Walwa(Waḷwa) is a town and a taluka in Sangli district in the

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. It is also known as Walwa-Islampur Taluka. There are ninety-five panchayat villages 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,

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, 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,

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and Uran Islampur 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

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{{Sangli district topics Cities and towns in Sangli district

Demographics

List of towns and villages

Industries

Educational societies

See also

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