Solapur District (Marathi pronunciation: olaːpuːɾ is a district in Maharashtra state of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. The city of

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 ...

is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. The entire district is drained by the

Bhima River The Bhima River (also known as Chandrabhaga River) is a major river in Western India and South India. It flows southeast for through Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana states, before entering the Krishna River. After the first sixty-five k ...

. Solapur district leads Maharashtra in production of Indian cigarettes known as

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census Solapur District has a

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of 4,317,756, the 43rd largest

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in India by population (out of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.1%. Solapur has a

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 932

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 77.72%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.05% and 1.80% of the population respectively. At the time of the

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, 73.13% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 9.28%

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 ...

, 6.47%

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

, 4.49%

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and 3.94%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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/ref> Solapur district tehsils

Talukas

Solapur district is subdivided for administrative purposes into eleven

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

as, which in turn comprise smaller divisions. The talukas are

North Solapur North Solapur Taluka is one of the 11 tehsils of Solapur District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This tehsil is located in the eastern side of district and is bordered by Osmanabad District to the northeast, South Solapur to the south and ea ...

, South Solapur,

Akkalkot Akkalkot () is a City and a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated 38 km southeast of Solapur and close to the border of Karnataka state. City is the home to Shri Swami Samarth, a 19th ...

Barshi Barshi is a city located in Barshi Sub district of Solapur District of Maharashtra State of Republic of India. Barshi is second largest city in Solapur District.It is a hub for business, industry and tourism, with a high number of lentil in ...

Mangalwedha Mangalwedha is a town in the Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the birthplace of Shri Jayatirtha, also called Teekacharya, one of the prominent saints of the Dvaita school of Vedanta. Geography The city of Mangalwedh ...

Pandharpur Pandharpur (Pronunciation: əɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ is a well known pilgrimage town, on the banks of Candrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India. Its administrative area is one of eleven tehsils in the District ...

Sangola Sangole or (Sangola) is a city with a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated near Holy city Pandharpur . It is located at the intersection of state highways SH-161, SH-3, and SH-71. Traditi ...

Malshiras Malshiras is a town and the headquarters of Malshiras taluka in Solapur district of Maharashtra state in western India. Its governing body is promoted to Nagar Panchayat from a Gram Panchayat in 2017. There are many popular towns in Malshiras ...

Mohol Mohol is a taluka (town) and a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Decca ...

, Madha and

Karmala Karmala is a city and a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. History The municipality was established at Karmala in 1867 and is now governed under the Maharashtra Municipalities Act, 1965. It covers an area ...

Notable people

* M. F. Husain - painter *

Shashikala Shashikala Saigal (née Jawalkar; 4 August 1932 – 4 April 2021), better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s. Early years Shash ...

- Hindi film actress *

Sarala Yeolekar Sarala Yeolekar is an actress of Marathi, Hindi and Gujarati cinema. She has acted in over 150 movies. In Hindi movies, she is best known for her sexy dance in an item song in the movie '' Dance Dance'' (1987). Selected plays and filmography ...

- Marathi film actress *

Lalchand Hirachand Lalchand Hirachand Doshi (24 October 1904 – 1993) was a scion of Walchand group, noted industrialist, philanthropist and Jain social leader.Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan (Scholar) * Jabbar Patel - Marathi film director *

Atul Kulkarni Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting A ...

- Marathi and Hindi film actor *

Nagraj Manjule Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...

- Marathi film director * Rinku Rajguru - Marathi film actress *

Akash Thosar Akash Thosar (born 24 February 1994) is an Indian actor who appears in Marathi cinema and Bollywood. He is best known for his role as Parshya in the 2016 Marathi film '' Sairat''. He was ranked eighth in ''The Times of Indias Top 20 Most Des ...

- Marathi film actor *

Ranjitsinh Disale Ranjitsinh Disale is an Indian teacher from Maharashtra. He is the winner of $1 million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 which was announced on 3 December 2020. The Global Teacher Prize, which has been referred to by journalists as the Nobel ...

- Teacher, Winner of Global Teacher Prize 2020

References

External links

Official website of Solapur District
{{Authority control Districts of Maharashtra Pune division

Demographics

Talukas

Notable people

See also

References

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