Solapur district
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Solapur District 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]
A melting pot with a confluence of Marathi and Kannada languages, Solapur District leads in beedi production. Kundalsangam, Karmala and Barshi have adopted the path of development through industry and education. Akkalkot taluka consists majority of kannada speaking people. 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
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- Siddheshwar Temple and lake
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Temple Pictures1 Temple Pictures2
- Revanasiddheshwar Garden
- Solapur Fort (Bhuikot Killa)- Fort built by Bahamani sultan
- Kambar (Sambhaji) Talao (lake)
- Hipparaga Talao (lake)
- Pandharpur (70 km) - Lord Vithoba Temple 1 2
- Kundalsangam
- Akkalkot (38 km) - Swami Samarth Maharaj Temple
- Barshi
- Nanaj
- Ramling - Lord Mahadeo Temple
- Tuljapur (40 km)- Tuljabhavani temple 1 2
- Gangapur - Shri Dattatreya Temple
- Gulbarga - Khawaja BandeNawaz Tomb & SharanaBasaveshwar Temple
- Bijapur (109 km) Golghumaj
- Badami Cave temple at Badami
- Badami Badami Caves
- Soregaon - Gajanan Maharaj Temple of Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan
- Dahigaun - Jain Temple
- kurduwadi--basaveshar temple--near renowned DR NISHANT SHAH'S CLINIC
[edit] Notes
- ^ Solapur District Geographical Information. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
[edit] External links
Solapur4u.com
| 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 |
