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| Population (2001 census): |
2,581,835 |
Literacy rate (2001): |
76.70% |
| Below poverty line: |
62% |
Infant
mortality rate (IMR): |
14 |
| Air: |
Closest
airports are at Pune (231 kms) and Mumbai (391
kms). |
| Rail: |
Connected by rail, with
a station at Sangli (broad gauge line). Another
station close by is Kolhapur (50 kms). |
| Road: |
An Express Highway
passes through the district. State highways and
roads from the district headquarters at Sangli
connect all 9 tehsils (subdistricts) and major
towns. Sangli is connected to National highway
No 4.
Sangli | | |
| Geographical location: |
Between 16°45' and 17°33' North
latitudes and 73°42' and 75°40' East longitudes
in the Deccan plateau |
| Area: |
8,602 sq km |
| Adjoining
districts: |
East: Bijapur district of
Karnataka; west: Ratnagiri district; south:
Kolhapur district and Belgam district of
Karnataka; north: Satara and Solapur
districts |
| Major
urban centres: |
Sangli, Miraj, Uran-Islampur,
Tasgaon, Vita, Ashta, Kupwad, Mandoor,
Madhavnagar, Walnesswadi |
| Major
crops: |
Paddy, millets, groundnut, wheat,
gram, sugarcane, soybean, grapes,
pomegranate |
| Major
rivers: |
Krishna, Werna, Yerla |
| Total no.
of sub-districts: |
9 | | |
| Population: |
2,581,835 |
| Density of
population (persons/sq km): |
301 |
| Men: |
1,319,267 |
| Women: |
1,262,568 |
| Total
rural population: |
1,948,804 |
| Total
urban population: |
633,031 |
| % of
Scheduled castes: |
12.56 % |
| % of
Scheduled tribes: |
0.49 % |
| Sex-ratio
(females/1000 males): |
957 | | |
| Below poverty line: |
62% |
| Infant
mortality rate (IMR): |
14 |
| Maternal
mortality rate: |
0.6 |
| Birth
rate: |
23.2 |
| Death
rate: |
6.4 | | |
| Max temp in °C: |
38.2°C |
| Min temp
in °C: |
10°C |
| Average
rainfall in mm: |
620
mm | | |
| Industries: |
Textile mills, diamond cutting,
sugar industries, turmeric godown, nutcrackers,
musical instruments |
| Industrial
centres: |
Sangli, Miraj, Madhavnagar,
Kirloskarwadi, Islampur |
| Main
markets: |
Sangli, Miraj, Vita, Tasgaon,
Madhavnagar, Ashta, Manadur, Uran,
Islampur |
| Main
banking centres: |
Sangli, Miraj, Uran,
Islampur | | |
| Flood: |
Flood-prone. 15 floods in the
last 30 years |
| Earthquake: |
Vulnerable to earthquake. Severe
earthquake in 1967 (6 on the Richter scale); in
1993 (5.5 on the Richter scale) |
| Cyclone: |
No |
| Drought: |
Yes |
| Relief
machinery: |
Earth-moving equipment: 3 (with
sugar factories in Sangli and Atpadi); drilling
rigs: 1 (GSDA); Pockland machine: 1 (sugar
factory, Sangli); bulldozers: 2 (sugar factory,
Sangli and
Atpadi) | | |
| Hospitals: |
Government hospitals- 2;
Ambulances- 8 (government), 27
(private) |
| Health
facilities: |
The district has a network of
government-run health facilities consisting of
the district hospital offering tertiary-level
care, with rural hospitals at the secondary
level and primary health centres, sub-centres
and dispensaries providing basic healthcare to
the rural population. Nearly 43.43% of the
villages had these primary health facilities
(1991) covering 70.12% of the rural population.
Sangli has 5.63 beds per 1,000 persons in urban
medical institutions (1991). |
| Blood
banks: |
1 (government), 4
(private) | | |
| Language: |
The principal language is
Marathi, but Kannada, Urdu and Telugu are also
spoken in the
district. | | |
| Food: |
The staple food of the people is
millets and
wheat. | | |
| Post and telegraph services: |
There are 41 post offices and 97
telegraph offices Nearly 54.77% of the villages
covering 80.74% of the rural population have
postal facilities.
Of the total inhabited
villages around 87.55% had access to transport
services, covering 95.43% of the rural
population. |
| State
highways passing through the district and road
services: |
1 national highway (30 kms), 111
kms of major state highways, 806 kms of state
highways, 1,952 kms of district roads. Regional
Transport Office at Sangli. 9 ST (bus)
depots |
| Important
railway stations and railway services: |
1 railway route, 21 stations (11
broad gauge and 10 narrow gauge), 3 mail
/express halts Major stations are Miraj, Sangli,
Kirloskarwadi, Bolwad,
Longarpeth | | |
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Veerla Vikas Sanstha
Verala Vikas Society,
14/51
Kalanagar, Madhav Nagar Road
Post
Box No 49
Sangli - 416416
Maharashtra,
India
Phone : 91-233-310288
Fax :
91-233-310288
Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Mandir
Sangli
Velankar Public Charitable Trust
Sangli
Shivsadan Research Foundation
Kundalwadi
| | |
| Fairs and festivals: |
Three main annual fairs are held
in the district: Mahashivratri at Audumbar
village in Tasgaon tehsil during February-March;
Nag Panchami in village Battis Shirala in
Shirala tehsil in August; and Ganapati fair in
Sangli town in August-September. Apart from
these are the Peer Gaikwad Dargah Urs at
Chinchani-Wangi; Viroba fair at Zare-Khanapur
tehsil and Shri Yellamdevi fair at
Jat. |
| Religious places: |
Battis Shirale, Tasgaon, Jat,
Kadegaon, Shukacharya, Kavthe Mahankal, Revni,
Audumbar, Bramhanal, Haripur, Kole
Narsinhapur |
| History: |
The district is named after the
district headquarters -- Sangli. The Mauryas,
the Satavahanas, the Pandavas, the Chalukyas,
the Rashtrakutas, the Silaharas, the Yadavas,
the Bahamanis, the Adil Shahis and Marathas
ruled this region. The Patwardhans, Brahmin
generals of the Marathas, took over as the
rulers of the region in the late-18th century.
In 1818, with the defeat of the Marathas at the
hands of the British, Sangli became a part of
the British dominions. In 1948 it was merged
with the Indian Union, and in 1949 the southern
part of Satara became present-day Sangli
district. In 1956, the district was merged with
Bombay state and in 1960 became a district in
the new state of Maharashtra and was renamed
Sangli. | | |
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