary activism during the Indian independence struggle. He was an ...

Annabhau Sathe Tukaram Bhaurao Sathe (1 August 1920 – 18 July 1969), popularly known as Anna Bhau Sathe (Marathi pronunciation: �ɳːaːbʱaːu saːʈʰe, was a social reformer, folk poet, and writer from Maharashtra, India. Sathe was a Dalit born in ...

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar ''Gopal Ganesh Agarkar'' (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Maharashtra, India. At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he was co-founder of multiple educational in ...

* Gulabrao Patil * Karmveer Bhaurav Patil *

Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale (15 January 1910 – 30 September 1988) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was born in a Chaturtha Digambar Jain family at Ankalkhop. Navale lost his father and his elder brother in his childhood. He completed his ...

*Rajarambapu patil *Mahavir Pandurang Salunkhe Saints Loknath swami

Entertainment/ literature/ culture/ music/ cinema

Bal Gandharva Narayan Shripad Rajhans, popularly known as Bal Gandharva, (26 June 1888 – 15 July 1967) was a famous Marathi singer and a stage actor. He was known for his roles in female characters in Marathi plays, since women were not allowed to act on ...

* Asha Bhosale *

Patthe Bapurao Patthe Bapurao (11 November 1868 – 22 December 1941) was a Marathi singer-poet in the Tamasha musical theatre genre. He also composed severals Vags, dramatic and humorous skits, which were also popular. Biography Born on 11 November 1868, ( ...

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar Gajānan Digambar Mādguḷkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India. He is popularly known in his home state of Mahārāshtra by just his initials as Ga Di Mā (गदिमा). He w ...

* Vishnudas Bhave *

Sai Tamhankar Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one F ...

Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 - 27 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set ...

*Vinayak Mahadev Kulkarni *Shankarrao Kharat

Sports

Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...

Smriti Mandhana Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana ( ; born 18 July 1996) is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket, she represents the Mah ...

is from

Madhavnagar Madhavnagar is a small city in sangli and now Suburb of Sangli Urban; Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics India census, Madhavnagar had a population of 10,993. Males constitute 51% of the population and females ...

Armaan Jaffer Armaan Jaffer (born 25 October 1998) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai cricket team. He made news when he broke schools cricket record by scoring 498 for Rizvi Springfield School against IES Raja Shivaji School in the Giles Shield ...

Politics

Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after l ...

* Patangrao Kadam *

Jayant Patil Jayant Rajaram Patil (born 16 February 1962) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than 3 decades. He was the Cab ...

R. R. Patil Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 – 16 February 2015) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important lea ...

Ramdas Athawale Ramdas Bandu Athawale () (born 25 December 1959) is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He is the president of the Republican Party of India (A), a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the S ...

* Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam *

* Gopichand Padalkar *

Officers

Vishwas Nangare Patil Vishwas Narayan Nangare-Patil is an Indian Police Service officer. He serves as the Additional Director General of Police in the Anti-corruption Bureau, Maharashtra. Previously he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Mumbai. Formerly ...

.(IPS) * Rajaram Mane (IAS) * Dr. Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi (IAS) * Amit Khatavkar (IRS) * Ganesh Tengale (IRS)

References

External links

Official website of Sangli district

Laxminarayan Puratan Vastu Sanghralay Museum in Sangli
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