Solapur district
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Solapur District (सोलापूर) 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 basins. The entire district is drained by the Bhima River.[1]
Solapur District leads in beedi production. Kundalsangam, Karmala and Barshi have adopted the path of development through industry and education. Akkalkot also has mallikarjun temple where many lingayat devotees workship daily.
The presiding deity of Maharashtra, Lord Vitthal is at Pandharpur in this district. Swami Samarth of Akkalkot has followers from all walks of life. Solapur is famous as a textile town, especially owing to its talented weavers’ community, and is an important railway junction on the North-South train line.
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District - Solapur
Area - 14886 km²
Sub-divisions - Solapur, Madha (Kurduwadi), Pandharpur
Talukas - North Solapur, Barshi, Akkalkot, South Solapur, Mohol,Mangalvedha, Pandharpur, Sangola, Malshiras, Karmala, Madha
Distance from Mumbai - 450 km
Means of transport - Railway stations -Solapur, Mohol, Kurduwadi, Madha, Akkalkot Road ST Buses, SMT (Solapur Municipal Transportation, Auto-Rikshaws. Solapur station has daily train service to Mumbai via Pune known as Siddheshwar Express Also, daily shuttle from Solapur to Pune known as Hutatma Express
Population
- Total - 3,849,543(District)
The district is 31.83% urban as of 2001. [1]
Area under irrigation - 4,839.15 km²
Irrigation projects Major-1 Medium-2 Minor-69 Imp. Projs.- Bhima Ujjani
Industries Big-98 Small-8986
Languages/dialects - Marathi,kannada
Folk-Arts - Lavani, Gondhal, Dhangari,Aradhi and Bhalari songs
Weather Temperature Max: 34.10 °C Min: 21.7 °C Rainfall-759.80 mm (Average)
Main crops - Jowar, wheat, sugarcane
Area under horticulture - 600 km²
Health infrastructure PHCs-67 Rural Hosp.-14 Dist. Hosp.-1 Big Hosp.-30
Tourist places - Kundalsangam, Pandharpur, Akkalkot, Akluj, Barshi, Karmala, Nanaj(North Solapur taluka)
Educational Institutions Universities - Solapur University Medical Colleges - Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College Colleges-30 School For Mentally Handicapped - Jivala School for Mentally Handicapped, Barsi, Solapur
Primary schools - 2838 Secondary schools - 637
[edit] Places of interest
- Siddheshwar Temple and lake
- Solapur Fort (Bhuikot Killa)- Fort built by Bahamani sultan
- Pandharpur (70 km) - Lord Vithoba Temple,1,2
- Akkalkot (38 km) - Swami Samarth Maharaj Temple
- Barshi
- Maldhok wildlife sanctuary, Nannaj
- Ramling - Lord Mahadeo Temple
- Gangapur - Shri Dattatreya Temple
- Dahigaun - Jain Temple
[edit] Notes
- ^ Solapur District Geographical Information. Retrieved on December 11, 2006.
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State of Maharashtra |
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| Districts | Nagpur • Chandrapur • Bhandara • Gondia • Gadchiroli • Amravati • Akola • Washim • Hingoli • Nanded • Wardha • Yavatmal • Buldana • Thane • Mumbai (Suburban) • Mumbai (City) • Raigarh • Ratnagiri • Sindhudurg • Nashik • Ahmednagar • Pune • Satara • Sangli • Kolhapur • Nandurbar • Dhule • Jalgaon • Aurangabad • Jalna • Parbhani • Beed • Latur • Osmanabad • Solapur • |
| Major cities | Nagpur • Amravati • Chandrapur • Thane • Mumbai • Navi Mumbai • Pune • Ahmednagar • Aurangabad • Kolhapur • Solapur • Jalgaon • |
| Divisions and Districts of Maharashtra |
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| Amravati Division: Akola | Amravati | Buldhana | Washim | Yavatmal |
| Konkan Division: Mumbai | Mumbai (Suburban) | Raigad | Ratnagiri | Sindhudurg | Thane |
| Aurangabad Division: Aurangabad | Beed | Hingoli | Jalna | Latur | Nanded | Osmanabad | Parbhani |
| Nagpur Division: Bhandara | Chandrapur | Gadchiroli | Gondia | Nagpur | Wardha |
| Nashik Division: Ahmednagar | Dhule | Jalgaon | Nandurbar | Nashik |
| Pune Division: Kolhapur | Pune | Sangli | Satara | Solapur |
