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Welcome to Satara
Satara District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
 Geographical Area : 10480.0 Km2
Population in Satara (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3003922
Male : 1512524
Female :
1491398

Under 6 population
Total : 307673
Male : 163605
Female : 144068

Disabled population
Total disabled population : 37457
In seeing : 9386
In speech : 3310
In hearing : 2252
In movement : 15874
Mental : 6635

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 252
Sex Ratio Rank : 496
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 243 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 72 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Earthquake : Koyna - Earthquake measuring 6.5 in 1967

Brief About Satara District

GEOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Satara district is located in the western part of Maharashtra. It is bounded by Pune district to the north, Solapur district to the east, Sangli district to the south and Ratnagiri district to the west. Raigad district lies to its north-west.

Satara district is situated in the river basins of  the Bhima and Krishna river. The physical settings of Satara shows a contrast of immense dimensions and reveals a variety of landscapes influenced by relief,climate and vegetation. The variation in relief ranges from  the pinnacles and high plateaus of main Sahyadrians range having height over 4500 feet above mean sea level to the subdued basin of the Nira river in Phaltan tahasils with the average height of about 1700 feet above mean sea level. The climate ranges from the rainiest in the Mahabaleshwar region, which has an average annual all of over 6000 mm to the driest in Man tahsil where the average annual rainfall is about 500 mm. The vegetal cover too varies from the typical monsoon forest in the western parts to scrub and poor grass  in the eastern parts.

Geographical location
North Latiitudes 17.5 to 18.11
East   Longitude   73.33 to 74.54

Climate
Min.Temp - 11.6 Celsius
Max.Temp - 37.5 Celsius

Rainfall
1426 mm ( Average )

Geog.Area
10484 Sq.Kilometer

RIVERS IN SATARA DISTRICT
 The main rivers of Satara district are Koyna and Krishna. The Krishna is one of the three largest sacred rivers of southern India. Approx. 172 kms.of the river course falls inside the district. The Krishna river begins on the eastern brow of the Mahabaleshwar plateau and the source is about 4500 ft. above sea level.

Kudali, Urmodi, Venna and Tarali are small feeder rivers of Krishna. Koyna is the largest tributary of the Krishna in the district. Neera and Manganga  rivers are the two representative of the Bhima drainage in the north and north-eastern parts of the district respectively

STATISTICAL DETAILS

Population : 27,96,906

Male : 14,02,301
Female : 13,94,605
Literacy : 78,52 %
Male : 88.45 %
Female : 68.71 %
Density : 266.77 Per Sq.Km.
Sex Ratio : 995 ( For 1000 Male)
Tahasil's -( 11 ) 1. Satara   2.Karad     3.Wai   4.Mahabaleshwar
Panchayat Samiti (11) 5. Phaltan  6.Man   7.Khatav   8.Koregaon 9.Patan    10.Jaoli    11.Khandala
Nagar Palika (8) 1.Satara     2.Karad    3.Wai    4.Mahabaleshwar 5.Panchagani    6.Rahimatpur   7.Phaltan 8.Mhaswad
   

Gram Panchayat: 1487

Tot. Villages:   Rural - 1707, Urban - 43

Police Station : 25

Police outpost : 28

AGRICULTURE DETAILS

Major Crops : Bajra,Jowar,Wheat,Rice,Ghewada Gram,Sugarcane,Groundnut,Potato  Soybean,
Annual Crop : Sugarcane
Area under cultivation : Irrigated - 1,81,700 Hector
  : Non-Irr.  -  6,12,000 Hector
Forest : 1,42,000 Hector

Fisheries

Tot. No. of Tanks/Reservoir: 753
Tot. Water spread Area: 14,371 Hect.
Area Under Fish Culture: 14,000 Hect.
Tot. Fish Production : 3,900 M.T.
Tot. No. of Co-op. Societies: 47
No. of Fisher men: 5,000
Govt. Fish Seed Farm : 1 (Dhom)
Fish Seed Rearing Centres: 2

IRRIGATION
Major Projects: 2
Medium Projects : 9
Krishna Khore : - There are 10 Major , 13 Medium and 80 minor projects ( total - 103 ) are in progress by Krishna Valley Development Corporation. In future 2,43,392 Hector land will be irrigated.

CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR
Total Co-op.Societies: 5,059
P.A.C.S : 873
Members in Co-op.Soc.: 17,40,000
Sugar Factories: 12
Spinning Mills: 8

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Reg.Small scale Ind.(P): 2,842
Reg.Small scale Ind(T): 2548
Co-op.Ind.Estate: 5

POWER SECTOR
Pump Sets(electrified): 84,701
Domestic consumers: 3,91,389
Villages Electrified: 1522

PUBLIC HEALTH
General Hospital: 1
Cottage Hospital : 2
Primary Health Center : 71
Pry Health Sub Center: 309
Z.P.Dispensaries: 2
Rural Hospital: 10
Ayurvedic Desp.:17

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION
Total Railway track: 124 KM.
Villages Conn by roads: 1166
Total Road Length: 10,367 KM
National  Highway: 130 KM
State Highway : 963 KM
Dist. Roads: 1886 KM
State Highway : 963 KM
Tot. Reg. Vehicles: 1,59,619

EDUCATION SECTION

Primary Schools Zilla Parishad - 2406
  Private             -   754
  Nagar palika   -   122
Secondary Schools Zilla Parishad   -     1
  State Govt.      -     3
  Central Govt.   -     2
  Private               -  414
Jr. & Sr. Colleges 145
D.Ed./B.P.Ed. 12 + 1
Law Colleges   2
Medical Colleges   2
Engineering College 2
Polytechnic 2
Pharmacy 2
   

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING.

Ind.training Institutes : 11
  1.Satara, 2.Karad 3.Wai   4.M'shwar 5.Phaltan   6.Man  7.Khatav  8.Koregaon  9.Patan  10.Jaoli   11.Khandala

 

 
 
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