SATARA - Province to District - An Introduction
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In 1948, the district Satara (earlier called as Satara Province) comprised of 11 subdivisions namely Bijapur(Now a part of Karnataka State), Jaoli, Karad, Khanapur Khatav, Koregaon, Pandharpur, Satara, Tasgaon, Walwa and Wai. In 1856, twelve new mahals were formed. |
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The Sub-divisional boundaries were again overhauled in the year 1962. After that several changes has been observed by transferring talukas and subdivisions like Pandharpur to Solapur, Bijapur to Belgaum. Malcompeth Peta(later named as Mahableshwar) formed in 1884 and Khandala abolished in 1927, later both re-constituted in 1947. Consequent upon merger of former Indian States, Satara district re-constituted. In 1947 the Satara district was bifurcated in two, named South Satara as its headquarter at Sangli and North Satara at Satara. Both districts were included in Bombay State. Since 1960, the name of North Satara district changed to Satara and South Satara to Sangli. At 1961 Census, Satara district comprised of 9 talukas and 2 mahals and 1160 villages. |
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At present Satara district has 4 Sub-Divisions namely Satara,Wai,Karad and Phaltan, 11 Talukas and 1727 villages. |
Name
& phone numbers (Tahasildar)
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Designation
& Taluka Name |
STD Code |
Taluka
HQ |
Phone |
Fax |
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Tahasildar,
Satara |
02162 |
Satara |
230681 |
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Tahasildar,
Wai |
02167 |
Wai |
220010 |
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Tahasildar,
Khandala |
02169 |
Khandala |
252128 |
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Tahasildar,
Koregaon |
02163 |
Koregaon |
220240 |
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Tahasildar,
Phaltan |
02166 |
Phaltan |
222210 |
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Tahasildar,
Dahiwadi |
02165 |
Man |
220232 |
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Tahasildar,
Khatav |
02161 |
Waduj |
231238 |
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Tahasildar,
Karad |
02164 |
Karad |
222212 |
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Tahasildar,
Patan |
02372 |
Patan |
283022 |
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Tahasildar,
Jaoli |
02378 |
Medha |
285223 |
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Tahasildar,
Mahableshwar |
02168 |
Mahabaleshwar |
260229 |
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District details (Sub-Dn/Taluka/Villages/Population etc.)
(
Population as per 2001 Census )
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Name of Sub-Division |
Taluka |
Head Quarter |
No.of Villages |
No.of Sajja's |
Pop. Rural |
Pop. Urban |
Population Total |
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SATARA |
Satara |
Satara |
198 |
72 |
2,70,814 |
1,69,605 |
4,40,419 |
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Jaoli |
Medha |
218 |
51 |
1,24,660 |
- |
1,24,660 |
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Koregaon |
Koregaon |
139 |
57 |
2,36,686 |
16,539 |
2,53,225 |
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WAI |
Wai |
Wai |
120 |
38 |
1,58,203 |
31,090 |
1,89,293 |
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Mahableshwar |
M'shwar |
55 |
9 |
28,542 |
26,016 |
54,558 |
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Khandala |
Khandala |
66 |
25 |
1,07,987 |
11,887 |
1,19,874 |
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PHALTAN |
Phaltan |
Phaltan |
123 |
57 |
2,62,748 |
50,798 |
3,13,546 |
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Man |
Dahiwadi |
104 |
42 |
1,79,069 |
20,494 |
1,99,563 |
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Khatav |
Vaduj |
141 |
53 |
2,60,483 |
- |
2,60,483 |
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KARAD
|
Karad |
Karad |
220 |
76 |
4,83,701 |
60,093 |
5,43,794 |
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Patan |
Patan |
343 |
66 |
2,85,872 |
11,619 |
2,97,491 |
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Total - 3 |
11 |
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1727 |
546 |
23,98,765 |
3,98,141 |
27,96,906 |
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