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{{short description|Town in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Mayani
| settlement_type = Town
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|17.4420253|N|74.5494988|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Taluka
| subdivision_type4 = Taluka H.Q.
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Satara district|Satara]]
| subdivision_name3 = Khatav
| subdivision_name4 = [[Vaduj]]
| governing_body = '''Gram Panchayat'''
| population_total = 10872<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mayani Population |title=District Census Handbook Satara, Census of India 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/828/download/36180/DH_2011_2731_PART_A_DCHB_SATARA.pdf |publisher=Directorate of Census Operation Maharashtra, Govt. of India |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Pin Code
| postal_code = 415102
| registration_plate = MH-11
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major Highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 160 (India)|NH-160]]
}}
'''Mayani''' is a town in [[Satara district|Satara]] district of [[Maharashtra]] state in [[India]]. It is situated on the [[National Highway 160 (India)|National Highway NH-160]]. This town is well known for a notified Bird Conservation Reserve in 2021.

== Geography ==
This town is situated on the banks of '''Chand river''', a tributary of [[Yerla River|Yerla river]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chand River, Mayani |url=https://www.esakal.com/paschim-maharashtra/mayani-lake-rohit-bird-egg-166154 |publisher=Sakal Newspaper |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chand River, Mayani |title=Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones in Khatav Tahsil using Geospatial Techniques |journal=International Journal of Applied Information Systems |volume=9-No.7 |url=https://www.ijais.org/research/volume9/number7/shinde-2015-ijais-451421.pdf |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> It is 24 km away from [[Vaduj]], tehsil headquarters of taluka and located in the southeastern part of [[Khatav|Khatav taluka]] of [[Satara district|Satara]] district. It is 20 km away from [[Vita, Maharashtra|Vita]] in [[Sangli district|Sangli]] district. On 15 March 2021, the Government of Maharashtra notified the '''[[Mayani Bird Sanctuary|Mayani Bird Conservation Reserve]]''' in Mayani. This bird conservation site is located at old Mayani dam on Chand river.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayani Bird Conservation Reserve |url=http://www.mahaecotourism.gov.in/ecotourism/en/mayani-bird-conservation-reserve |publisher=Tourism Dept. Govt. of Maharashtra |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>

== Contribution in Indian Freedom Struggle ==
[[Forest Satyagraha]] was an important phase of the Civil Disobedience Movement in which peasants played a significant role. Those who could not take part in [[Salt March|Salt Satyagraha]] sufficiently due to lack of sea-coast threw themselves fully into Forest Satyagraha. A series of forest Satyagrahas occurred in Satara district during the Civil Disobedience campaign. Forest Satyagraha took place at Kameri, [[Tambave]], Retharedharan, Kale, Peth, [[Shirala]], Kavathe, [[Prachitgad]], Lohare, Belmachi, Mayani, [[Masur, India|Masur]], Islampur, [[Vita, Maharashtra|Vita]], Bilashi, etc. places. Forest Satyagraha at Bilashi deserves special mention. At Mayani in [[Khatav]] Taluka Forest Satyagraha was brought about on 4 August 1930 in which 12 persons, including Shri Jagannath Nanaji Dhavalikar, C.D. Dashputre, Y.B. Kuber, P.H. Pore were arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment and different amounts of fine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forest Satyagraha |url=http://ir.unishivaji.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2677/8/08_Chapter%203.pdf |publisher=Shivaji University, Kolhapur |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The major economic activities in this town are based on agriculture, textile processing and manufacturing. Due to prolonged drought, rainfed farming is practised in this area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayani, drought-prone area |url=https://www.lokmat.com/maharashtra/another-931-villages-declared-drought-decision-meeting-cabinet-sub-committee/ |publisher=Lokmat Newspaper |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref> Many years ago, this town emerged as a centre for the cottage industries of handlooms and textile weaving in [[Satara district|Satara]] district.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handlooms Cottage Industries in Mayani |title=All India Directory of Cottage Industries, Volumes 1-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QGELndOtd0C&q=handloom+in+mayani |publisher=Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* Mohanrao Alias Bhausaheb Pandurang Gudge (Ex-[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]). He was educationist and also former deputy chairman of Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhausaheb Gudge (Ex-MLA Khatav) |url=https://www.lokmat.com/satara/bhausaheb-gudge-passed-away/ |publisher=Lokmat Newspaper |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation |url=https://wrd.maharashtra.gov.in/Home/Index |publisher=Govt. of Maharashtra |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
* Dr. Diliprao Murlidhar Yelgaonkar (Ex-[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Diliprao Yelgaonkar (Ex-MLA) Khatav |url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/english/pdf/e2009_me10.pdf |publisher=PIB, Govt. of India |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>

At Mayani in Khatav Taluka Forest Satyagraha
was brought about on 4 August 1930 in which 12 persons
including Shri Gopal Dhondo Dashputre, Y.B. Kuber, P.H. Pore
were arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment
and different amounts of fine.

== References ==

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Satara district]]

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