Uran Islampur

Urun Islampur
—  city  —
Urun Islampur Location of Urun Islampur in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Sangli
Population	58,330 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 415409

Urun Islampur (or Islampur for short) is a city and a municipal council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Neighbourhoods 3 Industries 4 Public Facilities 5 Educational Facilities 6 Nearest Railway Junction 7 Nearest Railway Stations 8 Trivia 9 References

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[1], Urun Islampur had a population of 58,330. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Urun Islampur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 69%. In Urun Islampur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Neighbourhoods

The city is located just 3 km east of the Pune-Banglore National Highway Number 4 (NH 4).Name 'Urun' derivs from Godess Uranawati Devi.'Sambhuappa Temple' is the one of the grate Temple in Urun Islampur arcoss the Patil Galli which is famous in the town for their social services.Mr.Sambhaji Shivaji Babar is the one who handle the all activities .Also The Grate Author and Researcher of Focal(Gramin)Songs,Late Dr.Sarojini Babar also belongs to this place.She was the first MLA of Shirala Constitution. You can have easy access to three major cities, viz. Sangli, Karad and Kolhapur from Islampur since they are nearly the same distances. The Taluka place is Walwa, which is 10 km from Islampur yet all the Judicial, Panchayat, and Tehsil related procedures are carried out in Islampur only. You have many top tourist places in the vicinity of Islampur, e.g. Chandoli National Park, Sagareshwar Abhayaranya, Nrisinhpur, Audumbar, etc.

Industries

The city has major MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Center) area and it has been developing at a higher rate. The pivotal industries include the Great Rajarambapu Group of Textile Industries & Deendayal Cooperative Spinning Mill. The other major industries are Rajarambapu Doodh Sangh, Rajarambapu Solvex, Rajaram Sugar Factory,Rajarambapu Institute of James and Jewelry, Hutatma sugar, sarvodaya sugar, etc. accompanied by many small scale industries. Now Bombay rayon started their new textile plant near islampur which having capacity of 6000 employment & 600 crore investment.

Public Facilities

City provides all around public facilities in terms of Education in both Engineering and Medical faculty, Mobile Services, Shopping Malls, gardens, Theatres,Drama Theatre, Hospitals, Showrooms, Online Banking, Quality School Education etc.

Educational Facilities

The town has excellent educational facilities, with numerous schools and junior colleges. In addition, it harbors few colleges providing higher education in Management, Engineering, Pharmacy, Medicine,D.Ed,B.Ed, commerce.

Nearest Railway Junction

• Takari - 15 km
• Miraj - 50 km

Nearest Railway Stations

• Sangli - 42 km
• Karad - 30 km
• [(Takari)] - 15 km

Trivia

• The current (as of 2011) Rural Development Minister and ex-Finance Minister and ex-Home Minister] of Maharashtra Mr.Jayant Patil hails from Islampur. He has been highly influential in the development of the city.

• The city has never faced any serious natural calamity in the past.

• It has been host of state-level competitions in Sports, like Kho-kho, kabbadi and Hockey vollyball

References

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