Walwa(Waḷwa) is a town and a taluka in
Sangli district
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in the
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of
Maharashtra
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. It is also known as Walwa-Islampur Taluka.
There are ninety-five
panchayat village
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
s in Walwa Taluka.
It is 200 km from Pune and 340 km from Mumbai. Before independence Walawa was known for its "Pratisarkar movement". There were plenty of freedom fighters like
Krantishigh Nana Patil, Vinayakrao Thorat,
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 ...
, Rajarambapu Patil Hutatama kisan ahir and more whose native villages were in Walawa Subdivision.
The
Krishna River passes through the taluka. The major crops produced in the taluka are sugarcane and grapes. The major occupations are Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
Demographics
In the 2001 India census, Walwa Taluka had 427,377 inhabitants, 220,542 (51.6%) were males and 206,835 (48.4%) were females, for a gender ratio of 938 females per thousand males.
The taluka was 78.6% rural in 2001.
In the 2011 census the population had increased to 455,138 inhabitants
and a gender ratio of 939 females per thousand males. The taluka was 77.0% rural in 2011.
The literacy rate in 2011 was 86.03% overall in Walwa Taluka, with a rate of 92.83% for males and 78.92% for females.
In 2011 in Walwa Taluka, 9.66% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.
List of towns and villages
There are two towns in Walwa Taluka,
Ashta Ashta may refer to:
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and
Uran Islampur
Uran-Islampur (Islampur for short) is a city and a Municipal Council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
The 2011 Census of India
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both with municipal councils.
There are more than ninety-five villages.
Industries
* Ashta Linerce
* Hutatma Dairy
* Hutatma Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana
* Prakash Shikshan Mandal, Islampur
** Prakash Hospital & Research Center, Islampur
* Rajarambapu Patil Shikshan & Udyog Samuha, Islampur
* Swa.sai Vilasrao Thorat Walwa sahkari dudh sanstha walwa
Educational societies
* Kasegaon Education Society
* Kusumtai Rajarambapu Patil Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Islampur
* Arts & Commerce College, Ashta
* Arts & Commerce College, Kasegaon.
* Rajarambapu Institute of Information Technology, Rajaramnager, Islampur
* B.Pharmacy College Kasegaon
* Nursing Institute Of Islampur
* Hutatma Kisan Ahir Vidyalaya
* Jijamata Vidyalaya
* Krantisinh Nana Patil College
* Rajaram Shikshan Sanstha, Ashta
* Rangrao Balaji Patil Shikshan Sanstha, Borgaon
* Dr. Prakash Patil BalVikas Mandir, Borgaon
* Kisan shikshan mandal walwa
* Annasaheb dange college of engineering
* Annasaheb dange college of pharmacy
See also
*
Bapu Biru Vategaonkar
Bapu Biru Vategaonkar (1922-2018) was an Indian s
Social worker and youth idol.
Media
He has been interviewed in the programme "desh yatra" on IBN-Lokmat and on Jai Maharashtra TV. A bio-pic on Vategaonkar has been made. Milind Gunaji play ...
*
Vilasrao Shinde Saheb
*
Jayant Rajaram 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 Cabi ...
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Cities and towns in Sangli district