Satara district

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Satara District is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra with an area of 10,480 km² and a population of 2,808,994 of which 14.17% were urban (as of 2001). [1] Satara is the capital of the district and other major towns include Wai, Karad, Koregaon, Koyananagar, Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. Pune bounds it to the north, Solapur the east, Sangli to the south, and Ratnagiri to the west.

The Sahyadri range, or main range of the Western Ghats, runs north and south along the western edge of the district, separating it from Ratnagiri district. The Mahadeo range starts about 10 m. north of Mahabaleshwar and stretches east and south-east across the whole of the district. The Mahadeo hills are bold, presenting bare scarps of black rock like fortresses. The Satara district is part of two main watersheds. The Bhima River watershed, which is a tributary of the Krishna, includes the north and northeast of the district, north of the Mahadeo hills. The rest of the district is drained by the upper Krishna and its tributaries. The hill forests have a large store of timber and firewood. The whole of Satara district falls within the Deccan Traps area; the hills consist of trap intersected by strata of basalt and topped with laterite, while, of the different soils on the plains, the commonest is the black loamy clay containing carbonate of lime. This soil, when well watered, is capable of yielding heavy crops. Satara contains some important irrigation works, including the Krishna canal. In some of the western parts of the district the average annual rainfall exceeds 5 m.; but on the eastern side water is scanty, the rainfall varying from 1 m in Satara town to less than 30 cm in some places farther east. The district is traversed from north to south by a railway line, which passes 15 km east Satara town.

Sahyadri Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd,Yeshwantnagar is on of Biggest sugar plant in maharashtra (7500 TCD) is located near shirwade railway station in karad taluka.

Sahyadri Motors Pvt. Ltd. A-22, Old MIDC Pune Benglore Highway Satara is one of Biggest Mahindra & Mahindra Automobile Showroom in maharashtra is located near IDBI Bank Ltd.satara

The Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi, near Wai, is the Kalubai temple. Located on a hill 4,650 feet above sea level, the temple, some 20 km from Satara, overlooks the picturesque Purandhar fort. Devotees attribute miraculous properties to a grove around the shrine. Lore has it that the temple is more than 400 years old and was built during Shivaji's Maratha rule. However, no definite date on the temple's construction is available. It was the scene of a tragic stampede on 25 January 2005.

[edit] Talukas in Satara District

Satara
Phaltan
Wai
Khandala
Mahabaleshwar
Jawali
Koregaon
Man
Karad
Patan
khatav

[edit] Education and Training Institutes

The Sainik School in Satara is one of the oldest residential school preparing boys for military career. There are also institutes run by the Rayat_Shikshan_Samstha

[edit] External links

• Welcome to Satara
• History
• Map of Maharashtra.
• Satara District Main Roads and Railways
• Physical Map of Satara District

[edit] Further reading

• Malik, S.C. Stone Age Industries of the Bombay & Satara Districts, M. Sayajirao University Baroda 1959.
• Selections from the Historical Records of the Hereditary Minister of Baroda. Consisting of letters from Bombay, Baroda, Poona and Satara Governments. Collected by B.A. Gupte. Calcutta 1922.

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