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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad
| native_name = सांगली-मिरज आणि कुपवाड
| native_name_lang = mr
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| settlement_type = Twin-Cities
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sangli district|Sangli]]
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| government_type = Municipal Corporation
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 513,862
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad''' is a metropolitan area and a [[municipal corporation]] in [[Sangli district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]].

[[Sangli]] is situated on the banks of river Krishna. [[Miraj]] is a railway junction, a major healthcare centre and an export hub of classical Indian musical instruments. Famous hospitals like Wanless Hospital, Krupamayi Mental Hospital and Richardson Leprosy Hospitals are based in Miraj.

[[Government Medical College, Miraj]] is also located in Miraj.

[[Kupwad]], formerly a small town, now mainly houses the MIDC industrial area. Kupwad MIDC is an industrial area harbouring many foundries, spinning mills, chocolate factories, oil manufacturing, cold storage etc. Notable foundries are Tulsi foundry, J sons foundry. Lotte is chocolate manufacturing industry. Notable spinning mills like Toto Toya spin ltd. Oil manufacturing factory (Chakan oil mills). Kupwad town has an Employees' State Insurance Hospital (ESIS Hospital) for the Insured persons and their family who are working in Kupwad MIDC area.

==Governance==
The ''Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation'' is the governing body of the mini metropolitan area of Sangli Miraj Kupwad. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a [[mayor]] and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation was created on 28 February 1998 by the merger of the previously separate municipal councils of Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad.<ref name="NIUA">{{Cite web|title=City Profile: Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad|publisher=National Institute of Urban Affairs, Government of India|url=http://www.niua.org/city_des.asp?title=Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019112013/http://niua.org/city_des.asp?title=Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad|archivedate=19 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Sangli had been the district administrative centre and Miraj and Kupwad were small towns located within 10-km distance from Sangli.<ref name="NIUA" />

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad had a population of over a half million as per 2011 census.{{Citation needed|reason=previous cite is for 2001 census|date=February 2013}} Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. In Kupwad, as described by Gumperz and Wilson in 1971, Kannada speaking Jains and Lingayats formed the majority, while the rest consisted of Marathi speaking Dalits, Urdu speaking Muslims and a few Telugu speaking rope-makers. In Miraj Urdu speaking Muslims form a majority of 50% of total population of the city.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9hrT4YGBNGEC&q=kannada&pg=PA238|title = Words and Worlds: World Languages Review|last = Marti|first = Felix|publisher = Multilingual Matters|year = 2005|isbn = 9781853598272|pages = 27}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sangli district]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Cities in Maharashtra]]

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