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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} Sakri is a [[Town/tehsil]] in Sakri Taluka of [[Dhule District]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in [[India]].<ref name="Dhule-Admin">{{Cite web|title=District Administration|publisher=Dhule District|url=http://dhule.nic.in/html/Dist_admin.htm}}</ref> Headquarters for the taluka is the town of [[Sakri]]. In Sakri Taluka there is a large town named Pimpalner<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pimpalner Population - Dhule, Maharashtra |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/526425-pimpalner-maharashtra.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212203538/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/526425-pimpalner-maharashtra.html |archive-date=12 December 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> that has historical importance. Pimpalner hosts a religious fair in the name of Khandoji Maharaj, every year during the time of the [[Ganesh Chaturthi|Ganesh Festival]] in the month of [[Bhadra (Hindu calendar)|Bhadra]]. Pimpalner is located alongside the Panzara River, which is the lifeline of Dhule District.

==Places of interest==
Important temples:
* The famous Kanhaiyalal Maharaj temple at Amali, Sakri Taluka, is {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from the town of Sakri towards Gujarat. The shrine is dedicated to Lord Vishnu or [[Kanhaiyalal Maharaj]].<ref name="PTV">{{Cite web|title=Places To Visit|publisher=Dhule District|url=http://dhule.nic.in/html/placestovisit.htm}}</ref>
* [[Balsane]] and [[Mangiji]]-[[Tungiji]] are two prominent [[Jain]] pilgrim centers very close to Sakri.
* In the village of [[Balsane]], there are some well preserved caves, Mata Kanbai (Kandevi) Temple and Jain Swami Vimalnath temple.<ref name="PTV" />
There are temples (Brahma, Vishnu, Dasavatara) and mat on the banks of the [[Burai]] river. The biggest is [[Shiva|Mahadeva]] temple.<ref>Gopal Krishna Kanhere, The Temples of Maharashtra, Maharashtra Information Centre (from Government of Maharashtra), Mumbai, 2003, p.133-137</ref>
* The famous [[Dhandai Devi]] Temple at Mhasdi, Sakri taluka is {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from Sakri. Dhandai Devi Manal was awarded with "Maharashtra Rajya Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vanasri Purskar"

Others places:
* The Panzara Kan Sahakari sugar mill is near the town of Sakri.
* [[Panzara Dam]]
* [[Lower Panzara Dam|Akkalpada Dam]]
* In [[Bhamer Dhule|Bhamer]] there is an
** old fort
** a series of monk's dwellings built into an escarpment.<ref name="PTV" />

'''<big>Education</big>''':

Adarsh Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Sakri

S.G.Patil College, Sakri

New English School, Sakri.

Karmvir A. M. Patil Secondary And Higher Secondary College, Pimpalner.

==Geography==
Part of Sakri Taluka is in the [[Western Ghats]], and 35.27% of the taluka is forested.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strategic Research Extension Plan|year=2006|publisher=Dhule District|url=http://dhule.nic.in/pdf_file/agriculture/success/SREP.pdf}}</ref>

[[National Highway 6 (India, old numbering)|National Highway 6]](which is now [[AH46|Asian Highway 46]]) is the major highway passes through the taluka.

Sakri is the biggest Tehsil in Maharashtra by area with 2 towns and 225 villages, also is the tehsil with most no.of villages.

Sakri Taluka is one of the largest taluka as per area in Maharashtra state. It has the highest number of villages than all other talukas in Maharashtra state.

It is divided into four regions by local people.

# Malmatha region ( माळमाथा परिसर )
# Panzara-Kan region ( पांझरा- कान परिसर )
# Katwan region ( काटवान परिसर )
# Kokan region ( कोकण परिसर )

==Villages==
Sakri Tehsil has eight revenue circles with 225 revenue villages, most quite small.<ref name="Dhule-Admin" />

Many tribes live in those villages including [[Kokna]], [[Bhil Mavchi|Mavachi]], Bhill and Vanjari.

==Demographics==
The people in Sakri Taluka are mostly Hindu. The languages most spoken there are [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Ahirani]].

==References==
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{{Coord missing|Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Talukas in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Dhule district]]

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Sakri Taluka - Revision history

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